An appealing image that contributes well to the challenge
I like your lovely natural light mono portrait Cole, it is very accomplished. However, I also have reservations about the right eye, it looks unnatural because there is by contrast too much light falling on her iris, it is too bleached which unfortunately is often associated with the look of visual impairment or blindness. It's such a shame because the rest of the portrait works really well and although its such a seemingly minor fault it has a significant impact on the end result. The high score and placement serves to confirm what a strong image the rest of it is, well done.
Very nice offhand portrait, though my guess is that it's posed. She has a pleasant, dreamy look, kind of like Vermeer's "Girl Withe a Pearl Earring." I like how she's lit from the back and left, leaving the illusion that we're privy to a peek behind the brilliance. The composition is quite nice, filling the frame and offering a dark natural border. Fine image.
Flawless in so many ways, but something very weird is going on with her right, OOF eye... It's as if the eye's white is the same tone as the skin, so there's like a blinder or a wall there, a physical obstruction, very jarring to me :-(
Fabulous light! I love the pose and how you didn't overly smooth her skin.
On my borrowed monitor, her right eye is so washed out, it's disconcerting to me... like she doesn't have an iris and pupil. I hope others can see it. I'll not vote.
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