shadow highlights. mask the sky with its own set of curves. put another curve over the whole thing to brighten and bump contrast. The hue/sat to bump up red, yellow, blue & cyan. resize. usm.
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How cute is this? Adorable! I love how the dress makes her pop out from the background. Also very cool how you've got her and the post centered in the photo. Beautiful shot and what a fun keepsake to have.
this is a beautiful photo - but I would reccomend tweeking the levels a little to get the contrast to pop more; or even just slight curves in post-processing (saving for DPC sometimes lowers the quality of an original pic so i'm sure the original is amazing) I think a pic showing her arms a little more would be nice- as it is she looks like she doesn't have any; tho I can see that they're behind her back because I see the edge of one... - kids are a tough subject they never want to do what you ask them to and usually its candid-moments -as a mom I understand that! :) :-) Kudos and compliments on a lovely subject!! look forward to seeing more in your portfolio!