Beautiful Old Lady, ~ Ireland.

Such sad eyes! Did you manage to get a hint of a smile. Wonderful portrait.

Beautiful portrait sweetheART ;} happy hippy hugglez

great photo

I am speechless… I love this…

She is beautiful, Joe!
Excellent capture.

Hi Joe….what a magnificent portrait of this woman…so much character in those eyes and her face…
excellent piece

This is a beautiful portrait Iris! love her expression and pose!

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Wow What a wondrous portrait ! capture the beauty of this women… and I think sadness!

fabulous portrait work!!!

Great portrait!

Beautiful portrait! Such great colors and the expression on her face is so interesting. Well done!

Irish … This is… one of the top 50 photo’s I have seen lately
Sure.. we all.. including me.. post flowers.. birds and bees etc etc..
Here my dear friend.. you touched the essence if life !
I am amazed with the expression you captured here.. the excellent lightning .. the razor sharp result and the sweet and yet, sad expression of sombody who worked hard all her life and resting in content..

A big big BRAVO !!!!!!!!!

You are my PHOTO HERO this day !!!!!!!!

Wow, what an amazing portrait….the wrinkles and the eyes tell so many stories…

Beautiful portrait))

Powerful story of poverty, such a shame and what a life she wears on that wrinked face.

great photo!!!

She is very beautiful! Thank you for sharing the story told through her eyes.

Amazing soul you’ve captured here….her eyes are very haunting and her weathered skin shows signs of a very hard life. Very poignant.

Hi joe,
I’m a man of few words, I’m also a emotional person this is one of the most
Touching photos I have seen for a long time, it has bort tears to my eyes rolling down my cheeks. It’s a good thing to get reminded that not everything revolves around one selves ! As this image das….Seasons Greetings
I agree with every word John44. Wrote.

Irish … This is… one of the top 50 photo’s I have seen lately
Sure.. we all.. including me.. post flowers.. birds and bees etc etc..
Here my dear friend.. you touched the essence if life !
I am amazed with the expression you captured here.. the excellent lightning .. the razor sharp result and the sweet and yet, sad expression of sombody who worked hard all her life and resting in content..A big big BRAVO !!!!!!!!! and a big BRAVO from me.

you have captured so much character and emotion!
wonderful Joseph

This is one of those timeless photographs that is so magnificent, it will probably still be viewed one hundred years from now. How moving! You’ve done an exceptional job with this one. I am deeply impressed.

Stunning my friend, very well done!

Wow, the is just beautiful

wow this face… these eyes… touch me deeply….. i want to have a warm stove put next to her.. let her talk…..

Such a wonderful face, but it looks like she has seen a hard life. So sad to be destitute in a land of plenty.

lovely portrait, well done

wonderful soulful capture!

Fantastic capture

Beautiful portrait work you surely captured the moment !

A fantastic work!!!

What a beautiful portrait painting this would make! love it

Dinghysailor….. A face that his time has had a very bright, her eyes say it! Preciosa vista.

Gracias por su alegre visita !

She has the most wonderful kind eyes! I’ll bet she could tell some great stories too! Excellent angle and light showing the hardship and beauty at the same time. Excellent work!

very creative and original….

After looking through your photos I have to say this is hands down the best shot. It is a beautiful portrait. What a life this woman must have had. I can only imagine the stories she could tell or the experience she could recount. I hope you were able to do more than take her photo. I have a great grandmother that is getting near to 100 years old, she looks a lot like this and happens to also be Irish. It has definitely reminded me of her. Thank you!!

Brilliant portraiture – fantastic!

You should considering adding this picture to some of the groups for portraits. I think there is one called Strictly Faces. It’s perfect for it!

We can see all her life on the face!!! Very expressive!!!

I think you captured her story so well with the photograph…those eyes tell of many experiences…some many of us would never believe could have happened

I agree with all the above. This portrait is excellent in so many ways, but it’s her eyes that capture you. Excellent job!

what stories she could tell, I love to just sit and learn. A face full of history – excellent portrait

stunning image. :o)

Bravo! Everyone is so caught up in the beauty of youth, we forget about the beauty in the elderly. They are among our most treasured resources on the planet; their wisdom, their perseverance, their resilience, their example should be appreciated and emulated. God bless you for gracing us all with deep and abiding beauty.

... great portrait!!

Amazing portrait…so photojournalistic as I imagine her life. Brilliant work.

lovely portrait…great capture!!!

what a wonderful picture of a beautiful face – a superb portrait – outstanding!

Absolutely stunning shot!! She reminds me so much of my Grandmother.

Great capture…...........beautiful image.

Wow,, truely a beautiful portrait,, her eyes are soft but show alittle sadness,, well done

this is fantastic :)

Compelling. What wisdom and life experiences are mirrored here. Beautiful work.

This is magnificent. Would you consider entering this into the group #1 Artists of Redbubble?
Mary-Ann

Her eyes are sad and pretty.

What an incredible portrait—so poignant and revealing; truly a trip to the soul. And in addition to all that, it’s technically perfect. Outstanding work!

Outstanding portrait, and yes that face has thousands of stories. It is a sad reflection on societies all over the world that there are so many homeless.

what stories those eyes hold. fantastic portrait. love it so off to the favs it goes!!!

wow. she’s beautiful.

Stellar portrait work … she IS beautiful, as is your honoring of her, her life, even without the words.

Beautifll shot

Fabulous portrait work!

Awesome portrait there is a lifetime of stories in every line of her face. I hope you gave her a bit of spare change so that she could buy a bite to eat. There is just no excuse for homelessness esp of the elderly. It is the responsibility of the young to care for our elders and respect them as they have so much to teach.

this photo belongs in the National Geographic! This is the most brilliant work of art I have seen in quite some time!! The wisdom portrayed in this face speaks volumes Bravo, my friend!

What a beautiful picture…with such GREAT emotion! Wow!

Really gorgeous shot!

TITLE SAYS ALL! what a beautiful woman ! great capture!

Museum quality image. Close up and intimate, but not gratiutitous. The quality of grays in the image are subtle and beautiful. The eyes – wow – amazing.

What a beautiful portrait.
Well done!

oh soooooo sad, but fabulous capture, a picture speaks 1000 words!

She is beautiful. You captured her soul in this shot. Nice job :-)

This is the #1 feature of the day, and you are the featured artist of the day. Congratulations! Mary-Ann

on your feature:)
Tina

Congrats!

Wow,,, JOE,,,, congratulations my dear,, very well deserved feature ,,, this is awesome,, well done,,,

cheers to you,,,

Hi Jo – Stunning photograph of a well worn face that carries a million stories with her very soulful eyes shining so bright! Beautiful! Congratulations too on your feature! – David :>))

Joe, I’ve got an awful habit of writing a comment and forgetting to send it. Getting old! But I must send it again. This is the most beautiful, emotional, and truly wonderful portrait I’ve ever seen, on RB or anywhere else. To my mind, it’s in the class of that Afghan woman that was so famous on the National Geographic cover some years ago. You should submit it to them, my friend, I know many others would agree. Congratulations is too mild a word for this.

A truly moving and altogether superb portrait, the muted colour works brilliantly well.

First class work!

Stephen

The map etched in lines on her face lead to the eyes that you see. But for her they look backward over a life once lived. Where she loved, laughed, cried and shared with the others that she knew and who are perhaps gone away now. Leaving her to wait.

This is a beautifully captured image.

A beautiful face, great iamge…........

What a beautiful portrait – I wonder what kind of life she’s had – Great work :-)

A very, very special work, Joe!!! Fantastic!!!

This is a great portrait of this lady, great job!

wow – this is an amazing portrait.

Wonderful portrait. So much written on this face.

Absolutely a thousand stories, I wonder where and how she is now god bless her. Amazing shot gave me goose bumps.

What a wonderful portrait, those eyes are, indeed, a thousand stories deep! It is too bad we do not know them but the photo speaks volumes. Great work!! :-)

What a beautiful image of a beautiful face!

GREAT SHOT !

extraordinary image and portrait:)

Extraordinarly beautiful. The eyes are magnificent.

Joe, this is just wonderful. What a fantastic portrait. I can see that she is probably a bit stern on her children and grand children. But she has a lot of love in her heart. That’s hard to miss in those soft gray eyes. Great capture!!

Exactly what I was thinking as I looked at the thumbnail… the face of a thousand stories! You’ve certainly captured her very, very well! I feel as tho I am face to face with her! BRAVO!! BRAVO!! BRAVO!! :)))))

WOW, this is absolutely stunning, goes right to my favourites. You have captured her beautifully!!! Oh and congratulations!

Congratulations! IRISH

my god this photo breaks my heart. the lady looks imprisoned in her own skin. her eyes tell enough. you can guess her story, though you would not get to the reality behind this face. this photograph makes me feel very sad, though i appreciate your work. I dont think she is irish, she is most likely from eastern europe or something coming to the west seeking a better life. you can tell that from her scarf.

Amazing portrait! she has beautiful eyes…

Great capture….lovely and sad at the same time

Beautiful photograph. Sorry her life is so tough.

Outstanding!!!! This is just gorgeous!.........Kathy

BEAUTIFUL!!!!

great portrait…she’s got beautiful eyes!

Just excellent! You can see the stories in her eyes! The texture of her skin and her silver hair! Try this one in b&w and in sepia! It will look stunning!!!!!!

WOW!!!!!!!!!

Yes!! A beautiful lady!!

wonderful portrait