part of me

This piece speaks volumes and does so in so many ways. Black and white tends to strip a lot of extraneous things from a photograph and leave nothing but the bare bones behind.

The important things are in focus here: The subject's eyes and the rose petals with its crystalline dewdrops. everything else is in a sort of dream-like, not quite in this reality type of focus.

The hair being slightly mussed, just a little over the subject's face, and mostly blurred does indeed help in some cases, however it can also serve to be a little distracting while one is looking at the photo. I found that it draws my eye away from the rest of the picture. Possibly move those strands to the side.

IN the end, a moving piece, I must say.