Congratulations on a beautiful shot and nice finish. Great focal point and path leading the eye. I feel a little bad in that your feedback on my foliage shot probably made the difference to help me edge past you.
Congratulations Wendy, very nice finish :-) I really like how you created your photo, controlling the whole thing from the idea, then the shooting, and the post-processing. I hope you had some fun doing so :-)
Nice composition, only the flash on her seems a bit strong. The sharp shadow of the umbrella somehow does not fit with the lack of shadows in the rest of the shot.
This is great! I like the soft focus and all the red color! I am on the fence with the dress color. (I take it this shot was staged and not happened upon.) I think it is somewhat neutral and could stand to be a complementary color for added pop! And give that gal a sweater... it's fall out there ya know!!! lol.