Girl with injured manatee

--very effective ----point of interest keeps shifting from expression on girl's face to the

litter bound manatee.

Is this a social statement or a portrait. It kind of works as both, but as a social statement it would work better if the girl were standing on the other side of the manatee, so that you could see its face. Same goes for a portrait as the girls face would be in sunlight.

The girls expresion is very well representing the drama of the wounded animal. But the legs in the back are a bit distracting.

Interesting emotional shot of the girls face... could see this coming straight out of the local paper. This could use some fill flash though, brighten up her face

A good composition, but the loss of detail in the child's face (especially her left eye) detracts from the shot

a little fill flash on her face would make this a better image. IMHO