You know, in looking at this shot, I have to say that it truly grabbed me. There's an air to this shot that just sort of "captures" the imagination and once a shot has done that to me, I don't care about the technical aspects. There are millions of technically "perfect" shots out there but, if they don't capture an emotion or they don't capture interest, then they are not worthy of even half the glance that a shot that emotes something from the viewer deserves.
Please don't let the DPC voters' opinions on the technical aspects disuade you from taking these types of shots! We can get bogged down in the technical aspects and lose our "eye" for the content and our own individualized styles.
Remember, anyone can always improve on what they do and anyone can sit and tear apart a shot, based on technical aspects but, it takes a true "soul" to see the beauty in something that is not "perfect". This shot reaches for the soul.
Jeanne, the composition is very nice. This image lives and dies by the depth of detail, though, so the softness hurts the interest level. At least for me. This is where posthumous comes in behind me to say it's perfect as is. ;)
I also think that more contrast would benefit it. Learn how to use levels or curves to add contrast without blowing out the highlights. You usually want something to be pure white and pure black. Not always, but I think so in this shot.
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