Timeless
by DanDare

Comment:
Interesting shot of a very good model Holly. I like the pose but it looks a touch underexposed to me. The lighting is very clean though and nice and soft, a touch more in her left eye might have brought that to life a little more.

Starman
by kevip6

Comment:
Fantastic, I love those late autumn topless midnight shoots!

Flowers
by lovethelight

Comment:
Great use of the plant to add interest to the portrait. The lighting is great with the strong high backlighting and I guess a reflector to really brint those eyes to life? Great expression and perfect DOF for a stunning black and white portrait

Summer Days
by Jdroullard

Comment:
Nice focus and colours, the eyes are fantastic as well. The lighting is a little flat though, not sure what the lighting is here as there are lovely big catchlights in the eyes over to the right but there is no modelling shadow on the left of the face? It could have used a little more direction to the lighting, maybe turning her slightly? Not sure if the composition is a little dull as well? Such a great expression and lovely portrait just missing a couple of things to make it great.

Awaiting Her Moment
by njsabs

Comment:
beautiful lighting! a lovely bridal portrait, I bet she loved it as well. Well done

Dreamy
by smurfguy

Comment:
awesome high key shot, fantastic lighting and crop. Love how the bright background and shallow dof really melts the hair and makes it look like it's in water. A really beautiful portrait

Blanche
by kiwiness

Comment:
wow! Awesome lighting! Very professional image

Andrea
by chromeydome

Comment:
Lovely composition and pose! Very nicely lit and great tones. The only thing I'm not sure about is the expression, looks a tad bored maybe from the mouth? Great connection with the eyes though

Summer Radiance
by Senay

Comment:
This could have been so much better, the expression is great, but the crop could have done with shifting down a touch to give a bit more space under the chin and cut out a little more of the top of the head. The worst part of this portrait is the lighting and colours though. There is a large hot spot on the right of the nose which means the light source was way to harsh. The colours seem all screwed up as well with a very yellow cast to the skin and very red on the left of the face (camera left). I would say that this was originally under exposured and the levels/brightness has been increased in Post Processing? this could have caused the blown out highlights on the nose and also pushing skin tones can make them very red. Lots of potential here but some major flaws IMHO. I hope this helps, PM me if you want more detail.

Nahimana
by love

Comment:
beautiful soft portrait. Great colours, nice clean lighting good focus. Great feel to this shot, one of my favourites in the free study