Great photo. I love her expression. If it was me I would try upping te contrat in the back and on the fence just to stand out a little more. Also her nose looks overexposed. I would (in Lightroom) try sliding the recovery slider over to help the loss of detail. Great angle.

Haha! Tara said everything I was going to say! Nice job on composition! Definately needs some contrast but I love that she is not looking at the camera!

I love the composition of this phone. I would probably use shadow/highlights in photoshop to bring the highlights down a little bit and shadows up little bit which flattens the photo overal. I love the colors of tree’s and wood that you got in the shot. Great job!

Great photo. I think a little more contrast and bring down highlight areas like her face would make things pop more, also a little tighter crop. I love the colors, and the trees. Great job!

I love the colours in this pictures. The pink/red just pop against those beautiful textured greens. I would follow the same advice given earlier and just correct the exposure on the nose. I may also have a play with the composition to see if I could crop it in a way that does not leave her face in the centre of the frame (rule of 3rds). This could make for a stronger composition overall.

I really love the DOF in this photo. Nice job. Her face is a little overexposed, so I would make sure to meter off her face to check exposure. You can probably correct it in post processing, but that depends on what program you are using.

It looks like the focus of the photo is falling more on her hair (possibly her cheek) which is gorgeous, but I would try to focus on her eye closest to the camera. To get her whole face in focus you could up the f/stop to 2.5 or higher, again making sure to lock focus on her eye.

She is such a beautiful subject that I would love to see her positioned a little differently to show off her hair and eyes a little more. Having her body/shoulder at a 45 degree angle toward the camera vs. both shoulders pointing straight ahead, her face turned a little more toward the camera so more of both eyes show, and eyes looking straight through the camera would really help this photo evoke more emotion.

I think the fence and greenery make a nice background and I really like the clarity.

Okay, this is my first critique … I thought I’d give it a try. :) Here goes …

Such a beautiful young woman! If I were taking her photo, I would have her turn her head the other way so you can see more of her beautiful face and angle her shoulders some instead of shooting straight on. I also would use the rule of thirds more in that I would put more of her in the photo and less trees in the background. I do love how the color in her hair and the color on her shirt pop out at you against the dark fence.

I agree with everyone that this is a really nice photo. I like her natural expression and positioning. In addition to the exposure advice above, I think I’d either like to see a closer crop or possibly a farther-out one to show a little more of her surroundings. (This one has kind of an in-between feel to me.) Great job with the the greenery/rustic fence background.

My first try at a critique. FIRST of all, what a gorgeous subject you have here. I think the tones in her hair are exquisite! With the beautiful face that she has, I think I would have capitalized on that a bit more and have had her turn a more towards the camera. I do love the fact that you used a profile…but maybe not quite so extreme. Her nose seems to be a bit overexposed and gets lost in the photo. BUT..overall I think this is great. And the DOF is just brilliant! Great job!

Kathy

First, I love the nice bokeh background of the trees! The photographer might want to warm up the colours in the photo, as this would make the image pop and draw more attention to the lovely subject. I agree, too, that a little cropping on the left side of the image would allow us to feel like we’re following the subject’s line of sight a little more. I also really like the use of texture in this photo – the softness of the trees, the grittiness of the wood, and the smooth, silkiness of the hair.

Great picture. I like the composition how she is looking off to the side. I agree with others that it seems a little overexposed on her nose and her shirt. I’m sure you can fix it with some editing (although I have no idea how!!)
Love the depth of field with the trees. Beautiful portrait

What a lovely photo Hope! The expression on her face is serene yet a little mischievous which intrigues me. I like how she is looking out of the frame, it adds to the mystery that I think her expression creates. The thing I would have done differently is the framing. I would have pulled down so that the fence line was at the top third line and you could see her arms and hands. It feels a bit chopped up with her hands not in view and so much green background at the top. I love the textures – the smoothness of her hair, the roughness of the fence and the softness of the background. This is a wonderful capture that communicates more than just a time and place. There is a bit of the essence of the subject. Thank you for sharing and for letting us learn and grow with you!

I love the nice bokeh background of the trees! She is a beautiful lady. her cheeks look little overexposed. you could have tightened the crop just a little, since she is looking to the right, you can crop it so the left shoulder/arm is touching the left side of the crop…
love how clear and sharp you got her face to be !

I first want to say, I love this photo!! Great color, great contrast, But I think that you could have maybe brought your camera down a bit more on the subject to get a bit more of her body, It seems like a bit of an awkward crop to me.

I would lower the exposure on her face. You can do that in LR using the Adjustment Brush ( Burn (Darken) tool. In that case you can lower the exposure on her face only.
I also think that you could have used a better composition for the shot… her head could have been on the top left (since she is looking to the right) of the picture instead of in the middle.

This such an interesting picture- you want to know what she’s looking at. I wonder how it would have looked with a little less of the green background- I kept looking for something to pop up back there. Again, maybe giving space to our right for us to follow her gaze a little bit…….Normally I’m not a fan of people wearing the shirts with writing on them (not that you always have a choice), but in this case, I think it adds its to the feel of the picture and is perfect for the shot.

What a nice shot!!! There is one thing that distracts me though and its the height of the fence running straight through her head…it seems to highlight the bottom half of the image and and distract from her face. Backgrounds can be tricky things :)

Hello! Great picture. I actually wouldn’t change the exposure at all! Two things I would change; add more negative space (rule of thirds!!) so she’s not smack dab in the middle of the photo, and I think I would have asked her to avoid wearing something with writing on the shirt (just preference). Otherwise, really great photo. Question — if you were outside, why did you crank the ISO up so high?