30 portraits (available light) Image 7045

Your comments are appreciated.

Wonderful light and color here, great work...congrats...LJ

Besides this being a wonderful and warm portrait...to me you have seemed to have caught the immense amount of wisdom this woman projects...The kindness in her eyes connects well with her smile...you honored her and she you...juan

... ışık renkler ve kompozisyon çok güzel ... yüzdeki tebessüm ve ifade çok etkileyici ... ( gülmek ve gülümsetmek ne olursa olsun hep mutlu olmaktır ...

Excellent, warm portrait. Good job holding detail. I think a slight crop at the top would tighten the focus.

Nice portrait and good use of window light.

Love the expression of the gentle subject. However consider the following:

1: It is not sharp

2: Lighting is not balanced with right side of the nose and right forehead burnt out while left side a bit too dark.

3: BG is very distracting. Thanks for sharing. Regards ifti

Superb portrait, well done. 7/7 anon.

Thank you all very much for your rewarding comments on this photo; I do appreciate them.

Juan, she wanted me to pass her warm regards to you after reading your sensitive words. I am also pleased to see you here again.

Les, you may be right about the cropping. I will try printing this photo cropped.

Iftikhar, the original is sharp enough to show her eyelashes and I have tried not to oversharpen as that would have made the wrinkles more prominent and might have damaged the mood. I had no control over lighting as this was within a mosque. Still, there is some (recoverable) detail on the bright side of her nose. I have left the background as such as I thought it (Seljuk design) provides a clue to her ancestry. Cropping, as Les have suggested, may also lessen the distraction somewhat, I think...

I think you already know that I love beautiful portraits and especially of a beautiful lady. מצוין

Very nice...portraits are my favorite and I really like portraits of real people without a lot of post processing. This is wonderful and the available light really adds character and interest. NIcely captured.