The girl in the window

[Javier]

[Jimr1961]

Nice, simple and elegant. You didn't ask for C&C, but I think straightening it a bit and cropping it to just below the sill may enhance it. IMHO.

[Shadowman]

Nicely framed.

[John 2]

That's a really nice study and a great idea. My thoughts though are that it would have been better to include her right hand and all of her left arm. Still like it though.

[Craigie]

I like the image, though I would have cloned out the 2 black spots from the bottom of the L/H window.

[bnnrcn]

Very nice, I agree with Gary about cloning the two black spots

[rpcrowe]

I love this shot. What a beautiful and graceful pose. I wonder if that lovely young lady's skin tone is not a bit blue in color?

Although I did not notice it at first, I might use the clone tool to"repair" the scratches along the window sill...

I'd love to see more shots from this series...

[IzzieK]

Pretty lady, pretty shot -- unfortunately her right hand was cut from the wrist, which is a no-no.

[joebranko]

Beautiful pose and a great shot!

[Javier]

Thank you, very much for your comments¡¡¡ Thanks

[Manfred M]

This is a nicely done image, Javier.

I would tend to agree with what the others have written at a high level, but the two things that really strike me on this shot is that the camera left side your subject's face is in shadow. A bit of dodging would bring that out.

The other is that your white balance seems to be off and the image has a small but noticeable blue colour cast. In general most portrait photographers I know tend to err a tiny bit on the warm side when they do portraits, rather than the cool side.

Sorry to work on the image, but it is so much easier to show what I mean than to describe it in words.

[madcrow]

Overall I like it, love the way she stands out from the background.

[rpcrowe]

I did this using NIK Viveza to warm up the skin tones. I cropped the image and then used the clone tool to "repair" the window frame a bit......



I noticed that there was a brighter and cooler area below her left (image right) shoulder and above her left bust that seemed like it was caused by reflection from the window or one of the window panes. I selected this area using Viveza and added a bit of warmth, I think that the area matches the rest of her skin a bit better.