joyful beautiful image ... composition is excellent and bring some inner meanings to the image ... great! these are exciting Beth ... a real joy to see ...
I dont know why, but to me it looks like it's not her hands.. Maybe its the shoulders that look to relaxed or something.. whell, anyway..
I think it is a nice portrait that might benefit of a little more light on her eyes.. And the hand thing makes it a little more intriguing (why do I always think of words that I cant spell?)