John, great work as always! Your lighting and tones always impress me and this is no exception.

Best Regards,

Peter

Thank you Peter, much appreciated. Nothing can really beat dayight in my opinion, which is the source here .. the window is to the right of the subject.

Very impressive! Interesting pose of model, very nice, mild b&w, nice parallel between pose of model and shape of the "vessel".

I'm not sure about icon in the frame. I'd move a little this "vessel" to form diagonal. I'd add contrast a little. For model alone such variant is excellent, but for composition with "vessel" it's not enough. Imho.

Regards,

Serge

Thank you for the very interesting comment Serge. I agree that the icon needs some contrast, thank you. 

As already said, love the contrast between the model and the jug. Excellent shot with great tones. Best wishes William.

The strong lack of eye contact gives this image a great deal of visual tension. My eye wanders between the model,  the painting on the wall, the pitcher on the table, and the books. One wonders why she is smiling.

Kudos to you both.

Jim Phelps

What can I say John?  Beautiful as always and lovely model too!

Reduced to "I'm a little teapot."

And yet I would have thought that any form of trans-figuration would be right up your street Fred!

In the meantime, I'll quote a remark you made under one of your contributions a couple  of weeks ago ... "I don't know whether I'm amused or saddened by the fact that you've never commented on a photo of mine until now"  ....

over and out.

Very nice! The pose keeps the eye moving.

I don't mind the icon, to me it's mostly invisible.

(probably because to me it's balanced by the dark picture in the next room, assisted by her dark hair that's kind-of a connection between the two)

I do wonder about the tight crop.

It might have been better if there was a little more room right and top.

[about equal to the amount of space between her elbow and the left of the picture]

The subtle almost-smile is icing on the cake.

Many thanks Matthijs, I very much apprpeciate your detailed view of the picture.