Portrait

[GregRycroft]

Just let me know what you think and how i could improve it.

Thanks :)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/190/499722175_16162f0373.jpg?v=0

[PapaLazarou]

Hello
Good light but a bit darkin the top left section, and a bit 2 tight of a crop.
But still nice.

[RobertP]

Light is a little hard but I like the shot.

Not done much portrait shooting so I'll leave any detailed crit to others. Will just say that since I noticed something hanging from her nose my attention is drawn there. Don't know if it is piercing jewellery or what but i'd clone it out.

[oldgit]

Good shot except for the metal snot hanging out of her nose.

[moomike]

I don't mind the piercing at all but you need to put the balls on the end of the jewellery for it to look right (no comments please peeps, I'm sure Greg will know what I'm talking about :lol:)
Lighting is excellent & so is the angle at which you've shot - she does look like she's talking on the phone though so I'd drop the hand out of the shot if it were me :thumbs:

[GregRycroft]

thanks for all the comments, and yeah moomike i know what you mean about the jewellery. Mike ask her back to do some more.. unfortunatly as shes a friend and does it all for free to help me practice i can't tell her to take out the pieceing as she loves it (who knows why? but still.)

[InaGlo]

Wow! I think thats rather gorgeous ... and so is the model!

If it were me, Id probably crop about an inch off the top as you have a lot of dead black space there/upperleft.

Im with Mike on the hand, Id think I would have dropped it form the shot, as it doesnt really add anything & the hollowed shape is causing unflattering lines.
In my case Id prob have kept the hand though & shown some nails, be more like a fashion/beauty shot then.

Still a really nice shot anyway!

[jeangenie]

Love the contrasty lighting and your model's pensive expression. Agree with the comments about the hand, though, and I would lose the necklaces as well as the nose stuff - less is more and those skin tones look sooooo good.

Well done :) :clap: :clap: :clap:

[Yv]

As has already been said, a bit dark top left and the hand is a distraction rather than an addition , just beautifully lit and captured otherwise, even with the weird piercing...would you be putting your life in danger if you suggested her mascara was a little more carefully applied so it wasn't so lumpily clogged? :nuts:

[CT]

Where does she live? :eek: