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This beautiful creature. She had the most amazing stare. She was such a generous person. The way she intently stared into this stranger's camera with this look of purpose and curiousity. Letting me snap all of my photos, snap, snap, snap, giving her image to me for that moment. It was as though she as an artist understood what I was after in shooting her portrait and was completely willing to share it with me. This is my favorite shot from the set.

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ANOXLOU says:

very cool thomas
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

mirelamiada says:

like a big felina
wow
intense
i hope i will see this pic on explore page
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

cavenli2008 says:

So cool portrait!
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Calico182 says:

awesome shot
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

SaZeOd says:

WoW! this regard scares me!! :-)
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

rlphotography says:

Striking! Like the catchlights on the eyes, well captured.
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Misguided_photo says:

very cool!
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

john curley says:

mmm, stunning!
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Steve Sawyer says:

Yes, as others have said stunning!
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Oppo Hash says:

so intense!
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Pig Sty Avenue says:

Very good, but the really shallow dof hasn't quite paid off here. And I don't like that blue light.

-Voted "delete" (by the Delete Me Uncensored Group)
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

TroublePup says:

/n/n-Voted "save" (by the Delete Me Uncensored Group)
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

♥ Nat hamlin says:

All those snaps and this is the best you could come up with?

Does she have a concussion? One eye is way more dilated than the other. Maybe that's why she stared so long without moving.

Plus you could drown an elephant in one of her pores. Gaussian blur would be kind.

-Voted "delete2" (by the Delete Me Uncensored Group)
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

the monk says:

Well nat since it would appear that there is a HUGE light source coming from the right, that would cause her right eye to dilate or did we not get to that chapter in biology yet @ Cornell

its in the eyes that makes this a save

-voted as "save2" (from the Delete Me Uncensored group)
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

maesk says:

Wow, what an excellent portrait!
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

liber says:

Light is too artificial, but I like the end result.

-Voted "save3" (by the Delete Me Uncensored Group)
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Crokey247 says:

good focusing and i like the lighting as well.

save4
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

♥ Nat hamlin says:

Monk:
Well, duh.
You got it backwards:
A brighter light would cause her pupil to CONSTRICT, not dilate. Wierdo pupils. Still suspect subject is comatose or heavily medicated.
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

nytram ydnew [deleted] says:

too close delete
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

the monk says:

ahhhh nat - but she’s not in the light source, its (the eye) trying to pull from the light
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Miss Flake says:

Lovely, just lovely (as is the set)

save
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

key lime pie yumyum says:

Too close, too sweaty, too sharp, looks like a face painting at a fair that's ready to get all runny and ugly. Amateur makeup job made extremely ugly by extreme close-up.
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

key lime pie yumyum says:

-voted as "delete4" (from the Delete Me Uncensored group)
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Jahbuzz says:

intense
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Jahbuzz says:

/n/n-voted as "save6" (from the Delete Me Uncensored group)
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

:alain: says:

great shot!
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

alexagus8888 says:

SUPERBLY !!!!nice foto, I like this foto
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

scurvesahead says:

What you wrote I see. i love when someone accepts my shooting them and allows me to see into them. Judi in S.M.,Ca.
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

sam j rollo says:

if that's alive, then i am dead

-voted as "delete5" (from the Delete Me Uncensored group)
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Nico* says:

Beautiful portrait, a bit blurry but very expressive.

-Voted "save7" (by the Delete Me Uncensored Group)
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Mô_ (Michelle) says:

Marvellous! This glance gives the impression to bore the interior.
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

andertho says:

Of course.

save9
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Redgum says:

Methamphetamine usage aside, this is a compelling image.

-save10
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Mernas says:

and what an intense stare it is.. absolutely fantastic portrait.. bravo

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Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

alight says:

truly transported by your image of this beautiful being ... its as if you (thus, we) have been allowed to see her very soul...
thank you..
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

beccafrog says:

so beautiful. incredible colors.
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

beccafrog says:

such intensity. she looks like she might burst into flames.
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

srta_luna [deleted] says:

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Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

ArtsySF © says:

WOW & double WOW!
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

I, Puzzled says:

Congratulations! This image is currently one of Flickr's most interesting photos for 21 May 2006. (It is on page one of the calendar view.) Would you please add it to the Interestingness pool? It would be a great addition!
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

jugaaru [deleted] says:

Nice shot!
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

kentbye says:

Great shot.

We used this picture in our video called "The Great Turning."
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Flying Kites says:

Beautiful.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

fotolilith says:

Fantastic eyes! Please post this over at --The Stare
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

CaZ* says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Some Like it Hot!, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

Some Like It Hot!

Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

caffeinated_spider says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called The Boy Bedlam Review, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

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Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

teşrifat says:

terrific portrait...
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

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Bill Jones Jr [deleted] says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called The Woman ♀ (Post 1 / Comment or Fave 1), and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

Lynn (Gracie's mom) - I'm here & there says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called ~MY STARS~ , and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

Massimo De Dominicis (Max31055) says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Un'altra perla nera! / Another black pearl!, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Space Art says:

Bravissimo!
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

scc.Iris says:

intriguing, mysterious and direct
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

Walter Oscar La Colla says:

High Fidelity Photo Art

Please, share this beauty with us
Join the High Fidelity Photo Art Group and upload it!
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

ömer_erülke says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called human eye-insan gözü, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

kirarashid says:

Intense. Unique. Beautiful.
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

JamesChristiePhotography.Com says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Le Face, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

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