True Beauty

[Fusion]

The innocence of youth !!

[Two Color]

Beautiful, Ian!

[Greg]

This is splendid, and portrays your title as well as I could possibly imagine it being portrayed.

I wonder what you might think of desaturating this a tad? And I most certainly hope this doesn't offend, just a thought.

And finally, whoa, those eyes. This is a photograph that will stick in my memory for a while.

[Fusion]

This is splendid, and portrays your title as well as I could possibly imagine it being portrayed.

I wonder what you might think of desaturating this a tad? And I most certainly hope this doesn't offend, just a thought.

And finally, whoa, those eyes. This is a photograph that will stick in my memory for a while.

Greg
You say nothing to offend. The light was very low and warm and I wanted to keep that but some de-saturation would not harm the image.

Beautiful, Ian!

Thanks TC ....

[Meadowlark]

Nice image of a lovely girl.  I would warm it up a bit.

[New England Moments]

  Ok Mr.  lol...  Pick up some throwing rocks and take aim on me lol...

    I love the Eyes here!!  and without doubt, its the shot!!

    My #1 Nit , the crop...  the line of the wall right, ( Vertical ) big distraction in the frame for me  ..  I just think the crop is to large, I want EYES...I feel a Vertical crop would really enhance this one.  #2 if the crop would remain as this , I think a bit lower, capitalizing on that ( V) even more to direct one to face..  #3..  I think some color adjustments could still pull some brown tones into her skin..

   Now, I fall back on you and Al...   I know you both mention the Wild clothe Combos, and that its a part of the culture, so what can ya say, out of your control...  but Stripes in a portrait are a huge no no... Again, I understand, no control...  but stripes really draw attention, and pull a viewer from the face....  and I also understand that clothe could be a draw to an image , to show the wild dress of an area.. I'm  not a vignette user myself , but here I might consider to partially  eliminate the stripes and also pull viewer to that face/ eyes...

   Like I told Al in a previous thread, I'm always flipping a coin on B+W Processing vs Color with both of yours  and his images....  and here, I see B+W...  The Girl is a Doll, but all I see is those eyes, that are the Story of this image, the soul..  I think B+W would pull this even more... eliminate all doubt, B+W puts a viewer in those eyes!!

   So let me give you an option here... just for arguments sake lol...  

    

[ennairam]

Ian,
I first viewed this on my cell phone yesterday, so it was too small to really evaluate.  So today on my monitor I see it in the correct format.  You are so talented in photographing your local people.  She is truly a beauty.  Innocence just pours out of her face.  You have really captured her so well.  That said, I really like Tom's edit.  The tones he used and the very soft vignette really make a statement, too.  Both are wonderful.

[Fusion]

Thanks for all the comments and observations, some of which I agree with some I am undecided.
Did a slight recrop and BW to see what I thought although I liked the initial crop I can see what Tom is saying.

[Meadowlark]

Well, I didn’t want to mess with this as I know we approach similar subjects quite differently.  That said, I think you could approach this young lady just about any way you want and it would still be a nice image.  You said you liked the low and warm light… Yup, it really fits with this subject.  The monotones are ok, but I think maintaining some softness to the image is critical… Ok the eyes are key, but that soft light from camera left is just great.  I would usually find that distracting, and clearly if it were sharp and crisp, it would just ruin the shot.  But if we keep it soft I think having that in the negative space is a plus.. so I’m going to deviate from the vertical orientation a bit…  Other than the obvious crop, I did warm it up a bit and raised the midtones… and rather than common vignette, chose to blur the edges to soften the stripes… I don’t do that often.   It is a lovely image and the subject matter trumps everything we have been discussing… Thanks for giving me something to play with…

                   

[Fusion]

Part of the fun is how we can all have a different outlook on the same image Al, nice re-work by the way. You know I'm very much a take um fella and with this type of image tend to leave it as seen. Thanks everyone for looking and the suggestions they made me think

[New England Moments]

Part of the fun is how we can all have a different outlook on the same image Al, nice re-work by the way. You know I'm very much a take um fella and with this type of image tend to leave it as seen. Thanks everyone for looking and the suggestions they made me think

Take Um equals Reality, and theres Nothing Wrong with that...   Its just a Good Image , that opens many processing doors!!