awesome lighting on the face - i just really am not a fan here of the completely desaturated background - the subtle saturation in the basket was outstanding - continuing this treatment in the woods behind would added a couple of points (still it gets a 7)
Cute photo of the girl. I can understand why you chose to desat, but another location where that wasn't needed may have worked better. All JMO of course. :-) Good luck!
The harsh light makes your picture appear flat. May I make an other suggestions? Watch out for small details such as the one fern branch sticking right out of her head. These little things draw the attention of the view away from what you want us to focus on.
lovely photo, but I'm disappointed that the background is desaturated. I'm interested to know why you chose to do that. green would add so much more depth to the shot. good capture of expression, though