The reflection of her eyelashes and the top catch lights in both eyes is a really wonderful detail. Speaking of wonderful detail, the detail in the lips and in the chin area is really nice, and I love the way the hair that partially obscures the face is just ever so slightly out of the plane of sharpest focus, but is not objectionably out of focus. This is a really nice portrait, and the lens reveals a lot of fine detail, and I think the 100 mm focal length gives a better facial rendering then the 85 mm does. For many years I liked Nikon's 105 mm/2.5 for this type of facial close-up type of shot. I used to own a copy of that canon 100 mm F2.8 EF macro, and I made one of my favorite portraits of my son with it back into two thousand six, when he was just three years old.
I personally think that the 100 mm-135 mm lens puts you at a better working distance than the 85 mm does,andit tends to make the nose and lips look a little bit smaller than the 85 mm lens does especially on tight close-ups like this. I personally think that if the portrait crops into the forehea, that lenses in the 85 mm range put the photographer too close to the subject, and cause a apparent perspective distortion that is subtly visible in how big the nose is rendered. It is subtle, but I think the 100 mm is actually a better portrait length for the type of tight shot that you show here, in this post.For less close up looks, such as half body or bust shots there is nothing wrong with the 85 mm focal length.
I think that this is a very nice look at her. The hair adds a little bit of mystery and unconventionality. We seldom see a face that is obscured in this way. I think this is a very good picture.
