the essence of life

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I love this portrait. You have captured a lot of warmth and humor in that face. I see wrinkles in that face that were put there, not just by hardships, but also by a lot of smiles and laughter.

Great portrait and the previous is right that you have captured the essence of life, what I call real life,great shot.

What a wonderful face! :) I love the subject, composition & detail in the face. I find the extreme detail in the sweater pulling my eyes from that wonderful face & expression. However, I love the safety pin in the sweater. Reminds me of my Grandmother. I might tone down the sweater but keep that facial detail, that's what this image is all about. I hope you don't mind, I played in PS, just so I could show you waht I mean. Terrific shot 6/7.

Lovely! I like the title too, cheers Jana