First Critique - A Thai Child

[OnL4ch]

New to the forums, new to critiquing, my self-deprecating side is looking forward to this.
Just returned from Thailand, and the first time I shot 99% manual with my T2i. Needless to say I made plenty of mistakes but learned a lot. Anyway I was curious about this image. I feel somewhat drawn to it, but I think it has focus issues (her eyes aren’t perfectly sharp, but is it obvious?) and I can’t seem to get the white balance right. Is she a little too green? Is the shot over saturated/too much vibrance? How about the composition, do the stairs ruin it? It’s not cropped at all. Anyway, have at it, it’s much appreciated.

EXIF:
Camera Canon EOS REBEL T2i
Exposure 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture f/4.0
Focal Length 40 mm
ISO Speed 400

[Jblackjr]

I couldn't tell you about exposure or colors or whatever as I am trying to learn all that myself, but I would crop much closer to the girl.

[Lolkat]

wow, I love the colors in this shot, but I also agree, either a closer crop, or if you could have gotten a wider angle, would have helped- i personally would have liked to see more of the girl's body included- cropping at the chest seems a little awkward. It doesn't seem oversaturated to me, but others might disagree.

[EmyB]

Ooooh I love it.

Possibly oversaturated a tad but I think that's kinda the point of this photo - such stunning colours. Actually, I would just say that the pink at the top of her hat border is too bright you lose detail.

I disagree with the previous poster. I like the composition the way it is. And the focus seems fine to me at this size anyhoo.

Lovely.

Edit: second thoughts with regards to composition I would prefer to see a little more of the girl, but that's not possible I presume.

[sk66]

As a candid it's very nice and works quite well.... I think it needs a minor levels adjustment. Maybe a touch green.

If it were more of a "documentary" shot I would prefer to see more of the girl and probably taken with her higher on the stairs where the tiles run more horizontally.

[OnL4ch]

Thank you all very much for the feedback. Sadly this is as wide as it gets, but I agree I wish I would have shot it a little wider and gotten more of her elaborate outfit. The mid-chest crop is quite awkward. I see now that the saturation is causing some loss of detail in her hat, as the pink is a little bright, and I will definitely adjust that for the better.