Milynn

[Javier]

[Manfred M]

Another interesting portrait, Javier.

Interesting model. I personally find this type of subject challenging to shoot as the inked areas of the body draw too much viewer attention, in my view. In a portrait, the face is generally the most important visual element and the heavy tattoos are competing with that part of the model.

I am trying to figure out why you are cropping so tightly; both elbows of the model seem to be too close to the edge of the image and cutting off her fingers is not working as well as it should, as that draws too much attention to that area of the image.

I also don't understand why you used rim lighting on the arms. She already stands out from the background (rim lighting is generally used to separate the model from the background). Here it just seems to draw too much attention to those areas and in my view is not necessary and you are already dealing with a lot of distracting elements here.

[The amateur]

Yes, indeed Manfred is right, the image does seem a bit tight within the bounding rectangle that confines it. Ultimately, what's missing below seems slightly excessive above if we wanted to give the entire image a bit more 'breathing room.'
I dared to pass it through Photoshop and give it a slight overall treatment in terms of both composition and lighting.

Perhaps it's an issue with my monitor, but it doesn't seem to me that the face is perfectly focused, which is probably important for a portrait of this kind.
Is it in focus and I'm just tired from the day, causing me to see less clearly ?

[royent]

The face is not sharp