Japanese Girl
by MAK

Comment by LalliSig:
The lighting is a bit harsh since her shadow is on the back of the umbrella and the composition could have been better, the negative space at the top doesn´t do anything for me. Anyway, not bad, as a matter of fact better than most shots in the challenge, keep it up.

Japanese Girl
by MAK

Comment by Ambo:
Lovely portrait, the tones really work well...

Link
by MAK

Comment by TooCool:
Needs just a touch more DOF...
TC

Link
by MAK

Comment by lucifero:
good details, exiciting the DOF

Link
by MAK

Comment by elpy:
"we're only as strong as teh weakest link..." this is a strong photo.

September
by MAK

Comment by Koriyama:
The horizon doesn't bother me too much as the fence poles give the truer indication. Maybe this would have worked better in portrait mode with a lot of the irrelevant stuff cropped out and the photo's leading line heading to the light rays.

Link
by MAK

Comment by Army of nOne:
A slightly greater DOF bringing the front of the links into focus would have been nice. But if I had to have such a shallow DOF, I would have put it right where ou did. I like this shot.

Link
by MAK

Comment by Konador:
I think this would look more effective in B&W and a slightly wider DoF.

September
by MAK

Comment by Amason:
The horizon is leaning way too much imo, nice sunrays, but you should cut off a little of the uninteresting foreground.

September
by MAK

Comment by arpita:
the scene around when this picture was taken seems to be promising, but the picture as is lacks a focal point.
it appears that there are the beams from the clouds, which generally make for excellent pictures. perhaps you could have concentrated on that part for your picture. also, there are a large number of these posts in the background, and possibly they might have formed interesting lines had you chosen them for your subject.
as done, however, the subject appears to be the mud/sand in the foreground, which holds very little interest. also the line of poles cutting across don't contribute tha much.