Brunette in the Woods / Critiques Please

I took these with my Pentax K10D, SMC Pentax FA 50 mm f/1.4 and 18-55 mm kit lens. Tell me what you think. The rest of the pictures are here at
www.kemal.ca If you like one of them you can rate it on my website.

You mean here.

Curious title, "Hiking Girl". She doesn't look dressed for hiking, not an anorak in sight .

There are certainly a lot to look through . . .

One observation . . . her eyes. Few (if any) of your pics show her eyes in focus. The last shot above for instance, has only one eye in focus.

I would love the second and last of those above if the eyes were in focus. When you're playing with the 50 1.4 your DOF is razor thin and it's very possible to have part of the face in focus and part out. The eyes are the most important bit, if the eyes are good almost everything else is forgiveable, without the eyes the photo will always lack punch.

in addition to the good suggestions on sharp eyes...on number 2, the sides of a ladies hand will always look better than the back of her hand....on the 3rd from last, and last image...I'd prefer to see no burnt highlights...(cheek on one hip on the other).
either by metering to maintain detail in the highlights, and using reflectors to bring up the shadows, or using difussers/gobos to bring down the highlights....
i'd also prefer a warmer color balance, and a little more brightness from the exposure.
that being said, those are personal preferences, they are good images...

Just tell me which woods you found her in .........

Seriously tho' some very nice imaginitive shots in there, loved the second shot though I would have liked to see the hand in focus as well. portraiture is not my thing but I can see where you were coming from.

yeah; I sometimes get so wrapped up in the image/lighting/composition I forget to notice how pretty the models are....

That's what I tell Gerri...and I'm sticking to it!
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Some nice shots there but I'd agree with the comments about being careful with your focus point as most portraits are ruined if the subjects eyes aren't in sharp focus.