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[liviuhariton]

Camera: Canon EOS 1000D, Lens: Tamron 18-200
EXIF: 1/125s, f6.3, ISO 100, Focal length: 200mm, no post processing, taken at about 1:30 PM

My daughter was lost in some high-grass fields. Any improvements i can do to this frame? What does it says to you?

[BigFuzzy]

I really like what you were going for here and it's really close to a fantastic photo.

I really like what you did with the 'negative' space, i.e. the grass. And your placement of the subject is great. Well done there.

The main issues I have are that the colors are flat (likely a result of shooting at harsh sun hours) and I'd have love to have seen her sharper (even though you did shoot at 1/125th.
The harsh sun has created heavy contrast on her from the sun which is a bit distracting. Can you do some more PP on it and tone that down and boost the contrast/vibrance of the image?

Alternatively, have you considered converting this to b&w?

All in all still a good image but could be even better with a bit of tweaking. Well done.

[danbaileyphoto]

I also like the negative space and her position in the frame, but agree, it's too flat and lacks vibrancy. The best thing you could have done would be to shoot this during a different time of day. Mid day shots always have harsh light.

If that's not possible, then I'd say, try to bump up the colors in your processing software.

[liviuhariton]

Thank you both for your kind reviews

Originally Posted by BigFuzzy

Alternatively, have you considered converting this to b&w?

Here it is:

Originally Posted by danbaileyphoto

The best thing you could have done would be to shoot this during a different time of day. Mid day shots always have harsh light.

Unfortunately, we were in that location a limited amount of time, during mid day...

Originally Posted by danbaileyphoto

try to bump up the colors in your processing software.

How about now?