Inspiring Photo: Of sound mind #6635343

Of sound mind

Uploaded: July 25, 2008 10:42:10

Description

Captured yesterday- natural light
thanks for looking :)

Exif: F Number: 5.6, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/125 seconds, Flash: fired, auto mode, ISO: 400, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 135.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi

Comments

Jennifer L. Alder July 25, 2008 0

Renee Doyle

Contact Renee
Renee's Premium Gallery

member since: 1/16/2005 Love your tight crop and b&w conversion Jen!!! Beautiful light and stunning portrait!
7/25/2008 12:45:49 AM

Paul E. Earl

Contact Paul
Paul's Premium Gallery
paul-earl-photography.com

member since: 3/18/2005 This is really stunning, Jennifer! A wonderful image!!!

7/25/2008 12:52:05 AM

Brett Dolsen

Contact Brett
Brett's Premium Gallery

member since: 4/9/2007 Great composition ,tones and unique portrait Jennifer!!Brett

7/25/2008 12:54:49 AM

Raymond Pauly

Contact Raymond
Raymond's Premium Gallery

member since: 6/3/2006 I really love this, Jen! It looks so... mystical!

7/25/2008 1:00:15 AM

Les Rhoades

Contact Les
Les's Premium Gallery

member since: 3/22/2004 A winner in any gallery! SUPER work Jennifer

7/25/2008 1:01:39 AM

Tiia Vissak

Contact Tiia
Tiia's Premium Gallery

member since: 9/1/2007 A beautiful portrait! I like the pearls!

7/25/2008 1:22:30 AM

Dominick M. Dimacale

Contact Dominick
Dominick's Premium Gallery
dominickmdimacale.com

member since: 11/16/2006 This is superb, Jennifer, Lovely B/W image.

Dominick

7/25/2008 1:25:34 AM

Avril Young

Contact Avril
Avril's Premium Gallery

member since: 4/25/2007 Stunning black and white..awesome POV..love her pose!! Excellent!

7/25/2008 1:43:26 AM

Jennifer L. Alder

Contact Jennifer
Jennifer's Premium Gallery

member since: 1/11/2007 THANK YOU SO MUCH !!!!! :)

#967017

Jennifer L. Alder July 25, 2008 0

Tarun Bose

Contact Tarun
Tarun's Premium Gallery

member since: 2/25/2006 Excellent composition and lovely b&w tones. Well done Jennifer.

7/25/2008 2:22:41 AM

Vitor Dias

Contact Vitor
Vitor's Premium Gallery

member since: 2/12/2003 It is a very lovely B & W photo. It is an excellent shot with superb composition and framing. It is very lovely one. FAVORITE.
congts Jennifer.

rgs Vitor

7/25/2008 2:26:39 AM

Aimee McMaster

Contact Aimee
Aimee's Premium Gallery
kerringtonstudiosphotography.com

member since: 11/20/2005 ....simply amazing Jen..so creative...beautiful work...Aimee

7/25/2008 2:28:53 AM

Yulianto Ml Soeroso

Contact Yulianto
Yulianto's Premium Gallery

member since: 6/27/2006 natural light alway make me exiting ...wow k\composition and ekspresion absolutely good

7/25/2008 2:39:29 AM

Margaret R. Barry

Contact Margaret
Margaret's Premium Gallery

member since: 6/22/2007 A real stunner, Jennifer. Fantastic comp., tones, details and lighting. We'll see this one again!

7/25/2008 2:42:10 AM

Ray & Audrey Clarke

Contact Ray & Audrey
Ray & Audrey's Premium Gallery

member since: 3/30/2005 Lovely B&W portrait, great tones, love the pearls Jennifer.!!!(R)

7/25/2008 2:56:50 AM

MELODIE C. ROBERTS

Contact MELODIE
MELODIE's Premium Gallery

member since: 2/20/2007 Morning Jen
Wow...Beautiful Black and White Mood
You Two Obviously Have A Special Relationship
She seems totally at Ease and Completely Trusting...Not easy To Be when One has Their Eyes Closed
EXCELLENT WORK My Dear!!!

7/25/2008 3:15:33 AM

Michael G. Marshall

Contact Michael
Michael's Premium Gallery

member since: 10/4/2007 Outstanding Jen! Terrific light, tones and comp! Michael

7/25/2008 3:31:07 AM

#6228396

Mary L. Graham July 25, 2008 0

Beautiful work Jennifer!! =) #6228437

Guy D. Biechele July 25, 2008 0

Just beautiful. Great tones, composition, and expression. Very strong image. #6228444

Anita Hogue July 25, 2008 0

Stunning image, Jennifer! #6228458

Deb Koskovich July 25, 2008 0

Wonderfully creative crop on this, Jen -- it adds all the interest in the world. Fabulous tones and presentation! #6228502

Michael Umbreit July 25, 2008 0

Jen - Another wonderful shot and treatment! I agree with Deb on the effect of the crop! - Mike #6228674

Girish Vaghela July 25, 2008 0

Creative, very lovely vertically, great capture, Jennifer! #6228709

Shannon D. Miller July 25, 2008 0

WOW!!! I think my comments always start that way with your work Jennifer but they always blow me away girl! This is truly STUNNING, a master piece I LOVE the coolness with the wonderful b&w, and your crop is AMAZING!! Another winner! Have a wonderful weekend! Shannon~ #6228766

Bill Knaps July 25, 2008 0

Beautiful portrait Jen. Bill #6228781

Jeanine M. Bailey July 25, 2008 0

Jennifer, this is amazing once again!!!! Your black and white is perfect and I just love the tight crop!!! #6228825

frank w. degenhardt July 25, 2008 0

Jennifer- Good morning my friend. WOW is a good place to start this comment off with. Stunning beauty. The pose is priceless. Your so good I really dont know if your cropped it or not but I do know I just love the look. The black and white is always a favorite of mine, lighting and clarity outstanding. The features that I loved and was amazed with are, the hand to the face with the beads. What a beautiful touch. The showing only part of the face. Now everyone knows your a pro with the features of the eyes, but in this one I am totally taken in with the eyes closed. It just fits the image and title so well. Even the crocheted scarf( sorry I think thats what it is) is a special touch.
Creative and as always, beautiful work
Have a most wonderful day, take care, enjoy #6228902

Beverly A. Wright July 25, 2008 0

Very creative and moody, I love everything about it! The tones are
wonderful! Love the feel of this!! #6229063

Melissa Olsen July 25, 2008 0

WOW!!!!! This is just amazing!!! Talk about awe inspiring work my dear!! LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT IT! ;) #6229305

Angie Sidles July 25, 2008 0

AMAZING POV and comp here Jen! LOVE the idea and you have executed it brilliantly!! Beautifully done!! #6229378

Mukesh Srivastava July 25, 2008 0

Jenni, it's amazing composition. I love the way she is holding the garland with totally lost expression. The crop is also very creative. Sure to see this again..... #6229385

Derek D. Dafoe July 25, 2008 0

Great comp here Jenn!! Love your stuff as always!! #6229466

Shari Kelly July 25, 2008 0

Just---WOW----
love your POV----JUST WOW DEAR HEART---
shari #6229544

Melissa Olsen July 25, 2008 0

Wonderful composition!
#6229702

Stefania Barbier July 25, 2008 0

you have another winner here Jen... SUPERB! #6229831

Nancy (Peaches) Harker July 25, 2008 0

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOW, AWSOME and STUNNING!!! #6229887

Angela Azzinnaro July 25, 2008 0

SUPERB capture, tones, comp & pov!!!! You could put together a wonderful book of all of the awesome images of beautiful Mel!!!!!! ALWAYS AMAZING work Jen!!!!!! #6230027

Datha Y. Thompson July 25, 2008 0

WOW!!!!! Gorgeous!! WINNER!!!! :0) #6230071

Anna M. Halasz July 25, 2008 0

Beautiful portrait !!!! Fantastic tones and mood. Anna #6230254

Scott A. McDaniel July 25, 2008 0

Absolutely love this one Jennifer. #6230473

Nadya Johnson July 25, 2008 0

This is very different! Love it, Jennifer! #6230611

Jennifer L. Alder July 25, 2008 0

You all made my day :)
thank you much !!!! #6230691

Rajeev 270293 Kashyap July 25, 2008 0

Wonderful image, tones, composition, and expression Jennifer! Winning image Capture! Well done! #6230743

Claudia Kuhn July 25, 2008 0

Beautifully composed Jen, wonderful tones too~ #6230944

Karen Engelbreth July 25, 2008 0

Fantastic portrait, Jennifer! #6231044

Jessica Jenney July 25, 2008 0

Love the composition and tones, Jennifer! A very beautiful and intriguing portrait! #6231143

JO ANN CLEVELAND July 25, 2008 0

Oh my goodness~!
This is gorgeous Jen~

jo ann c. #6231200

Sara Dunn July 26, 2008 0

BEAUTIFUL! #6231412

Debra R. Harder July 26, 2008 0

Holy Moly! You are too much! This is AWESOME, Jen!! WOW! Winner and a fav for me! Deb #6231433

Judi Morrissey July 26, 2008 0

LOVE this!!!! What a beautiful image. The B&W looks spectacular! #6231576

July 26, 2008 0

You have left me speechless with this one! Fantastic doesn't even begin to describe this AMAZING portrait! I agree with everyone else that this is definitely a winner!! #6231585

Ujjwal Mukherjee July 26, 2008 0

Outstanding work, my friend! #6231969

Michelle L. Frick July 26, 2008 0

Gorgeous Jen! She really does look like an old soul! Love the composition and tones! #6233180

Georgeina M. Mckinney July 26, 2008 0

Stunning!! :) #6233183

Erika Haight July 26, 2008 0

WINNER!!! I love the tones here Jennifer! LOVE IT~ #6233627

Eugenio Diaz July 27, 2008 0

Fantastic shot, great clarity and beautiful tone. Love the closed-eyes and half face composition it give to it charm and looks like.....Something to discover...please keep looking at it!!!
You are the master!
Well done my Friend! #6236347

Laurence Saliba July 27, 2008 0

Gorgeous closeup and crop Jennifer!!! Your portraits are so unique!!! #6236690

Amy JACKSON July 27, 2008 0

Wonderful portrait, Jennifer! Great composition and tones! #6237118

Evy Johansen July 28, 2008 0

Beautiful portrait, Jennifer!! #6238500

Patrick Rouzes July 29, 2008 0

Incredible tones, detail, clarity & comp here,Jennifer!!! Exceptional work again,my friend!!! #6242141

Cindy Bendush July 30, 2008 0

Fabulous in every way! Super tones, crop and presentation! #6247867

Anastasia Hoff July 31, 2008 0

Wonderful image as usual. #6251982

Melissa McCabe July 31, 2008 0

this series is AWESOME!! Particularly love this one - crop, tones, treatment, colour... Fabulous!! : ) -mm #6254369

Lynne Morris August 04, 2008 0

Wow Jen, I sure have missed some amazing posts in your gallery during my holiday, this is beautiful. #6270288

Jeffrey D. Estacio September 11, 2008 0

This is good stuff. Nice job with this. #6439440

Lisa J. Boulden September 14, 2008 0

Stunning portrait, Jennifer!
Love the drama!
Wonderful model, too!
Smiles, Lisa♥ #6451851

Jessica Jenney October 23, 2008 0

Congratulations, Jen on your gorgeous finalist! #6639612

Amber J. Skene October 23, 2008 0

Congrats on your finalist!!! #6640266

Angie Sidles October 23, 2008 0

No surprise here! I am predicting gold for this beauty!!! Congrats Jen! #6640392

Raymond Pauly October 23, 2008 0

Big congrats again, Jenn! #6640686

Laura L. Gonzales October 23, 2008 0

WOW!!!! WTG Jen. This is fabulous!! Congrats and good luck in the next round! A real Winner to me:) Laura #6640977

Melissa Olsen October 23, 2008 0

I predict that this one is going to be a BIG winner!!!

Congrats sweetie! #6641164

Laurence Saliba October 23, 2008 0

Congrats on your finalist Jennifer!!! #6641532

Teresa Burnett October 23, 2008 0

And another huge congratulations Jennifer on this stunning finalist!! Best of luck in the next round!! #6641673

frank w. degenhardt October 23, 2008 0

Jennifer- Endless talent like this is so right to be a finalist. It should be a winner as all your work should be. I respect you as an artist and a person. Congratulations my friend. #6641684

Stefania Barbier October 23, 2008 0

and another beauty Jen.... congratulations girl!!!!!! #6641919

Cindy Harter October 23, 2008 0

What an awesome image ! Congrats !! #6643606

Stephanie Frey October 23, 2008 0

Congratulations on another beautiful Finalist! #6644036

Erin Appelbaum October 23, 2008 0

Congrats on this finalist Jennifer. Peter #6644232

Mukesh Srivastava October 23, 2008 0

Huge Congrats on your finalist, best of luck in the next round!!!!! A winner for sure, Jenni!!!! #6644629

Elida Gutierrez October 23, 2008 0

Congratulations on your FINALIST!!! #6645276

Bill Wyatt October 23, 2008 0

Wonderful work Congratulations! #6645388

Debra R. Harder October 23, 2008 0

Sooooooo HAPPY to see this again, Jen!! BIG CONGRATS on your BEAUTIFUL finalist! Deb #6645727

Daniella Puente October 23, 2008 0

WONDERFUL photo, so well deserved finalist :)))) good luck on next Jen!!! #6646158

Shannon D. Miller October 23, 2008 0

LOVE this picture Jennifer! CONGRATULATIONS I know it's a winner! Shannon~ #6646243

Renata Gusciora October 23, 2008 0

Amazing finalist,Jennifer!!Huge congratulations!!:-) #6647761

Max Aureli October 23, 2008 0

Congratulations Jennifer for this great portrait and Finalist!!! #6647923

Janet McNeil October 23, 2008 0

Congratulations and good luck!! #6648089

Sam Britt October 24, 2008 0

Congratulations again, Jennifer! #6649098

Usman M. Bajwa October 24, 2008 0

A wonderful Finalist. Good Luck in the next round.

UB. #6650213

Lynne Morris October 24, 2008 0

Huge Congratulations on this wonderful finalist Jen, great work. #6652053

Renata Gusciora October 24, 2008 0

Jennifer,huge congratulations on this gorgeous winner!!!:-) #6653789

Bojan Bencic October 24, 2008 0

Congratulations on your WIN, Jennifer. #6653825

Jessica Jenney October 24, 2008 0

Congrats, Jen on your gorgeous winner! #6653838

Kerry Hill October 24, 2008 0

Gorgeous portrait, Jen! Congratulations its very well deserved! #6653871

Stefania Barbier October 24, 2008 0

congrats on your gorgeous win!!! #6654090

Rakesh Syal October 24, 2008 0

My heartiest congratulations on this great win, my friend! #6654210

Debbra Bailey October 24, 2008 0

Congratulations on your win Jennifer - WONDERFUL image! #6654323

Claudia Kuhn October 24, 2008 0

Wonderful winner Jennifer, congratulations! #6654380

Gail Vitikacs October 24, 2008 0

Fabulous! Congratulations! #6654391

Colette M. Metcalf October 24, 2008 0

Congratulations!!!! #6654461

Denise M. Snyder October 24, 2008 0

Congratulations Jennifer! Love your composition on this! #6654495

Michelle L. Frick October 24, 2008 0

Congratulations on your gold Jen! You rock!! #6654537

Nadya Johnson October 24, 2008 0

Congratulations on your wonderful winner, Jennifer!! #6654595

Max Aureli October 24, 2008 0

Congratulation for your Winner!!! #6654636

Elida Gutierrez October 24, 2008 0

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

"A Humble Thophy"

A Special Trophy for

"September Winners"

#6654721

Judi Morrissey October 24, 2008 0

congrats on your well-deserved win! #6654877

Cindy Bendush October 24, 2008 0

Beautiful as always Jen! Congratulations on this fantastic winner! #6654920

Jeanine M. Bailey October 24, 2008 0

AWESOME WINNER JEN!!! CONGRATS!! :) #6655140

Sam Britt October 24, 2008 0

Congratulations on this second place win, Jennifer! #6655147

Vladan D. Djordjevic October 24, 2008 0

Fantastic winner! Congratulations! #6655181

Ken Smith October 25, 2008 0

Love the composition and lighting, Jennifer. Super work!! #6655289

Cindy Harter October 25, 2008 0

So happy for your win :) !! #6655358

Margaret R. Barry October 25, 2008 0

Huge congratulations on this fantastic winner, Jennifer! #6655380

Mukesh Srivastava October 25, 2008 0

Itwas sure to WIN and got the Gold... Huge congrats Jenni!!!!! #6655481

Anna Diederich October 25, 2008 0

Congratulations, Jennifer! #6655503

Girish Vaghela October 25, 2008 0

Huge congratulations on this wonderful winner, Jennifer! #6655569

Jennifer L. Alder October 25, 2008 0

THANK YOU to everyone who has left such sweet comments and to BP judges for selecting this as a winner. It is an honor to recognized amongst such a huge base of talent. You guys rock :) #6655656

Anita Hogue October 25, 2008 0

So stunning ,Jennifer! Congratulations on your gorgeous win! #6655657

Daniella Puente October 25, 2008 0

This make it to the GOLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CONGRATS Jennifer is so beautiful :))))) #6655840

Wendy Moghadam October 25, 2008 0

Congrats on your very beautiful win! #6655899

Stephanie Frey October 25, 2008 0

Congratulations on your winning image!! #6655930

Teresa Burnett October 25, 2008 0

Fantastic!!! Congratulations Jennifer on the beautiful winner!! #6655954

Laurence Saliba October 25, 2008 0

Wtg Jennifer!!!! Congratulations!!!! #6656144

Graeme yew Chow October 25, 2008 0

Fantastic winner, big congrat Jennifer. You are consistent winners in BP. #6656254

frank w. degenhardt October 25, 2008 0

Jennifer- Congratulations my friend on the winners gold for this beautiful portrait. Your work is an inspiration. Enjoy the moment. #6656296

Raymond Pauly October 25, 2008 0

This was clearly outstanding all the way, Jenn! Big congratulations to you! #6656447

Angela Azzinnaro October 25, 2008 0

CONGRATULATIONS Jen!!!!!!! #6656507

Ujjwal Mukherjee October 25, 2008 0

Huge congratulations on your beautiful Winner,Jen!! #6656584

Sherry Stricklin Boles October 25, 2008 0

Congrats, Jennifer! #6656617

Dr. Harmeet Singh October 25, 2008 0

Heartiest congrats for this beautiful winner.. #6656680

Max Aureli October 25, 2008 0

Congratulations on this fantastic expressive Winner, Jennifer!!! :-) #6656798

Barbara Waldoch October 25, 2008 0

Congratulations on your WIN, Jen! #6656869

Darryl Wilkinson October 25, 2008 0

Hey Jennifer,
Congratulations on this outstanding winner!!!

Peace :) #6656873

Carol Teal October 25, 2008 0

I am so behind on BP and to think I missed this wonderful winner (that was uploaded on my b'day, too). A belated congrats to you Jennifer! I hope to be able to participate more regularly before long, but right now I am working way too much to spend time on BP. If I ever start looking thru all the wonderful images, I totally lose track of time! #6656928

"emmanuel ""nolax""" N. Montemar October 25, 2008 0

wow! you did it again, and again my friend! big congrats, keep it up! #6657147

Laurie Daily October 25, 2008 0

Congratulations on this beautiful winner, Jennifer!

#6657225

Shannon D. Miller October 25, 2008 0

Congratulations Jennifer! This is such a STUNNING photo and so deserving of this win! Shannon~ #6657368

Michael G. Marshall October 25, 2008 0

Congratulations on your magnificent winner Jennifer! It's a wonderful image! Michael #6657763

Linda Blair October 25, 2008 0

Congratulations on your Win!!!!! #6657926

Tiia Vissak October 25, 2008 0

Congratulations! #6658054

Usman M. Bajwa October 25, 2008 0

WTG. Congrats. on striking GOLD.

UB. #6658825

Colleen Farrell October 25, 2008 0

Wooohooo! WTG, Jennifer! #6659350

Debra R. Harder October 25, 2008 0

WTG, Girl!! So HAPPY to see GOLD here!! BIG CONGRATULATIONS!! Deb #6659722

MELODIE C. ROBERTS October 26, 2008 0

This Surprises Me NOT One Bit!!!
Congratulations Jen!!!! #6659906

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna October 26, 2008 0

HUGE congratulaions on this wonderful win, Jennifer!!!!! ♫ k #6659985

Renee Doyle October 26, 2008 0

Very well deserved!!! BIG congrats Jen!!!! #6660063

Bill Knaps October 26, 2008 0

Congrats on your well deserved win Jen. Bill #6660204

Bill Knaps October 26, 2008 0

Congrats on your well deserved win Jen. Bill #6660205

Donna La Mattino Pagakis October 26, 2008 0

Congratulations! Beautiful work Jen! #6660472

Robert K. Bemus October 26, 2008 0

Congratulations on this Win, Jennifer!! #6660765

Deb Koskovich October 26, 2008 0

Huge congrats on your great winner and also your finalists, Jen!! #6661938

Tarun Bose October 26, 2008 0

Big congrats Jennifer for your excellent winner. #6662920

Eugenio Diaz October 26, 2008 0

AWESOMe one more time Congratulations...WTG!!!! #6662989

Dominick M. Dimacale October 27, 2008 0

Congratulations Jennifer on your Win.

Dominick #6665428

Mary Timman October 27, 2008 0

Congratulations Jennifer...how beautiful! #6666066

Pat Gamwell November 01, 2008 0

No surprise here, Jen! Absolutely exquisite! Big congrats, girl! #6690969

Julie Monacella November 02, 2008 0

So very beautiful! Congrats on your win! #6697269

To discuss, first log in or sign up (buttons are at top center of page).

Get Constructive Critiques

Did You Know?

Discussions by Category: You can view photo discussions on various themes in the Community > Photo Discussions section of the site.

BetterPhoto Websites: If you see an orange website link directly under the photographer's name, it's totally okay. It's not spam. The reason: BetterPhoto is the one that offers these personal photography websites. We are supporting our clients with those links.

Unavailable EXIF: If there is no other information but 'Unavailable' in the EXIF (meaning no EXIF data exists with the photo), the 'Unavailable' blurb is not displayed. If there is any info, it shows. Many photos have the EXIF stripped out when people modify the image and resave it, before uploading.

The following truth is one of the core philosophies of BetterPhoto:

I hear, I forget.
I see, I remember.
I do, I understand.

You learn by doing. Take your next online photography class.

You & 7

Love It!

BetterPhoto.com All Time Best Photo Contest Editor's Pick

BetterPhoto.com Photo Contest SECOND PLACE Winner

Copyright for this photo belongs solely to Jennifer L. Alder.
Images may not be copied, downloaded, or used in any way without the expressed, written permission of the photographer.
Log in to follow or message this photographer or report this photo.

My Profile

My Photo Shows

My Photos

My BetterPholio

My Courses

Description

Comments

Get Constructive Critiques

Did You Know?