Portrait

This portrait was taken as the subject was turning around to the call

of her name, otherwise I would never have been able to (or is that

allowed to) take this shot. Any thoughts would be helpfull.

Technically, it's nice. Good focus, exposure. I would definitely crop out most of the tree over her head, and possibly the light portion to the left.

I agree with the cropping suggestions. I think the best way to make cropping decisions would be to decide what you want to emphasize and then assess your cropping options. The deepset eyes and delicate mouth on the subject are nice...eliminating some of the tree, the light part beyond it, and the vertical lines of the sunglasses might allow the lines of her chin and hair to emphasize her eyes and mouth. i like the grays in the tree as a background for her face. cropping closer in will allow the grays to have an effect on the portrait.

it would be much better if you

cut the left side of the picture. leave only the tree and the fingers