Sorry but he's just a little OOF.

Uploaded original photo which is better suited that forcing a close-up.

If you don't mind me asking, what kind of camera do you use? It left an odd painterly effect when I viewed the high resolution.

Shot in 2004 with a Nikon D70. I added more sharpening in camera raw and lightened the exposure level with a gamma correction. She was a lot prettier than my shot reflects.

surprising it got that effect. It literally looks like brush strokes. I bet she was prettier; I'd love to see a black swan.

Yep, this is a better picture! The whole shot is better and a lot clearer without the forced close-up.

love this.good luck!

what is written on her belly???

It is written "Bem Vinda Eduarda" = "Welcome Eduarda"

OHHH, how cute

Nice composition

Beautiful, this is rally black, with just a touch of colour

Nice

Hurray, finally a 'black' photo

I may be re-shooting this though to fix the one minor thing that's triggering my OCS (obsessive compulsive disorder) LOL but thank you

Very cool!