Medium Format Portrait

What do you think? a portrait I made a couple of months ago with my beloved 1959 Rolleiflex T.
The Tessar is amazing even at 5.6! I used Reala.
The model (my German teacher) declared it was "scary but accute"!
Your opinion...?
(i love those smileys )

 

oops
that's a bit big!!! that one will be better...:er:

 

It's a nice image. The crop of the hands bothers me a bit though.

 

agree with matt about the hands, it was the first thing i noticed.

Apart from that i think it is a nice picture, the light is appealing and she has the character to make a good photograph.

I'm tempted to wonder what it would look like in a nice, rich black and white

 

I too think the hands are a bit of a problem, but because they're just TOO soft.

I do like the symmetry... a good choice for this portrait.

Pete