Compositionwise it's a perfect shot as usual. I'm just a bit puzzled by the image processing applied. 100 ISO, but the image looks as if heavy noise reduction had been applied on the skin.

By the way, the left eye (the one on the right side of the image) does not shine as much as the right eye, and that glow in the eyes is what makes this photo so appealing. Also, the hair is partially covering it.

Alfred Molon wrote:
> Compositionwise it's a perfect shot as usual. I'm just a bit puzzled by the image processing
> applied. 100 ISO, but the image looks as if heavy noise reduction had been applied on the skin.
>
> By the way, the left eye (the one on the right side of the image) does not shine as much as
> the right eye, and that glow in the eyes is what makes this photo so appealing. Also, the
> hair is partially covering it.
>
Alfred,

Thanks as always for the constructive feedback. There is a bit of skin smoothing done to the image, but it looks soft primarily because of he extremely shallow DOF and there is some detail lost when I reduced the size from the original image. In the full size image you can see a lot of fine facial hairs and pores and lines on the model's face. I wasn't entirely happy with the hair over her face, but I liked her expression and the composition of the shot. I probably could have cloned out more of her hair, but it would have been a challenge.

I like the composition, but not too much the smooth skin result. Also the right reflection on both eyes make them look less natural.
Anyway a great shot, congrats.

Jes.