must be all the make up. nice shot btw. what lens are u using? you could make her eyes in color and everything else b&w assuming she has blue/green eyes
Two very nice portraits here.
While I love mono I must admit that I prefer the colour image here.
There is lovely even lighting, nice catchlights in the eyes and the
whole tone and athmosphere of the image is excellent.
I also agree with you with regard to the colour popping.
Great fun to start with but seldom successful longterm.