May I make a small suggestion? On the second photo, her arms are pointing straight towards the camera. That seems to foreshorten her forearms and throws her hands way out of focus. I’m wondering if they would look more pleasing crossed perpendicular to the camera. Just a thought. She’s absolutely gorgeous no matter what.
Not really liking the composition/crop of image 1. Also, the face seems a bit too soft (i.e., lack of sharpness). I do like the lighting on her face.
I like image 2 quite a bit, but I would be tempted to try to tone down the sky behind her head a bit. The lighting in this image is not quite as dramatic as image 1, but still pleasing.
First... I love her hair!
I'd try cropping #1 from the bottom to eliminate the two red necklace (?) strings which I find very distracting.
The second image works fine for me.
Both are very nice.
Hey bwalwork, Thanks for taking the time to offer your input! I love the hair as well and thats why I could never crop the image to the Red strings! Seems like that would really take away the punch of the fabulous hair! Totally sorry those strings ruin the shot for ya but to be honest they don't bother me? All in all I appreciate your view none the less.