Tom, this is quite the face. The light is a bit harsh for my taste (hard to control when you're riding a yak across Tibet or wherever this was), but ohmigod what a face...what a life you've caught here. Quite remarkable.

As an aside, this theme (In Your Face) has the tagline "Self Portraits with Edge" which I, too, missed the first time I uploaded a shot. Unless I'm totally missing something, "Tom Carter" ain't the name of the woman in the image ;-)

greath face ! but also for me the sun light is to agressive and the level of the photo is above the eyes, i guess the old lady is not tall.

Thank you all for the comments. I am sorry I didn't know these were self-portraits only; should I remove the image?
About the photo itself, the sunlight in Tibet is a real doozy; it's so harsh that many images come out pure black. Other times they are all washed out like this one; I tried my best.

amazing... just amazing.

Very nice work in a difficult light - you succeed in bringing us an amazing face!

Thanks,
Jon

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Such a classic beauty!

nice!

This portrait was taken in an extremely dim dwelling, with only a curtained window and a doorway providing indirect light along with a coal and wood-burning stove. It took endless shots and just as many requests for them to be as still as possible (they had an extreme tendency to giggle) before I got this frame.
Feel free to read the whole story: 'Portrait of a Sichuanese-Tibetan Family: The Pilgrims of Langmusi,' at www.cityweekend.com.cn/articles/cw-magazine/travel...

Beautiful!

Superb! Especially with only using available light which I am assuming makes the photo even more perfect. Nice job!

This is a beautiful photo. I really like the tones very much.

Very nice tones.
the expressions on their faces are not that happy but this shot is wonderful after reading about the use of only existing light!

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