The Girl With A Pearl Earring
by sher

Comment:
Great lighting, just a tad soft though I am sure that was the intent. In my taste the pose is not very flattering and a possible detraction. Pretty good shot . . .

Model in daffodils
by KevinRiggs

Comment:
you know to me if you just had a different background, this is a fantastic shot of her. Love the color of the her eye's to her top...but the background color is a clash to me. Oh and as I look at it more, the hat is a bit flat, seems too evenly lit. For sure its the right track to a great shot.....

-LAURA-
by Anastasia

Comment:
I think that photographically it's a sound work, but to me the angle is far too steep and that the hair in the face is a bit too excessive. I like the B/W tones and the background as well as the fall off...you know i just saved and rotated it more upright and personally I totally liked the shot better. But it is always subjective of course.

portre ressami
by kiwiness

Comment:
This is good all around, depth, expression, exposure fall off could be be just ever so much deeper and I mean very slightly. Good color and texutre, DOF is spot on. its at the top of my voting...

Jennifer
by EddyG

Comment:
It's easy to over do the catch light and you are on the right track. One of the features that make a wall hung portrait, is the depth "in" character. Keep on this track for sure.

Sam
by Jacko

Comment:
Classic Toddler shot and set up - could of been a pro set up for sure. just perhaps a 1/2 overexposed. good work.

Jessamyn
by hopper

Comment:
Not a bad shot at all, but the more I look at it the crop seems off a bit - kinda hard to put my finger on it ...

D'Arcy
by jmritz

Comment:
Horribly out of focus, lighting is very unflattering as is the background color.

Tascha
by johnm

Comment:
personally I feel the orange is a bit strong, however the rear lighting should be a highlight and is blown way over the top by about three stops perhaps. Hair lights in portraits is a very nice addition accenting detail or snap in a shot, but taken to an extreme it can ruin a shot too. Ironically, the exposure on the face is good in fact, but it is just overtaken by the rear lighting. It is also nice when using hair-lights, to get a catch light on the shoulder line as well if you can.

All That Jazz
by jpochard

Comment:
in reality your exposure of the suject ispretty nice though a catch-light on the hair would be a good addition. However, in 99% of all portrait work, the background should just about always (if not always) be at least blurred out in the DOF at a minimum. The wrinkles and the pin-up point just above the finger area is a strong detraction as well. Now to the subject, its a general bad feeling to cut off any part of the subject that is a strong focus point, and in this situation the flare of the horn should be in frame. However, a great portrait is either a FACE, a PERSONALITY or both, but most importantly it should generate a feeling for the person, not the photo.