Coley
im sorry for the critique you recieved by a previous member, that wasnt to proffesional
anyone who looks at your profile can tell you have won your fair share of ribbons, so i am going to take it that you purposly put the red in your photo.
so what i am seeing is the light is bright on the top half and dark on the bottom
it seem almost out of focus,
the facial expression is great, and so is the hair
the white shirt under the red doesnt really work either,
over all, i like it, you didnt crop off the elbos to close, the image is centered and cropped well
improvments: try and get even light throughout, the white shirt kinda take your attetion away
Interesting hairdo, and good expression. But the shot is not really very well executed, it's soft and there's seems to be something wrong with the contrast or WB.
This is a great laugh - what fun you must have had taking this. Maybe moving her further away from the backgound would reduce the shadow effect. Love that smile!