Ceris portrait (1)

[bje07]

(1)

[madcrow]

Jean, nice model, nice portrait nice shot. Wonder what she thinking.

[bnnrcn]

Nice image Jean, IMO her piercings are distractions but that's the way she is

[bje07]

Nice image Jean, IMO her piercings are distractions but that's the way she is

Thank you Binnur, young people like percings, me not, but I let them as they are, it is easy to erase them, but she won't be the same.

[Dave Humphries]

Hi Jean,

Whilst my views on the piercings concur with you, the biggest distraction I find is whatever that is that is out of focus in the foreground and catching the light. Given that it's there, I would crop some off the bottom to exclude the lower one and a half rows of what we can see.

I like her pose (enigmatic) and I'm a sucker for brown eyes.
The lighting angle and 'quality' doesn't do her complexion any favours when viewed at 100% though, was this deliberate?

Hope those observations help, Dave

PS I hope the bracket "(1)" means we are treated to another portrait of Ceris.

[Manfred M]

Jean - my feelings are somewhat along the lines of what Dave has written. I like the pose, I like the framing, but I'm not that impressed with the out of focus foreground or the lighting. When I look at the whites of the eyes and they seem to be middle gray, that tells me that there is a lighting / exposure issue with the image.

[bje07]

Thanks a lot Dave and Manfred.
I tried to enhance my picture (here in version 2).
For your information a perforated metal plate has been placed against the lens and illuminated by a flash directed at the camera to give these dots of light.
Other portraits coming? Yes, of course.