not a bad one to finish on...

a figure would change this quite considerably, for the better? I'm not so sure.

Here we have no human action to tie into, so it can be optimistic or melancholic, or wistful etc... with a figure the pose would tie us in to a feeling straight away and strip the viewer of their immeadiate reaction so i like it for that... it invites us to imprint our own feelings on it.

give up? nah not with your vision... tell you what, if you give up, and then you have to let me take your portrait deal?

you know i like this one... go on go back and do more.

Almost works for me... i'd be tempted to have the flower clip the frame too... would really make the viewer work and ask questions in that case. also she's looking down, although we cant see her eyes, ours follow her head direction, and that gives it a very particular feel, if that's what you wanted then cool It's always worth remembering that even if your models are half hidden we can still see (assume) a lot from their pose.

ah excellent timing sir. almost perfect diagonal and the smoke says it all... nice to see people seeing that.

hah excellent... nice chimping caught on camera