My first Easter!
by nemesise1977

Comment:
Check your white balance - and then adjust the contrast using a curves adjustment to make it "pop". The kid should be the star of the image, instead he feels "flat" - the curves adjustment would fix that.

purple pose
by redmoon

Comment:
Wow, her nose looks perfectly in focus, but her eyes do not... too shallow DOF? Or misapplied softening in post?

Valerie
by love

Comment:
I like the softness... except around the eyes, it feels like it has gone too soft (potentially, it may have been out of focus). The thing that makes it feel wrong is that her right shoulder (left side of the image) appears to be very sharp, even while her eyes are blurred. So either the camera focused on the wrong location, or the post processing softness wasn't applied across the entire image - in which case, the best place to reduce the softness is in the eyes.

Looking
by philup

Comment:
I like the overall look and lighting on the face, but for me, the whites of the eyes have been over-whitened.

Mother, Mentor... My Heart
by Coley

Comment:
I like the idea presented here. I think I'd prefer to see both eyes of each of the girls, so maybe have them positioned just slightly more to the outside. (I'm just not a big fan of the one-eyed shots). Also, for me, skin tones and brightness could also be improved.

Portrait on Yellow
by Kaizer

Comment:
Three things I think could improve this shot a lot:

1) Move the model away from the background. This will help blur the background even more (it's not bad now), it would also darken the background a bit since more light would be on the subject than the background (light decreases with a square of the distance), and the shadow behind her head would be softened and blurred.

2) Next, if you use a Flash Bracket, it will keep your flash "above the camera" even when the camera is turned on its side for a portrait shot. The advantage here would be to keep the shadow down instead of off to the side (you might not even see it in this particular shot).

3) Finally, a quick curves adjustment for contrast, even without making any other changes, would have helped this image to score higher.

"Amanda'
by tfarrell23

Comment:
I dunno if the blue tint on the whites of her eyes is on purpose or not ... but it's not working for me, especially since her teeth are still white.

IMG_8179.jpg
by luv2photo

Comment:
Love this one. It's the best of the bunch.

The Mustard Field
by FotoMunki

Comment:
This one should be put up for sale - I'm sure there will be takers. Beautiful image. Well done!

Reflections of Winter
by pearlseyes

Comment:
Congrats Alecia - just outside of top 10. I think you're on a role!

Not bad for your first picture with the new camera, either! :-)