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Comment by roz:
dont be down on yourself .. i reckon we've got the best in the world in dpc .. comparisons make no sense at all except of course to help us improve .. i really like this portrait coz its very real .. i agree about the composition, but you must be sick of hearing it now .. your daughter makes a beautiful, fresh and lovely subject ... i'll be hoping to see more photographs of her, altho if she's anything like my daughter she's totally sick of having me in her face with a camera .. she says its like i have it growing out'v my face .. !! ... :)

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Comment by Ken:
Good start for the challenge. This can be a great time to try new and different things in your processing. Making your girls go out in the awful weather sounds like something most of us would do...

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Comment by Alicia:
What a cutie! Very sweet portrait. Despite the heavy showers, you got them to smile and cooperate.

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Comment by Alicia:
Beautiful portrait with great lighting. As the others have stated, I would chop off some of the surrounding background - preferably the whole left side. The skin tones are perfect and your daughter is adorable. For the 'natural' posing - if they are little performers, that will be hard to accomplish - ha!

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Comment by sherpet:
Wonderful position in the frame, and again I love her smile.

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Comment by sherpet:
What a wonderful smile she has, and this is such a very happy and pleasing portrait to start with.....

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Comment by Jutilda:
I love landscape orientation but like muckpond said, I think it's too centered. Nice DOF and focus. A square crop might be fun. I'm a huge fan of that.

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Comment by Jutilda:
CUTIE!!!!

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Comment by cgino:
Lovely portrait! Nicely done, only suggestions for improvement are to echo comments of muckpond and KarenNfld regarding centered composition and focus.

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Comment by Budya:
Very nice portrait! I wish I could see more of her hands.