Kat

Part of my effort to take more portraits. Advice welcome!

Fergus, I cropped your photo a little to get rid of the white window in the upper left hand corner which pulls the viewers eye away from Kat. I also adjusted the contrast a little and burned down the people in the background. I like the expression and composition which works very well with this photo. I will delete my version if you wish. Thanks for sharing it.

We agree with Michael. What he did strengthens the picture.

Thanks Michael.... please leave the picture. I'm now trying to avoid cropping my photos as I'd like a consistent format and want to work on taking the photo I want, rather than editing after. Not decided on the darkening in the background, but I suppose I did not want a straight portrait, more a portrait with context..