So colorful and pretty .
Very Good John.
Top Mark

nice

Beautiful work¡¡¡¡¡I love the colors¡¡¡¡¡+10

so what species of bird is this?

very nice portrait, her expression is great, I would like to see her entire right hand but as you mentioned you only had your 400mm lens so i suppose this was difficult.

Beautiful shot!
great colors and light
great expression

Poohblah: I agree Jay, I would have preferred to have the entire hand also, but I think the composition works this way. You are right , it was difficult... A very crowded street, no room to back up. It is full frame width-wise. I cropped a bit from the top to ehance the composition.For an impromptu street shot, I'm happy with the results. (as was she)

Beautiful work John!!
Excellent capture of the expression!!....Great colors!!
Lovely !
Carlos

Love that smile you caught with your huge tele lense lol

Like the close cropping you have done on this one

Finally catching a "human" with your cam...

Great capture!! Really nice!

Great personality! You took a good portrait.

I think the hand not is a problem.The face is closeup and it works for me. Well done. +10

A very nice portrait John. Colorful and cheery. Yes, the hand is an issue but I agree that it has very little negative impact on the photo.Our eyes are drawn to that wonderful smile.

This photo has such nice colours, yet it is scary in a way - you've chopped the top of her head (and the earring) and most of her hand (lol, sorry, I couldn't help it).
I blame that on the lens, with 400 mm it must have been quite a challenge to get this much into the frame, and even if it wasn't, you got the most important part in well (composition wise too), so the cropping is more or less just nitpicking.

Very nice shot John.

You do portraits really well,
I think the cropping works fine as the focus is
really on that lovely face

Great + 10

nice photo, the hand issue has been discussed, apart from that it's a gr8 portrait, very nice colors

Great capture of the smile and personality!

SHe looks a little like my sister...Very good portrait

Huh! I like this very much! She looks very happy! That are hose type of Pictures, which makes you happy as well, while looking at them!

Beautifull Eyes, beautifull smile! Nice portrait very natural!

Good shot John !!
Very well done !!!

Excellent shot.

+10

Sounds like you just had one quick chance at this portrait and you took advantage of it. Beautiful smile & very nice work.
Don

Beautiful, energetic portrait. Excellent work. +10

Good job! Nice smile!

good portrait..

Very nice and vivid portrait! Great smile
+10