I wish it were sharper, but for some reason I can never get anything sharp, even using a timer and tripod. I dont really like entering SP's either, cause it's like people are judging you instead of the photo.
I'm sure it will get a lot of views and OOF comments. But I like it for myself.
Processing:
Cropped
Neat image
Color Balance
Levels
Dodge on the face and eyes
Cloned out some hot spots on the forehead I made while using levels LOL
sharpened
Think that's about it. I don't know much of anything else.
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Nice attempt...but study how Manny photographs...NO flash, and hand held so he can manouvre around the model when he needs to. Also one very big area Manny specializes in is the texture of the skin and the details of the face and eyes.
Love the bright and vibrant color of the veil/head covering that is characteristic of Librodo's portrait shots of exotic looking ladies. The lighting is spot on illuminating all the beautiful features of this exotic beauty. The play of light on folds of cloth is exceptionally nice too. Color tones of the skin is wonderful. Well done.
Very librodo like effort. I like the contrast of the pink of the hood with her skin tones. Your capture of her eyes is beautiful, although I'd like better defined catch lights. That's just a nit pick though. Very nice.
Unfortunatley the eyes here seem very soft, the lips seem much sharper and draw my eye to them. A closer shot of the eyes would have been better here as well as the original very much filled the frame