The darkness within

Beautiful portrait. Nice blue eye and great tones.

Beautiful work Claire… the skin tones are wonderful, highlighted by perfect lighting. Love the green eye, it really draws you into the picture. Stunning work!

Thanks christophe, pmistric and paul glad you all like it x

beautiful portrait! I love the eye.

Thanks R Hansford; it didn’t take too much manipulation….just highlighting the green of the eye : )

Simply beautiful

Thanks tonilouise x

beautiful portrait! love the crop and great use of selective colour…

Thanks so much Nicole x

Yay! This piece has just been featured! woohoo! haha : )

wow that’s beautiful :)

Gorgeous portrait, I like the selective colour and the great lighting.

absolutely breathtaking!

one word…beautiful…no make it two…stunning

Beautiful portrait!

Great work,super portrait.

Thank you for this. I’ve been looking for a message this morning and just received it. A message conveyed through art. Ahh, what a gift! Very well given.

This is a reallly good portrait with fantastic tones and lighting – I love this shot!
:)Gorm

Wonderful composition and lighting.

Lovely.

I made it onto the Homepage! Hurrah! What a great day : ) Thanks to all who have viewed or commented on this piece xxxxxx

Nicely done Clair.i like the tilted pose and the fact that it’s only halve of the face.Works great in B/W and the selective desaturation on the eye makes this image stand out. Well done.

Thanks Eyal. I loved playign around with all those techniques; i just wish i was that airbrushed in real life HAHA! x

Beautiful shot Claire, love the result.

Thanks Damian; as always your comments mean so much x

Love the text that goes with this great image, especially the last line.

Stunning portrait…brilliant lighting, well done!

superb portrait

great shot, that verse works so well with it too! great work!

beautiful

Stunning image, simply stunning.

Simply stunning work Claire. A wonderful composition, beautiful tones & perfect lighting.

simply and elegantly superb – I love it

Beautiful work Claire

Wonderful – love the quote too.

What a gorgeous portrait. Great tones, beautiful work.

Lovely! Beautifully done!!

Congrats on reaching the homepage Claire and so well deserved.. Simply stunning.

Beautiful

Stunning work!

A great portrait, beautiful work! Tonya

really beautiful!!! love your work….

so beautiful – wonderful tones.. love this!

JUST BEAUTIFUL.

this is truly a beautiful portrait, you have really done something special..capturing the beauty of the model, her amazing expression, with a different way to see thing..I think the green eyes with sepia tones is perfect

Classic and beautiful.

Gorgeous work!
Al

beautiful portrait

lovely shot, lovely words

wow shot,,beautiful

Nice use of color

Subtle and beautiful

love th tones, great work.

Wow! Thanks to everybody with your contiuned comments on this piece. I love it : ) x

So beautiful…..great tones

You Love it…..? No we love it, the subtlty in the shading and the tones is just magnificent.
the over all image is just spectacularly beautiful.

Thanks Arzu and thanks so much to you Loco! I’m so pleased you like it : ) x

What a beautiful portrait :) Amazing eyes

Beautiful

Thanks Percy and Alan. It was taken on one of my better days ; ) x

The colour in the eye is amazing Claire. Really great work.

Hey Claire….every pic of yours inspires me of creating something different like you try it with your all works…well i admire your creative titles too….u truely are blessed…and i guess chosen one too…..lovely…

I think, you should have called it “The Light Within”. ;)
Very pretty work!! Love the composition too. This is one of my all
time favourite Scriptures.

Nice composition Claire, with the eye on the ’ rule of thirds ’ junction and being coloured makes it even more of a focal point. Beautiful model too :))

Claire, this is almost achingly gorgeous. Simple, direct, dreamy; I feel I could look at it for hours!

Thanks Matt, Shree, Birgitta, Richie and Duncan. Your comments seriously blow me away. I love how you all take something different from this piece; it’s really lovely to hear xx

Beautiful portrait. The tones and selective colouring are excellent.

Thanks Colin x

Love it.

terrific claire – love it

This is lovely. Smiles from Jane:-)

You captured such beauty with this shot.

great words to go along with a great photo!

Simply amazing and such true sentiment!!!

I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways. Duane Michals.

it seems such a sad title for a lovely image.

A tender image of a beautiful woman…wonderful!

Fab

A true beauty. She & the photo. All your images have a sharp and clean look. I like it. Many thanks for your comment on Happy. Greetings, Roy.

Miss Claire Armistead ,

I’m hoping thine eye is is single and that thee art filled with light .

Wonderful, sincere portrait. Well done!