I gave this an 8. Really liked the composition and capture. The 'hidden' (visually) candid nature of this helps capture her seemingly 'far away mind'. The clothing and accessories of course come up extremely well with your excellent processing - which if you could bottle and sell would perhaps make you a tidy sum. The focal points too, very good. Excellent image.
Lots to be learned here, as far as the elements that create a great photograph - composition, light, toning, polished presentation. But mostly it's a lovely, thoughtful, introspective photograph with a gentle soul.
Beautiful capture. Gorgeous tones and I do like the crop. The blur/dof looks perfectly applied as well. This should do quite well. Good luck! ;) (no vote)
Beautiful tones and an admirably bold composition. Also the most elegant (by which I mean restrained) orchestration of both focus and apparent sharpness. It's not really my kind of photograph, but even I can see that it's damn near perfectly executed. 9.
My wish is that you will not have to suffer any "pity you chopped the top of the head off" comments.
Totally took my breath away! Amazing! Stunning control of DOF and lovely subtle PP. This really is a fantastic photograph. My favourite of the challenge and my vote for the Blue. 10.
I have seen this on 1x and loved it! So, the impact second time will perhaps be a bit less. But nothing to subtract from the loveliness of the shot. 9???neigh 10.
STUNNING!!!! nice crisp, clean sharp, with your eye drawn straight to what you want to look at, her expression is amazing, the details are to die for. Well done
Easily the best in this challenge - fantastic image. The composition, crop, lighting, colouring are all wonderful. That is so well done, congratulations :):) (One of maybe a handful of 10's I've ever given ;))