Wauw! It looks almost an illustration! Very, good colors and very good composition. I only find the lips too red. But very nice job. The unknown look at the face (it's yourself I think?) gives it something spiritual in combination with the very soft pink color of the flower. And than the black againt it... Cool image, and like to see more like this, so keep up the good work! ;)

Yes, I also thought it was an illustration at first, this is so cool great manip. the contrasts work great!

:D really like this one, nicely done and I do like the high contrast yet w/the softness to it..nice one! +fav

A really nice post!
Very attractive model and good composition.
To improve on this, I think you could manipulate the image further and remove even more details. The emotion you try to capture here is created by the sad look in the girls eyes and the rose she hold in here hands.
Everything else is really not important so could be almost completely left out. On the other hand it is IMO important to see here pupils. So I think they should be made visible.
Overal, very nice piece of art.
I hope to see more, and I get inspired by this!
Thanks for sharing,
Paul

You've done a nice clean job on this one, and the model is very well placed and you've brought out good sections quite nicely. I like it.

beutiful rendering for this image. The content flows with the color excellent and reminds me of a 30's flapper girl or maybe a singer. Great work.

Very well done! I agree with Paul and would only depart from his assessment by suggesting the lips be toned down to a deeper, more natural color. Excellent work!

Nice , i like the use or calm colors with the bright accents ; wonderfull background.

Awesome photo and concept - i love what you have done (is it all desaturated except flower and lips, or hand coloured/digitally coloured?). The focus and clarity very nice, and concept itself. This isn't the kind of site i would put an image like this to get the attention it deserves however its a great place to get feedback and critique. In that way i will say i too think there should be a little less detail, and the fake ish looking colour of the lips is not a problem for me, although it would be interesting to see the image with real looking lips to see if its an improvement. Hope that helps a little, keep up the great work.

beautiful subject

10. Simply beautiful.

excellent job on your sister...the color of the lips is fantastic!! Have you ever watched Miami Ink? The artist Kat on that show reminds me of this picture

Your sister is lovely and so is this image. I like the vibrant red lips against the very white skin. Love the pale pink, lush rose. And to top it all...I like the white background. Good work you do :))

love the contrast.

Fantastic, you sister makes a great model and I love how youv caught her and done all the maniplulations. Super!