thank you for the feedback! when i was playing around with different crops, i wanted to take little bit off the right side so she was further to the right of the frame but in doing that i would have had to take some off the top and i didnt want to crop out any of her hand or head so this is what i ended up with.
I agree that the B&W does conceal the 2nd dandelion in her left hand but the effect the b&w gave seemed to outweigh that to me. whatdya think?
Here's a link to the color version for comparison:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3393/...81d49665_b.jpg