"it's difficult to do a portrait of someone we know intimately" - Hmm, don't tell me about it - it's damn hard... About the picture - some mood is there, but I always prefer eyes open - the eyes expression makes the mood in a portrait, don't you think? And closed eyes could not express so many different emotions...the final decision is always in the artist hands...

Thanks, Misha, I din't know anything about this site..worth all the time spend there...

remembers about brownian move - maybe you'll take another shot of champaigne bubbles..:) great play man! :)

an excellent overview through a wonderful eye...

looks great on my monitor, too...and btw; we like it because is summer, after all >>> now it's time for that swamp of colours on the streets...:) what is too much is the tone of her skin!

what are you squizing with your hand? light? :D

The first one is more innocent in the way she eat...:)

Very innocent group - delicate little ones...A french man would say: Ou est le neige d'antant? [~Where are the snows of old times?]...:)

I've never had the curiosity to click the ph. community area, but now because of uzma("What Tomorrow May Bring?") I see this - a very interesting review (Hmm -I see a photo of mine :))....A super cocktail for the spring so I like it...Thanks, Misha!