Good shot. I may have not cropped out her elbow to help keep the balance. This has a nice feel overall and the flowers complement eachother well. She is a cutie. Congrats on your first place within the masses.
I gave this one 6. (Just understand that I don't usually score baby photos very highly (nor dogs and horses, for some reason)). Nice how the real flower is echoed by the embroidery flowers.
She looks so serious! I like the lighting, even though some have mentioned "blown" highlights in the dress (which doesn't bother me at all). I especially like the softness you've achieved overall with the portrait, and her skin tones are perfect. The flower also goes nicely with the dress - a very lovely portrait of a lovely young lady!
I am trying to comment on any picture I vote 4 or less. I am not professional photog by any means, but trying to justify my scoring with the hope that it helps.
Sorry for scoring it low, but the kid looks scared. No doubt she is cutie, but not happy at this moment.
Thats just lovely.....such a cutie pie. I do child and baby photography too, and know how hard it can be, so I really appreciate what this good capture means. Well done. I also love the high key, which you've nailed perfectly.
Very cute! Gotta watch those highlights though, I haven´t checked the histogram to verify this but it looks like huge portions of her dress is blow out but oddly it doesn´t really bother me that much about this photo, makes it more angelic somehow but still I would have preferred to see some texture there. Anyway, like this photo, what a cute little girl! Mine is 1 years old and I have already forgotten what it was like when she was this small. Got a 7 from me.