All Grown Up

[Ash Fuehrer]

Did some editing, added some warmth and tried to fix the bright spot in the background. What more can I do with it? Should I crop it down?
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EXIF
Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi
F-stop f/5.6
Exp 1/100
Focal Length 47 mm
Flash

[carlyfan]

It's a nice picture. I think it could definitely be cropped, and it seems a bit dull to me. Maybe try boosting saturation or contrast? I like the pose though, and she's very pretty. Well done.

[KUlmer]

I would try adjusting the curves. It has some great colors, but things look a little flat. You could crop some off of the top and bottom, but I wouldn't do that unless I had to in order to get a certain print size. Good shot!

[lee kivi]

Nice shot ! I would crop it a little only because I also find the sunny background slightly distracting.

[SusanH1970]

Great exposure! I checked your EXIF on Flickr and saw you're using Elements 8, so therefore you don't have curves. Try doing a levels adjustment layer and bring the black slider to the right just a touch to add some contrast. Also instead of cropping out that lovely background, I'd use the burn tool set as a fairly big, soft brush at 10% and burn the highlights and midtones of the background to make her pop against it.

[Ash Fuehrer]

Thank you all for your tips and pointers. I'm really looking forward to learning more. Thank you again.