Wow, thanks for all the votes and comments! It's great to be on the front page after a couple of near misses in the last few challenges (13th & 12th)! My daughter will be VERY excited when she hears the news in the morning - we have been watching the stats every night.
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I like the shallow depth of field, but would prefer it to be more natural with a gradual transition from the plane of sharpness to the out of focus elements. Otherwise a very nice image.
I love it! The coloring is great (though I wish the light on the floral aspects was a smidge brighter), great composition, nice concept. I think the umbrella is a bit too busy and it seems to be competing too much with the busy-ness of the mustard blossoms. I really like how you've made your little model stand out so well from the background with the very crisp focus. How did you manage that while having a uniform soft focus everywhere else? I do wish there was a bit of fill light on the girl's face, but that's not a huge deal. 7
My choice for ribbon so far--great shot. A little tight on the left, and it looks like you selectively blurred the flowers. But I think the natural DOF would have looked better. You didn't need to bring her out that way.
Great idea and well composed. It looks a bit busy around the girl... I think perhaps a simpler wardrobe and simpler umbrella with no pattern would've had a better impact.
A lovely shot of a young girl in a meadow full of flowers in full bloom. The picture speaks of springtime and is very endearing. Focus on your main subject is good. The little girl is in sharp focus and we can clearly see the features of her sweet face and her hands. The umbrella is a nice addition but the teddy bear textures are a tad distracting for the pattern on the umbrella competes with the patterned texture of the field of flowers. In the eye of this viewer those patterns clash and they do not compliment each other. A solid color or two-tone pattern on the umbrella would be less distracting for the composition and more complimentary to the surroundings. Lastly, the field of flowers that radiate away from your focused subject (the little girl) could be in sharper focus as well - perhaps a smaller aperature setting (8 to 16) would increase the depth of field and bring everything into sharper focus.
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