A portrait of my mother

[johanmw]

Here's a portrait of my mother i took this summer.
I'm new to portraits, i did usually find it quite doll, but it has become interesting for me to play around with.
I can't explain how difficult it is to get a good picture of her, i have no idea why

All critiques are welcome

[tekla]

Oh, I DO love that look, reminds me of my own. Makes me think about what she's thinking about...

[johanmw]

Thanks for the comment.

Yeah that look is quite fascinating, but can be rather scary at times

[HSM]

Makes me wonder if she's listening to a story or just thinking about something without reacting to it yet. Say how do you like the Tamron lens? The Tamron 18 - 250mm tele just won the best lens award. I think I might try one.

[KagoGrl]

Really nice portrait. Good composition and pretty good lighting. I think it would be even better if her eyes were really well focused. It seems to me as though her forehead is in better focus than her eyes. I wonder, too, if you could do something about the washed out bit by her chin.

Very nice portrait though!

[Robin Sarac]

I love the composition! We should all be taking portraits of our folks. The strip of light on the left side of her face sort of makes me look for more contrast in the rest of the picture though. I would try to bump up the contrast and maybe sharpen it up a bit.

[Robin Sarac]

I played with mid tones and contrast and came up with this...

[KagoGrl]

I agree that the upped contrasting looks good.

[johanmw]

@HSM
I like the lens alot. I don't really have anything to compare it up against, but it works ok for me.

@Robin
Nice redo. I like the contrasts in your edition, but the diffused look in the picture was actually intentional, don't know if it worked.