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[Iguanasan]

Critique away...

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f8.0
ISO 200
1/100s
168mm on a crop sensor

[scorpio_e]

I am not sure about the processing. It looks drab to me and she looks sad. Maybe it was the lookin you were going for. The hair in her left eye is a bit of a distraction.
I do like how you threw the background out of focus and the composition works for me.

[Marko]

The overall composition works for me. The eyes are what make this shot. Sharp and beautiful. What a beautiful model (I know she's your daughter) you have there iggy!!!!!
The expression is nice, not sad to me. The hair in the eyes, in this case is not a distraction for me as it seems natural for a girl of her age.
In terms of what could be better, first and foremost the face could be 10-15% brighter on my laptop (so take it with a grain of salt as it's uncalibrated).
You also cut through her arm which is a distraction. There seems to be a blue cast here and I might try to tone that down a bit.
For really nitty gritty - the vertical tree behind her head is also a distraction. I might also crop into the tree at left as it acts as a 'bookend' and better keeps your eye in the frame.
Hope that helps - Marko

[kat]

First thing my eye caught was the "dube"..hmm..I'm full of that today though. But something to look at next time you shoot! Wouldn't want a bad word in there ;) And that is all I can add as, well, it's been nicely critiqued.

On a side note, I believe I saw another image of this young lady and it stuck me very much.

[Iguanasan]

This one fell off my radar - :eek: and D'oh! - Thanks for the wonderful feedback. I'll keep it in mind next time. I'm sure you'll get a chance to see more of my daughter as she doesn't seem to mind me shooting her as much lately. I think she likes using the photos for Facebook :)