people skills need help!!

[ranchermom]

This is my niece, my mom has been wanting some pics of my sisters kids and i needed some practice on people!! Please give it all to me! Whatever you see, tell me!! My main question is the composition.



Camera Nikon D60
Exposure 0.05 sec (1/20)
Aperture f/6.3
Focal Length 30 mm
Focal Length 30.0 mm
ISO Speed 800
Exposure Bias +1/3 EV
Flash No Flash

Thanks y'all!!

[Photologyst]

It's a very nice shot.

I would suggest cropping because her foot (I think it's a foot/leg) is out of proportion and distracting.

[monday]

I'm going to agree. The foot is a bit distracting. Other than that I like it.

[SaraSue]

I like the pose. I think it is cute how she softly has her head on her hands. I agree not crazy about the foot but that is one easy crop away. My biggest issue is how dark it seems. The background is so bright and her face is so dark instead of looking at her face first I immediately went to the blank white space. There are also splotches on her face from lighting coming through the branches or something. It is a cute pose but I would just move around and work on the lighting a little more. I know there are tons of different ways to get a good photo but I personally would have had a wider aperture (smaller number) and a faster shutter speed to help with any camera shake. Just my opinion. I also like the tight photo of her face, mom and grandma will love seeing their sweetheart upclose!

[RLucas]

Do you have the pre cropped version you could post? I really can't find anything I don't like about it except the crop. I think you could have left it a little loose, especially in the height. Her face seems just a tad underexposed, but not bad.
I think overall it is a very nice portrait.

[ranchermom]

this is the original crop, i do have more shots. i will get them up. They aren't as tight as this one. Thanks for the feedback!

[oldwolf]

Nice pose. Composition is nice but she's only got 1 foot. That's a bit distracting.

[Niresangwa]

i like the foot... or at least don't care about it.

the blown out forehead and hair however...