Massimiliano Mortillaro 5 years ago

Thank you! I will try a cropping that excludes the bag. :)

florian 5 years ago

I love this portrait!
at first sight I didn't realised that the flowers were in fact printed on the skirt! it is very nice! unfortunately we se the computer's bag that bring us back to reality...

Massimiliano Mortillaro 5 years ago

THank you very much! This was completely unposed... We were at a friend's wedding and we decided to go out in the field and enjoy the sun. This young lady was sitting there, thoughtful and beautiful, and I didn't want to "break the spell" so I snapped stealthfully with my Pentacon six & the 180/2.8 lens (very stealthful gear *grins*) without removing the glasses. :)

Richard Tugwell 5 years ago

Excellent black and white portrait. nice range of tones and detail in the darlkareas of the skirt, but also managing the highlights in the flesh tones. Good contrast against the background with the slight backlighting and shallow DOF

Ralf Stelander 5 years ago

Lovely portrait! Looks great with the flowers in her skirt, almost as if they were part of the ground! The two drinking glasses (?) in the foreground should not have been there though.