City Centre Busker

This young lady was busking in the city today, so I approached her between songs and asked her for a quick portrait.

She is going to be one of my mono portrait series, but I just had to show you the colour image as her striking hair just has to be shown in colour

A voice to match her smile too , very soulful , a bit Adele / Annie Lenox in tone and style

I was going to show her microphone in shot, but I cropped it out as the window on the left hand side of the frame had a "red / yellow beware burglars" sign, which just kept catching the eye away from the her.

Edited in Rawtherapee (a highly reccomended editor).

Hope you like this shot

[Maggiemae]

She gave you a good expression - not a wide smile but an interested smile! Just look at her hair! I would hate to have to comb this!

[Judith Johnson]

Love it! A terrific hairdo and a lovely smile.

[PhotoCrazy]

Nice capture!

[The Intermittent Photographer aka Blue Rose]

You have a knack of finding them Phil. Fav

[Kerri]

Cool shot

[elkehochban]

Beautiful!

[Gena Pegg]

She IS lovely and so glad you showed her true color. Very lovely. Would love to have heard her music as well!! Wonderful capture Phil. FAV

[Ali P]

Great shot!

[Newbank Lass]

We saw her on Friday too with her mate. Her voice was great. Look forward to your mono shot.

[Phil Howcroft]

@newbank thanks newbank , her beautiful voice was drifting up climber street on Sunday morning. She seemed surprised that I wanted to take a photo and a tad coy which was in contrast to her confident singing

[Dione Giorgio]

Beautiful portrait shot, as always, Phil. Would be nice to see it in b&w in which you excel. I wonderful how long it takes her to comb/set her hair.

[Nick]

Really love this shot. Fabulous portrait. Fav. Also the cropping is perfect.

[Ivan]

Super portrait!

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

I'm sure she'll look good in mono and I love mono, as I'm sure you're aware but I feel this is a time when colour is part of the image's story. Her hair is gorgeous and her top suits her colouring so well ; they are a part of who she is, I think.
Would love to have heard her sing.
Great image, Phil, so full of life and the catchlights are perfect

[Annie D]

She is beautiful
what gorgeous hair

[Phil Howcroft]

@annied thanks Annie, the hair is fabulous :)

@dulciknit thanks alison, the catchlights are natural , I did nothing other than point the camera, her positioning and the natural light must have been very good

@ivan thank you ivan :)

@nickspicsnz thanks nick, glad you like this one

@sangwann thanks dione for your compliments and support

@alinz cheers Ali :)

@eyesmile thanks for the fave gena, the music was good

@timandelke thanks elke :)

@kerristephens cheers kerri

@bluerose15 thanks for the fave blue :)

@photographycrazy thanks photocrazy :)


@busylady thanks very much judith , her hair is indeed fab

@maggiemae thank you maggie :)

[Jocelyn]

Fantastic portrait ~ a fav

[Hazel]

Love the focus on those beautiful eyes. Look forward to see the mono too.

[Phil Howcroft]

@quietpurplehaze thank hazel , I will wait a week or so before I post the mono to help keep my photostream varied :)

@joceyk many thanks jocelyn, glad you like the shot

[Vera]

I agree - the color of her hair (matched with the color of the shirt) makes this photo so wonderful!

[Al Bailey]

Colour is the way to go with this shot. Mono just couldn't do her hair justice! fabulous capture :)