I convinced Krystal to do this shoot today. It was fun. I don't know whether this picture will be rated on how close it is to the original or on its own merit.
Anyway, this is for Team Jawbones!
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Manny as shocking as the fact that there were so many Afghan Girl photos is the fact that this did not finish higher. Sorry, I think a lot of AG shots were robbed.
Your amazing capture must have suffered from tired voters because no way - no how this is a 6.0878 image...You must go ahead and add 1 full point to it for the books!
I love how you did this, but you also kept your signature style which I really love! This was also my fave afghan girl:D Beautiful eyes beautifully captured!
Great photography Manny, as usual. I just don't get how it wasn't scored way higher than that. The number of portraits in the challenge, I guess... still, a wonderful capture, my favorite of the Afghan girls by a large margin!
Regardless of whether by chance this ended up in a challenge with 15 other like images that effected the score, this is an amazing capture Manny and something to be very proud of :-)
Manny - this is all pulled together so nicely - the hue of her lips, scarf, wall and under garment - very nice!! I ran out of (virtual) ribbons for our team!! Seriously - impressive work!
Nice touch with the rips. I like this one second best of the, gasp, 15 versions entered. Of course I like my own the best. ;) But actually yours is a better mimic.