Help with crop and critique on skin tones

[R Pier1]

Hi there,

Please help me with this crop. I wished mom had been looking at baby when the shot was taken but the two children looked to precious to wait. I like having the mom in the picture somewhat but am having trouble cropping so it's not just a large back of her head on one side of the picture. Any help would be appreciated. Also any critique on the lighting and skin tones. Thank you!

Also, I made a huge mistake for most of this shoot and left the iso on 1250 from a shoot the night before. Ive used a noiseware plug in and sharpening and I think I corrected it but any critiques in that area are welcome too.

Exif information
Exposure: Manual
Lens 85mm 1.8
Max Aperture: 1.8
Flash: Did not fire compulsory mode
f: 16
1/200
ISO 1250

[BK553]

Skin tones look good, not too soft and no visible signs of noise. Good catchlights in the eyes. As for the cropping, there's not too much you can do, I think it's just about right. You can't crop any more, or it will just be a field of hair that has no clear origin.

[swilliams61]

I like it the way it is! Yes, it would have been great to have the Mom looking at them, but it's still a nice shot.

[kristenh]

i really like it! i agree with pps- don't crop out the mom- and the skin tones look fine to me.

[Photologyst]

I really like the photo as is. It's a different angle than the usual.

I would clean up some of the catch lights in the baby's eyes.