[Street] La belle inconnue...

Taken during one of my Brussels "photowalks", in the evening at 800 ISO with a Voigtländer Nokton 40mm f/1.4 MC on my Panasonic G1 (meaning manual focus ;). Inspired by Tom's nice presentation, this is also my first ever try of Lightroom...



See here for the original on flickr

Comments are welcome...

nice composition
and full of life thanks to hand moving
good depth of field that make the woman detached from the background

noise give a film like effect, but is a little bit too much , you could reduce it via noiseware

B&W treamtent to my taste could be stronger on the white shirt and the jean sothat the woman is more present

mouth form is not so nice , not a real smile

B&W is definitively a good choice; the smile is not enough ... smiling however the look she has might compensate a little bit since she is transmitting some emotions through it.

I would increase the contrast to reinforce the B&W aspect;
possibility to increase the depth of field via photoshop? in order to even more put the woman into perspective and reinforce her presence?