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I really like this BW portrait. Great tones, texture and composition. Amazing.
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GORGEOUS portrait! Love it!
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This should ribbon for sure, great portrait.
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fantastic and a perfect one for B&W
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Definitely one of the best of challenge!!!
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This was my blue ribbon pick
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WOW - what a great finish and so well deserved. Congrats. That's quite a feat among over 1100~
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Congrats on top 10! The child eye focus is incredible! Love it! Great lighting!
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Congrats on the top 10, but I believe you should have placed higher :-) I adore this shot.
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had this as a ribboner.. great work. Actually thought this might be Librido throwing us a slight curveball.
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hi alec, rene enriquez here. so this is where you've been hanging out. :-)
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This is great. Placing 7th out of 1,113 entries is not a bad achievement. Thank you all for your votes and comments.Message edited by author 2009-03-18 02:31:37.
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Your B&W conversion is impeccable, I hope you put your steps in the comments. I find this quite emotive, I get the feeling that this is some type of solemn event. Well done.
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WOW, great lighting, focus and BW treatment. I wish model was looking into the camera for me to bump my vote from 9 to 10.
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Great black and white, nice composition.
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I can see why this would be one of your favorites! Nice job on the b&w conversion, lighting and keeping the details of her scarf from being overexposed.
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This is beautiful, I love the way the cloth and her hair work together to create softness.
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Stunning image.... and she's quite a beautiful young lady.
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Beautiful shot. Love the High contrast. Perfect. 10
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that's a beautiful image!
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Beautiful BW... I like the composition, too.
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Stunningly beautiful face, nice composition - great shot!
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Congratulations on this! This is beautifully done!
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Lovely detailed b&w with really good use of lighting. Nice smooth tones. 8
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Incredible portrait... beautiful girl, and great textures in the cloth.
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I really like the b/w treatment of the image
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everything works here if they had a 10+ this would be my first
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She is beautiful and you captured it.
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I can see why this is your favorite! Sublime. Toning, comp, expression.
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The detail in that cloth is what makes this picture, to me.
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Beautiful light, beautiful expression, nice lines, wonderful! 10
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Tres excellent capture! Your b/w conversion is spot spot spot on. Great tones.
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The light is completely magnificent. A stunning image of a beautiful girl.
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Beautiful model and a lovely composition.
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We've seen a lot of kid photos in the challenge. I think this is best in class. Really a terrific photo. The position of her hand and the fabric take this one up several notches.
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Exquisite, exotic, provocative +1
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Very beautiful. 10 from me.
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Amazing... Perfect lighting, tonal range, and composition. The b/w conversion is outstanding. Bumping up. Again to 10 and Favorite.
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well taken
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This is truly a gem !
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outstanding light bumping to 8
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Gorgeous image. Love the light. 9
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Beautiful young girl and the details in this is simply superb.
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Interesting cloth. Nice lighting.
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nice good in black and white.
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beautiful in so many ways
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Superb portrait. The toning choice was perfect
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such a pretty young girl. reminds me of how wonderful our childern are and how fast they grow. 9!
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A top contender for me, thus a 10 for this gorgeous portrait.
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Wonderful portrait, the pose, the lighting and composition are excellent.
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One of only three photos in this large challenge I gave a 10. Black and white was perfect. Great detail, contrast and texture
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Beautiful portrait with nice light and textures.
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Great composition and awesome lighting. Captivating subject. Very nice work.
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Beautiful image. 9 Gorgeous lighting
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The tones and B&W conversion in this are wonderful. A beautiful girl and a great photo.
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Coming back to comment...
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Absolutely exquisite. This is fine art material. Glorious detail, the lines and position of her arm and shawl, the lighting on her face. A fave
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Black and white, a pure painting of light
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Beautiful shot! I'd be curious to see what it looked like with her not in an exact profile. Also, if she's holding her hand out in front like that, it might make more sense if she was looking at her hand. Otherwise it looks a little forced. this is nitpicking--it's beautiful. - 8
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very pretty, i imagine this is beautiful in color as well, i see it as being very colorful
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Beautiful B & W portrait - not normally my cup of tea but this one definitely is!
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awesome, beautiful lighting and composition. Very nice indeed
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All those details in the fabric are so rich and really looks great in black and white. Beautifully taken portrait!
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Stunning photo, amazing use of B&W. I love the composition and exposure! Excellent work, best of luck.
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Beautiful image with clarity and catchlight in the eye.
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beautiful tones make for a captivating image. well conceived. 8
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Great Portrait, beautifully composed and lit!
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Great tones and clarity. One of my favourites.
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Beautifully lit, extraordinarily presented, a pleasure to view.
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This is the best portrait I've seen. The cloth is so beautifully shown that it almost detracts from the face, but once you look closer, the skin tones are wonderful. Great shot!
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I am inspired! Beautiful! I love the lighting and I think it is really good in B&W. Nicely done.
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great focus and composition
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Perfectly lit, I do feel it could do with a little more space up top
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Excellent portrait with a good composition and great preservation of details in the subject. The image is very sharp and the monochrome treatment is very nice.
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Beautiful photo. great sharpness and tones. Nice job!
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Beautiful, a really well done (studio?) portrait.
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The pose is nice and the girl is beautiful and the background works well! Well done!
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Oh wow, this is breathtaking... love it!
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Gorgeous! So many beautiful textures and patterns, but the most captivating thing about the photo is, of course, the focus apparent in the lovely model's eyes.
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Love the light in this one.
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Wonderful tones. Great lighting. 9
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Absolutely amazing. I try to give some constructive criticism when I comment; but how can I when the shot is perfect!
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Nice lighting and expression. Very nice.
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I like the lighting and her eyes. 9
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love the lighting on the face. the composition is good, too. came back to bump. 8
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The clarity on this shot is unbelieveable!! Everything is superb, the BW, the model and the exposure. Bravo!
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Wow! I think this is fabulous. The subject is so interesting, and the black and white contrasts are excellent !
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Beautiful! The lighting, the girl and the processing all combine to make one beautiful shot.
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Nice interesting portrait.
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Hard to predict a top ten in this challenge, but I'll go out on a limb and also help it along with a big, fat, well-deserved 10.
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Well done. This is one of my favorites thus far in the challenge. Great lighting.
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This is a beautiful b&w portrait!
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Oh, this is good. The composition is great, and what an interesting subject!
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What a beautiful girl, pose and image in b/w. Just beautiful.
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Black and white works good here, well done.
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The details and lighting are wonderful. Excellent contrasts, a lovely b&w.
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This is one of the best so far - I love the light and tone to this
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what a beautiful girl...really like the tones in your B&W
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A gem indeed, figuratively and literally. How lovely she is. The lines of her sari and the delicate light, the tonal range - wow.
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simply stunning,and the b/w color gives it so much more than color would.
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Wonderful. I love the lighting and the natural expression. 9
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lovely details in the fabric.
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Simply beautiful! Wonderful detail and great lines. 9
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Beautiful portrait, I so want her to turn and look at me :)
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Beautiful lighting nice bright whites.
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i would love to see this in color but nice
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No offense, but it looks just a tiny bit posed.
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excellent black and white conversion. Lovely lighting also, well done.
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Truly a lovely photograph of this beautiful girl. The B&W tonal ranges are absolutely superb! The lighting is also excellent. And there is just *something* about this young girl that captures and holds my attention. It is akin to that certain something that I see in Vermeer's painting of the Girl With The Peal Earring. Perhaps it is that I see she she is holding up the scarf to the light and perhaps daydreaming as she watches the light play on the folds and 'beads' of the scarf. She has this *look* that makes one stop to wonder what she is doing and what is she thinking. My very first favorite from this challenge...and that is saying something for I am VERY picky. Thank you for sharing this lovely portrait.
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beautiful... nice expression... 9
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