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Camera: Nikon D40
Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture: f/25.0
Focal Length: 28 mm
ISO Speed: 800
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: No Flash

Here is picture number one.

Picture numer two.



Picture number three...



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Old 04-05-2010, 04:39 AM
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Better how? What do you see or feel is missing?
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Old 04-05-2010, 05:35 AM
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The lens reflections (or whatever the technical term is -- sorry, I'm still learning) are a serious distraction for me in pictures 1 and 3. Also, someone soon will mention that you need to give some EXIF data and that you're only supposed to post one picture at a time...
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Old 04-05-2010, 06:09 AM
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Here are some thoughts...

Photo #1 -
I am okay with the hair in the face in this photo. I think believe that it would work better with her head turned more towards a profile rather 3/4, if not a full profile angle. I think she would do well with her face tilted slightly more downward.

Positioning her more to the right of the frame would get the tree out from behind her and fill the area of the sky that is not doing anything helpful.

Using a lens hood, or just blocking the sun by cupping your hand around the lens, could help lessen the lens flair from cutting through the middle of the photo.

Photo #2 -
I would like to see this as a horizontal composition with more the field shown in the right of the frame. You'll probably need to zoom out or back up a bit to allow her full body in the frame with that orientation.

You could think about either lowering or raising the camera angle to move the horizon up or down rather than having it cut through the middle of the frame. Lowering the horizon would probably do more good than raising it, especially if you can find any amount of clouds to help fill the very large amount of sky that will result. Even having a lot of open, empty sky would help to give the expansive feeling that you may have been going for.

Photo #3 -
Neither the closed eyes or looking up her nose are doing anything for me. If you were to keep the same pose with her eyes open, you could still get a dreamy kind of feeling.

I would have her keep the blowing hair out of her face and going behind her head if possible. You could try clipping the hair close to the head to still allow it to flow in the wind to her right.

Same as photo #1, positioning her more to the right to fill the sky and clear the tree would help.
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Old 04-05-2010, 08:19 AM
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if you're asking how to make these better the next time you shoot, then it is a matter of positioning your camera to avoid the sun hitting the lens to avoid flares. you can also use a fill in light, either flash or white reflector..
if you are asking if you can make these photos better, then you must learn post processing well to retouch these photos which is really hard.
i tried my hand and this was the result.
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1) Use fill flash if you have to shoot against the sun or when there's a bright background.
2) Try not to shoot against the sun, Shoot with the sun/ light source in-front of the subject.
3) Lower your ISO setting. 800 is too high for a bright sunny day outdoor.
4) Use a Lens Hood to reduce sun glare.
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