Whichever way the wind blows...
Uploaded: May 18, 2008
For the Digital Darkroom...
Thanks for looking! :)
Exif: F Number: 5.6, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/125 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 400, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 135.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
Paul E. Earl May 18, 2008
I have always liked this one. Has a haunting quality to it. #923520Jennifer L. Alder May 18, 2008
Thank you, Paul--- I have submitted one with the same hood, but it is a completely different shot. :) #5936755Carolyn M. Fletcher May 18, 2008
Very pretty!! #5936770MELODIE C. ROBERTS May 18, 2008
Good Morning JenWow
When You look in Her eyes you feel the Need to Confess All of your Sins
They seem to Demand Honesty
Excellent Once again !!
Have a Great Sunday #5936785
Carol Sawyer May 18, 2008
Gorgeous portrait and tones, Jennifer!! #5936787Margaret R. Barry May 18, 2008
Beautiful, Jennifer. Fantastic tones and presentation! #5936820Sue McLeod May 18, 2008
Hauntingly beautiful Jennifer! Love the texture as well! :) #5936826Chua Wee Boo May 18, 2008
So outstanding portrait,Jennifer! #5936830Tarun Bose May 18, 2008
Excellent portrait with lovely matt finish. Well done Jennifer. #5936854Brett Dolsen May 18, 2008
Beautifull Jennifer!!Love the effects and crop presentation!!Marisol Pastor May 18, 2008
Absolutely stuning portrait, as are all of your portraits of children. I agree with Tarun ... the matt finish is definitely a plus. #5936907Bojan Bencic May 18, 2008
Fantastic photo with some great effects. Great work, Jennifer. #5936913Aimee S. McMaster May 18, 2008
....excellent portrait work Jen...awesome use of effect as always...Aimee #5936930Lynn M. Whitt May 18, 2008
great portrait.... #5937048Laurie Daily May 18, 2008
Such intensity you capture, Jennifer...fabulous tones and effects. #5937262Candice C. Calhoun May 18, 2008
Gorgeous photo and presentation!ccc #5937368
Michael Umbreit May 18, 2008
Jennifer - Perfect treatment! Outstanding work! - Mike #5937384Michael G. Marshall May 18, 2008
Outstanding Jennifer! Her eyes are so compelling and I love your effect! Michael #5937410frank w. degenhardt May 18, 2008
Jennifer- Good morning my friend. Sensational look and feel to this one.Renata Gusciora May 18, 2008
Wonderful portrait!!! #5937523Anna Diederich May 18, 2008
Jen great effects here! This seems almost haunting! Nice work!! :) #5937530Deb Koskovich May 18, 2008
Great tones and depth to this, Jen -- I agree that her eyes are simply haunting. As far as confessing my sins, I'll let Mel go first. Now THAT should be interesting. #5937535Linda Blair May 18, 2008
Gorgeous...love the tones and the texture is great!!!!!!! ☺ #5937768Erika Haight May 18, 2008
Her eyes are Magnetic Jennifer!!!! A+ work!! #5938139Shannon D. Miller May 18, 2008
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it Jennifer! The texture of canvas is perfect and the tones are amazing! BEAUTIFUL work girl! Shannon~ #5938367Nancy L. Green May 18, 2008
Beautiful tones, and I love the way you captured her eyes, WTG!! <>< #5938655Joerg Schlagheck May 18, 2008
Beautiful portrait, Jennifer! Love the effects! #5938739Nadya Johnson May 18, 2008
Awesome work on this stunning portrait, Jennifer! #5939035Chuck S. Frizzell May 18, 2008
Great shot, great treatment. #5939558Marina Moore May 18, 2008
This is absolutely stunning!!! A gorgeous piece of work, well done Jen. :) #5939615Bill Knaps May 18, 2008
Beautiful Jen. Bill #5940120Bill Wyatt May 19, 2008
Outstanding tones and portrait work your PS skills are excellent as well!! #5940657Patrick Rouzes May 19, 2008
Those eyes are absolutely mesmerizing ,Jennifer!!! The tones & effects are also incredible!!! I feel we will see this again,my friend!!! #5941359Chastity Abbott May 19, 2008
Beautifully framed!!! Love the tones and the work you applied..her eyes..love it! #5941479Eugenio Diaz May 19, 2008
Wonderful eyes and excellent full frame portrait!!!Love the tone and the effects!!!! #5941562Jennifer L. Alder May 19, 2008
THANKS ALL!!! :) #5945288Walter Graziano May 21, 2008
Stunning shot Jenn! #5955922Angie Sidles May 21, 2008
This one looks familiar. Is it a re-post. I love it. The texture is awesome. Nice work! #5958172Jennifer L. Alder May 22, 2008
Thanks all! No, Angie--- not a repost. She has worn this hooded sweater in some others that I have posted, however. :) #5960453Ujjwal Mukherjee May 22, 2008
Captivating! The look,composition, treatment, all just fantastic!! #5960865Jamie Elliott May 22, 2008
Gorgeous, Jen. #5961476Laurence Saliba May 23, 2008
This is impeccable Jennifer!!! Your effects on these gorgeous portraits is so unique!!! #5969442Teresa Norris May 24, 2008
Jennifer, your portraits are just stunning. This is SO beautiful!!! She's lovely, and the portrait is amazing. #5971522"emmanuel ""nolax""" N. Montemar May 24, 2008
i like the charcoal painting look on this one , Jen! you did it very well! great work! #5972872Joseph M. Muench May 29, 2008
Wonderful portrait...the eyes and expression are stunning!Melissa McCabe June 01, 2008
OUTSTANDING - love the treatment, comp, and those eyes!!! : ) -mm #6005150Luigi Di Serio June 01, 2008
Amazing effect! #6005278Jessica Jenney June 19, 2008
Congratulations, Jennifer on all your beautiful finalists! WOW! Good luck! #6078212Jean E. Hildebrant June 19, 2008
Oh my goodness, Jennifer! Way to go!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! So many finalists. I hope you soar to the top! #6078447Philippe Vieux-Jeanton June 19, 2008
Big WOW and big CONGRATS, Jennifer!! #6078780Christian Rosito June 19, 2008
Yes! Well done Jennifer, yupiii! #6078804Kathy L. Clark June 19, 2008
Another beautiful finalist Jennifer. Congratulation. She is so pretty. #6078969Mary Timman June 19, 2008
wow..fantastic tones. Love those eyes!Marisol Pastor June 19, 2008
Congratulations on this wonderful finalist! #6079343Elida Gutierrez June 19, 2008
Congratulations for your Finalist!!! #6079708Tiia Vissak June 19, 2008
Congratulations again! #6079721Michelle L. Frick June 19, 2008
Another gorgeous finalist Jen!! Congratulations! #6079777Nancy (Peaches) Harker June 19, 2008
WHOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPat Gamwell June 19, 2008
Definitely one of my favorites...FABULOUS FINALIST, Jen! #6080496Bojan Bencic June 19, 2008
Congratulations, Jennifer! #6080667Angie Sidles June 19, 2008
You're on a roll!! Congrats again! #6080931Renee Doyle June 19, 2008
Bet this gets gold!! Awesome Jen!! Congratulations! #6081148Erin Appelbaum June 19, 2008
Congrats again Jennifer. peter #6081467Cyn Valentine June 19, 2008
Congrats Jennifer!!! #6081785Colleen Farrell June 19, 2008
Wonderful! Big congrats, Jennifer! #6082124Debra R. Harder June 19, 2008
Absolutely BEAUTIFUL, Jen!! YOU GO GIRL!! BIG CONGRATS on this GORGEOUS finalist!! Deb #6082298Stephanie Frey June 19, 2008
Congratulations on your finalist! #6082559Amber J. Skene June 19, 2008
Congrats on your finalist! #6082749Stefania Barbier June 19, 2008
superb, congrats! #6082899Laurence Saliba June 19, 2008
This is gorgeoussssssss!! Congrats Jennifer!!! #6083097Michelle Alton June 20, 2008
Wonderful FINALIST, Jennifer. Congratulations! #6083340Margaret R. Barry June 20, 2008
Congratulations on another stunning finalist, Jennifer! #6083389Tarun Bose June 20, 2008
Congrats Again. #6083577Anita Hogue June 20, 2008
CONGRATULATIONS!!! #6084613Jennifer L. Taranto June 20, 2008
SUPER congrats!! #6084659Teresa Norris June 20, 2008
Big congrats to you for this gorgeous finalist, Jennifer...and for all your beautiful finalists!!! #6085039Kimi A. Phillips June 20, 2008
Congrats to you for ALL of your finalists! ALL WINNERS!!!:) #6085397Mike Clime June 20, 2008
Congrats, Jennifer, on this super winner! #6085768Angie Sidles June 20, 2008
CONGRATS Jen on this BEAUTIFUL WINNER! #6085785Alex T. Mizuno June 20, 2008
Breathtaking work! Congratulations on your win, Jennifer!! #6085794Lynne Morris June 20, 2008
Huge Congratulations on this beautiful winner Jennifer. #6085839Marisol Pastor June 20, 2008
Jennifer, congratulations on this winner image. #6085852Christy B. Anderson June 20, 2008
Congrats Jennifer!! #6085864Michelle L. Frick June 20, 2008
Congratulations Jen!!! WTG!! #6085906Anita Hogue June 20, 2008
Congratulations on this fabulous win, Jennifer! #6085911Renata Gusciora June 20, 2008
Big congratulations,Jennifer!!! #6085939Tiia Vissak June 20, 2008
Congratulations! #6085941Kimi A. Phillips June 20, 2008
YIPPEEE!!!! CONGRATS!!!:) #6085986Chastity Abbott June 20, 2008
this little one is just so beautiful and I love the many expressions you capture!!! I bet she just gleams with joy to see this as a winner!!! :) Congrats to you both as a team!!!!!! #6086008Jennifer L. Alder June 20, 2008
Thanks very much everyone!!! I really appreciate it :) #6086067anonymous June 20, 2008
Congratulations Jen on your well deserved win! B- #6086086Nadya Johnson June 20, 2008
Congratulations on your winner, Jennifer! #6086136Jessica Jenney June 20, 2008
Congratulations, Jennifer on your beautiful win! #6086186Stefania Barbier June 20, 2008
CONGRATS FOR YOUR WIN!!! #6086238Sue Marshall June 20, 2008
BIG congrats on your WIN Jen!! :-)) #6086340Shari Kelly June 20, 2008
YOU GO GIRL!!!! YOU ARE SUCH AN INSPIRATION TO SO MANY OF US....WELL DESERVED MY FRIEND!!!! ^j^ #6086375Brett Dolsen June 20, 2008
Congratulations on your winner Jennifer!!Fabntastic result!!Brett #6086412Michael Umbreit June 20, 2008
Jen - Congratulations on your win!! Your work just keeps getting better and better! - Mike #6086419Debra R. Harder June 20, 2008
Congratulations, Jen, on your STELLAR GOLD WINNER!! YIPPEE!! Deb #6086578Bojan Bencic June 20, 2008
Congratulations, Jennifer! #6086601Graeme yew Chow June 20, 2008
Huge congratulation Jennifer. I am glad for you. I am now in louisiana. #6086730Joannie Bertucci June 20, 2008
Of course this is a winner, it's gorgeous Jennifer! #6086782Karen Slagle June 20, 2008
Congrats Jennifer on this wonderful winning shot... #6086839Sam Britt June 20, 2008
Congratulations on this winner, Jennifer! #6087059Claudia Kuhn June 20, 2008
Terrific portrait, congratulations on your winner! #6087105Erin Appelbaum June 20, 2008
Congrats again Jennifer on this awesome winner. Peter #6087255Mary Timman June 20, 2008
Fantastic...I love this! Congratulations! #6087256Deb Koskovich June 20, 2008
way to go, Jen -- this one couldn't miss! Congrats on an incredible winner! #6087299Mukesh Srivastava June 20, 2008
A huge congrats on this incredible WIN, Jenni!!!! #6087489Jill Flynn June 20, 2008
So beautiful. Congratulations on your win Jennifer! #6087510Vikram Jamwal June 20, 2008
There goes Mel again! :-))) Congratulations Jennifer on this win and wonderful piece of work!!!Jeanine M. Bailey June 20, 2008
Congrats on your winner Jennifer! #6087575Cassie L. Woodlee June 20, 2008
Congratulations, Jennifer!!!!!!!!! #6087643Elida Gutierrez June 20, 2008
CONGRATULATIONS!!!Renee Doyle June 20, 2008
What did I say!!! Fabulous Jen - BIG congratulations to you!! #6088070Evy Johansen June 20, 2008
Big congratulations on your beautiful win, Jennifer! Well deserved! #6088188Denise Denomy June 20, 2008
STUNNING CAPTURE, JENNIFER!!Raymond Pauly June 20, 2008
Awesome winner, Jen! Big congrats to you! #6088279Nemil B. Chabebe June 21, 2008
Congratulations, another magnificent portrait. #6088330Barbara Waldoch June 21, 2008
WTG, Jen! #6088471Tarun Bose June 21, 2008
Big congrats Jennifer for your excellent winner. #6088530Colette M. Metcalf June 21, 2008
HUGE congratulations on your win, Jennifer!!! WTG! #6088714Les Rhoades June 21, 2008
Congratulations on your winning photo!Aimee S. McMaster June 21, 2008
...congratulations on your wonderful winner Jen...Aimee #6088834Laurence Saliba June 21, 2008
A BIG CONGRATULATIONS on this very well deserved winner Jennifer!!! #6088967Debbie Hartley June 21, 2008
Congratulations on your beautiful winner Jennifer! #6089104Teresa Norris June 21, 2008
Jennifer, yay for you and this wonderful winning image!!! Congratulations!! #6089505Jennifer L. Alder June 21, 2008
Wow- thanks again so much everyone- I really can't believe it still. :) #6089754Bill Knaps June 21, 2008
Congrats on your well deserved win on this beautiful work of art Jen. Bill #6089786Eugenio Diaz June 21, 2008
Dear Jennifer, CONGRATULATIONSSSS!!!!!!!Colleen Farrell June 21, 2008
Congratulations on a well-deserved WIN, Jennifer! #6090515Laura L. Gonzales June 21, 2008
Congrats Jen, on this awesome win!!!! Very beautiful capture!! WTG!!! Laura #6090653Margaret R. Barry June 21, 2008
Congratulations on your fantastic win, Jennifer! #6090985Stephanie Frey June 21, 2008
Congrats on your beautiful win! #6091110Ujjwal Mukherjee June 21, 2008
Fabulous Winner!! Huge congratulations,Jen!! #6091959Robert K. Bemus June 21, 2008
Congratulations to the most original portaiteer (is that a word?)at Betterphoto!! #6091978Amanda Chapman June 22, 2008
Congrats Jen!!!!!!!!!!!"emmanuel ""nolax""" N. Montemar June 22, 2008
Yay!! you won too!! :) this is really a masterpiece and Jennifer Alder trademark portrait! great job, Jen! BIG CONGRATS my dear friend! #6092513Anna Diederich June 22, 2008
Huge Congrats, Jennifer! #6092789Derek D. Dafoe June 22, 2008
Your stuff is always so good!! Congrats on your WIN!! #6092839Jennifer L. Taranto June 22, 2008
A beautiful winner - wtg!!! #6093266Daniella Puente June 22, 2008
BIG BIG congrats and hugs my friend! this is a superb image deserving all the gold awards :o)))))))) #6093309Cindy Bendush June 22, 2008
Congratulations Jennifer -- this is a wonderful winner!!! #6094056Michael G. Marshall June 22, 2008
Congratulations on your wonderful winner Jennifer! Michael #6094450Joan Kocak June 22, 2008
love this! Congrats Jen- #6094833Datha Y. Thompson June 22, 2008
GORGEOUS!!!! CONGRATULATIONS Jennifer!!! WTG :0) #6095058Dr. Harmeet Singh June 22, 2008
Heartiest congratulations #6095110Dr Silly June 23, 2008
Jennifier congratulations on this wonderful portrait Gold win. :O)Ross Throndson June 23, 2008
A Great Big Congratulations, Jen.....Fantastic Work.....WTG!! :-) #6097248Stephen Zacker June 23, 2008
Stunning portrait. Nice work and Congratulations #6097409JO ANN CLEVELAND June 23, 2008
Awesome! Congrats on your well-deserved win Jennifer!!!jo ann c.
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Sharon King June 24, 2008
This is so Beautiful Jennifer, Congratulations! #6100420Girish Vaghela June 24, 2008
Glad to see it a winner, Well Done, Jennifer! Huge congratulations!!!! #6100900Yulianto Soeroso June 26, 2008
congratulation Jennifer hihi #6111911Jean-Pierre Ducondi July 03, 2008
Beautiful work. Really stunning. Congrats.Dominick M. Dimacale July 06, 2008
Congratulations jennifer on your Win.
Dominick #6146873
Carol Teal July 15, 2008
What a stunning portrait Jennifer! I haven't made it through all the finalists/winners yet, so I missed this. A BIG congrats! #6180742Michael Khoury May 08, 2009
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