Arab Woman

This is so good (as are almost all of your portraits). I very fond of the way you've captured that hand seemingly in mid gesture, and the sharpness of the hand as well as the face. I know you will disagree, but it calls for a black band across the top (and maybe the bottom. You're a wonderfully skilled artist.

The hand was in mid gesture. I do not recall why. Must have been something to do with her daughter. I did not know the hand was going to pop up into the picture She was probably not aware of this shot; I do not remember taking it. I cannot account for the sharpness of both the hand and the eye because I focus on the eye and usually shoot wide open......... The black bands are not there to be aesthetic i.e. to frame; they just happen to be there because I layer all photos onto a square black background so that horizontal, vertical and square format have the same total image area, file size permitting. Thanks for the critique.

 

 

very powerful image....nice capture.regard

Yes it is powerful, beautiful and honest, three strange words to tell about a photography. And I like it, the image. Congrats and regards.