Arabian Beauty

[Chong]

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[Chong]

After a long while, here's my post

[nimitzbenedicto]

Nice portrait. Classic pose.

Immediately catching are the eyebrows. They appear like "photoshoped". and the left eyebrow seems to cross over into the other side.

HTH

[Chong]

Thanks Victor eyebrows were not photoshopped

[Shadowman]

Nicely done.

[bugster0121]

Very nice. Was this taken with natural light?

[Chong]

Nicely done.

Thanks John

[Chong]

Very nice. Was this taken with natural light?

Thanks Tim, this was taken combining the natural late afternoon lights and a light coming from a phone from her right side

[bugster0121]

Cool capture. Thanks for sharing

[deetheturk]

Nice capture Mario,i like it!

[hopeg]

Very nice photo! The colors on her scarf are striking and very pretty!

[speedneeder]

The edges of the iris, is this a processing effect? contacts? natural???
the exposure is very good, I love the colors. Is the front of her hair blurred by you? Doesn't seem to match up with the rest of the OOF, or maybe I'm just crazy.

Great photo, thanks for sharing.

[Chong]

Cool capture. Thanks for sharing

Thank You Tim

[Chong]

Nice capture Mario,i like it!

Thanks David

[Chong]

Very nice photo! The colors on her scarf are striking and very pretty!

Thank you Hope I was planning to make this as a monochrome but then I thought that it will be a pity not to show the colors of her head scarf

[Chong]

The edges of the iris, is this a processing effect? contacts? natural???
the exposure is very good, I love the colors. Is the front of her hair blurred by you? Doesn't seem to match up with the rest of the OOF, or maybe I'm just crazy.

Great photo, thanks for sharing.

Thank You Brian, the edges is natural however, it was enhanced using a software called "Portrait Professional 11". The front blurring of the hair was the effect of the 2.8 Aperture opening I used to take this image

[Stinky]

Stunning. Very beautiful.

[rpcrowe]

Mario...

Beautiful woman and great image. What a waste of a photo opportunity if she were wearing a burkeh. However, I have noticed some more affluent women wearing burkehs have their eyes made up in almost an unnatural way. Perhaps this is because the eyes are the only body parts visible in that dress. Of course, some women wear a veil to shield their eyes from view, even while wearing the burkeh...

I am wondering if this lady might not have applied her eyebrows in an unnatural way with pencil or other cosmetics...

I am also wondering if the image might not have been a bit overcooked in Portrait Pro 11. I also use Portrait Pro but, am working with Version 9. I find that on my version the default settings usually need to be toned down a bit...

I also notice a line of unnaturalness along the left side of her face (image right) from over the eye, down the side of her nose and into her lip. I don't know if this is due to how she applied her makeup or if it has been accentuated in PP. Of course, it could also be just my monitor...

I tried the Photoshop blur tool along that line and over her eyebrows. It seemed to help (on my monitor anway) focus more attention on her beautiful eyes. I reduced the brightness of the scarf (especially image left) and did a little increase in saturation and that also seemed to accentuate attention on her face by framing it with a darker border...

Again, IMO, this is an image to be proud of...