my mother has been through more than her fair share of difficult and challenging times, but she almost always presents an inspiring resiliency. i feel this moment, however, captures a certain wistful vulnerability.
editing: hue/saturation layer,warm filter, dodge and burn, smart sharpen, learn as i go
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I was one of your 4 9's. I love close up portraits of the elderly. I love the authenticity of this shot. Wow, I can't believe more people didn't connect with this one. Your mom looks like she's thinking of days gone by, and there's some soft yearning in her eyes. And I love her for letting you take her portrait even though her lipstick has come off. 103 5's? Wow. This is going into my favorites. Tell Mom I say hello and thanks for introducing her to us.
I do not know why you took this picture and I figure the lady in it is asking herself the same thing. The bw-conversion is way too gray and the camera position really does not do the lady right, nor does the look on her face. I think you pictured this lady in an unflattering way, and that makes this not a good portrait in my view.
ok, voting 3 here, but will leave a reason why.. the lighting is flat, the BW conversion is very dull, no contrast or anything, and overall there is no WOW factor.. thats not a knock on the model as even if this was a mega pretty young model I still would of voted a 3,.. its just not a great photo.. keep trying though!
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