Julia 4

natural expression.. beautiful...

JOHN LIN

What a powerful image! The texture of the coat (gorgeous) and that of the hair framing such a captivating face and expression and even the "paint job" on her face is nothing short of art...and especially with the "dead space" to the right. I love color on black anyway and the subject looking into a vacancy is nearly always compelling, IMO. Perfect lighting. Contrast is strong...almost pushes the image into a graphic, but not quite. I cannot find anything I DON'T like about this image. The crisp blue eyes work perfectly with the brown/tan coat. The whites of the eyes and teeth are just enough to accent the woman. Skin and skin (face and hands). And not the least is how the blond hair blends with the coat...especially on her left shoulder.

Well, you can see by all this typing how much I am awed by this portrait...let alone that she is gorgeous and I'm male :-) 7/7

Perfect lighitng, again. The exposure is wonderful and really brings out the texture in the coat. She is still awesomely magnificent. But I'm a little unhappy with her expression. She doesn't really look fearful, but that would apprear to be what she's trying to portray here. It just doesn't come off right to me.

Otherewise, I love this one too.