Wonderful entry Author, nice use of fill lighting for a very well balanced image.

... and, oh my goodness, what a wonderful, radiant smile!

very fine, bravo

wonderful

Many Thanks everyone.

Nice catch author. GL

Wonderful lighting reminiscent of an old oil painting. Well done

Stunning as usual

If you ever feel like sharing you post-production techniques Author...I'm just a PM away
Wonderful entry...love it. Set-up and lighting is spot-on, the balance and overall feel is wonderful...

why PM ?? Don't be so selfish. i think our author should share with us all !!

Meatman, if you slow down your avatar a bit, perhaps the author can catch up with you?

Meatman, if you slow down your avatar a bit, perhaps the author can catch up with you?

Meatman, if you slow down your avatar a bit, perhaps the author can catch up with you?

No big secrets on my post-production really.
I use PS cs5 & RAW files.
Judging from our photo shop & 3D members i am at 10% of photo shop over all knowledge.
I mostly edit a photo until it's pleasing to my eye.
I believe that if a photo is well framed,composed & lit then there's not much to do in photo shop.
I use sharpness,shadows/highlights,dodge & burn to give the final look to my photo.
In b&w photos i increase the blacks a lot (so i can have the maximum contrast possible).
I have a 2008 acer laptop with a broken screen (i can't afford to buy a new one due the crisis in my country)...but i can do my job one way or an other....
That's that!!!

Amazing lights and composing. Impressive shot. Good luck author.

Congratulations, it's a stunning photo.