Response to portrait critique (ut-oh...)

Once again, I have to preface this by saying without a context it's pretty difficult to make very meaningful suggestions. However, assuming this is supposed to be an example of a contemporary fashion shot (or a portrait trying to look like a fashion shot), a few things are obvious. The model needs makeup (all models need makeup; however she does not have good bone structure, so you are limited in what the end result will be); her hair is flat and dull, the light is too low (the shadows of her shoulder and her nose on her face are very distracting); the wrinkles in her skin by her armpit could be minimized by a different pose (but some may have to be eliminated digitally); the feather merges into the shadow (it took me a while to figure out just what it was); there is a sickly greenish/yellow cast to the skin tone on her shoulder; the overall composition (which is very noticeable because of the black background) is ok, but not inspired. This is a good "first draft." Time to review and revise.

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