Well I admire you tremendously and I have also always wanted to take and post that perfect untouched photograph. Well done! I think I might have brought her a little bit more in front of the background, to stop the shadow and darken it a bit? Lovely shot though - you'll have to take some more!

pretty girls with clean shiny hair are always in. good shot.

Well, this worked out very well in high contrast, the hat is great, and better than the glasses i think, the black is wonderfull strong in this image, and i like the image a lot.
Well done !

Very cool portrait! Really nice pose of the girl and black/white turned out very well, so wel done! :)

I like the idea, the cap hiding her eyes...its cute:)
AylA

I agree. After our conversation I cam to look through your gallery, and I saw this one. I guess you know by now that black and white, however it may have the ability bring out aspects of an image that color cannot, doesn't bring the high "c-index" that bright vivid color does. It's a shame too, because black and white allows us to see things that we can't when the image is rendered in color.

This image is a classic example. Rather than look at her clothes or her skin we find ourselves trying to peer under the cap to see the subject's eyes - the windows to the soul. Your omission did more than any inclusion could have. This is a really good portrait shot, though I think theshrew had a good point about the background. Well done.