Hi Daniel! Many thanks for your comments! I haven?t use any smoothing on her skin I just cloned out some blamishes... I choosed the full aperture and this is why the tip of the nose and part of the face is probably too "smooth"... (out of focus areas...) As far as the hair concerned I just couldnt "influence" this young lady... :-)
I like the portrait, the tones, the pose and the lighting. But it seems or at least it looks as though you tried to smooth out her skin on her face which takes away from the image.I'm not sure if it is the effects of the upload or what. I also think the hair should be better combed for this kind of portrait. You have some awesome images in my opinion in your portfolio.