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mehmetemin (7217) 2008-09-29 14:17

Hi Tina
A wonderful portrait. Great color. Very good expression. Such a beautiful traditional outfit!! Very nice. TFS
Mehmet Emin

Sistercosmo (2571) 2008-09-29 15:06

Hi Tina,
this is more than captivating! What an amazing photo! Yes, I agree, the eyes are among the most beautiful I've ever seen, but you capture the perfection of the features - the full lips and wonderful nose, the blond hair - simply beautiful. Your subject is at least as beautiful as Heidi or Claudia or any other model - but you captured her so well! You capture her as a real person, pensive and provocative. Simply amazing!
Thanks,
Linda

faubry (32281) 2008-09-29 15:42

hello tina, you are come back with this wonderful blue glance known on TE, very nice portrait, i wish from you again and again others photos>
soon
francine

batalay (20836) 2008-09-29 17:12

Hello Tina,

You've created a beautiful portrait of the young woman, indeed with extraordinary eyes. I would like to suggest a technique to improve on perfection. When you cropped the image, you should have put one eye of the vertical center-line (you actually have come close to this). It was discovered in 1998 in by Christopher Tyler. an English born psychologist and art lover living in San Francisco, that in all great portraits — from Leonardo magical portraits of young women (including the Mona Lisa), in all the astonishing portraits by Rembrandt, even frequently by van Gogh and Picasso — that one eye is place on the centerline. This is never taught in art schools, but the unrivaled masters inadvertently, intuitively, naturally focus on an eye. I wrote a book called "Math and the Mona Lisa," (now in 12 languages), and very recently a book for National Geographic "Leonardo's Universe," where this principle is brought out. You did very very well in this portrait, and you had an astounding pair of eyes to work with.

Warm regards,

Bulent

grantlp (2104) 2008-09-29 22:35

Hi Tina,
You're right, the woman has wonderful eyes, but you must take credit for the way you have captured them. The tight cropping forces focus onto those eyes, but the inclusion of a small section of her blonde hair, and that lovely thin black veil, adds additional interest to the result. The fact that she is looking slightly upwards, and the light reflected in her eyes creates an exceptinally good portrait. Very well done.
Cheers Grant

pisces (770) 2008-09-30 2:10

Man siger at øjnene er det første man ser hos et andet menneske - og her kan man slet ikke undgå det!!! Både pga. af den klare blå farve men også det drømmende blik hun har! Man kan simpelthen ikke lade være med at fokusere på dem, og først bagefter lægger man mærke til, hvor velafbalanceret billedet er, med den nærmest naturlige ramme om hendes ansigt, som tørklædet skaber på begge sider.
En detalje, som jeg synes giver billedet ekstra liv, er den grønne farve i baggrunden, der på trods af, at den ikke tager over, skaber en rigtig god kontrast!
Virkelig flot portræt!
Knus
M

lasscor (7637) 2008-10-02 4:01

Hi Tina,
Lovely expressive and natural portrait, full of charm.
Wonderful blue eyes.
TFS,
Corinne

Dpbours (218) 2008-10-04 4:47

Hi Tina,

A nicely tight composition for sure! But a bit too shallow for my liking. I'm surprised to see the f/3.5. Guess you were pretty close! I would have liked to see her left eye (right for the viewer) sharp as well. That feels a bit too soft to me. But a nice and tight compo!

Greetings,
Dennis

azizbilgili (1714) 2008-10-18 14:08

Hi Tina,
A wonderful portrait. Great color. Very good expression.

TFS

CLODO (4106) 2009-06-08 12:50

Hi Tina
What a look, really eye catching for TE members, and the scarf around her head is well managed.
Congratulations
Kind regards
CLODO