I have to write a defense to the border. Why people hate them so much? In this case it is very clearly emphasizing the fact that this is a mirror reflection. The color of the border blends perfectly with one of the wall colors. The effect is very painterly and paintings do have a variety of frames! It does not have to be black with thin white line, does it?!
PS I hope you don't mind. The border haters get to me sometimes. This is a very fine image and your selected border matches it perfectly.
Beautiful! You did an outstanding job on this on all fronts, Claudia. Maybe you should have put "it's NOT an overlay!" in the title. ;-)
I thought about this title, when I received the first comment saying " is it texture overlay? It better not be, because this is illegal." It was deleted after the validation :-) Thank you, Ken
This is fantastic fine art photography - such a classic pose and the pattern in the mirror is absolutely wonderful. I'm so glad that instructions on voting tell us to vote as if everything is legitimate even if we think it mightn't be. I gave you a 9 but thought that this had an overlay and would end up being DQ'd. I'm very pleased to find that that was not the case.
Love the picture, absolutely hate the border. Could you really see any piece of fine art with a border like that? The matching splotches on the person and wall are very interesting and I love the painterly feel. 6
Back to comment... I keep looking and looking to see if I can figure out whether there is an overlay on this or if that lady really is splattered in paint. LOL! I can't tell so excellent job!