Girl and Florence skyline

please, if you are going to rate low (below 4) leave a message as to why, it's only polite after all. :)

This shot was taken outside of a church high on the hill overlooking the Arno and the heart of Florence, on a cold spring day (it may even have snowed on the hills). This girl caught my eye, sitting alone, oblivious to the world around her.

Well, whoever it was that rated 2/2 and didn't BOTHER to leave a note as to why this was crap in their eyes really shouldn't bother to rate at all. I mean, whats the f*cking point?

c'mon people - is it too much to ask to simply put your name to your rating when you feel so strongly about something? Sheesh.

I can't tell who did it and to be honest I don't really care who it was - it would just be nice to have some feedback, after all I did post this for critique.

Stef

Nice but, in my opinion, there is too much going on here. The sky is mostly blown out and not very attractive to me. I would start by cropping it out. The large tree in the center draws too much attention. The large building on the right, although more aesthetically pleasing, also seems to compete for my attention. If you shot this at a little different angle so the building was not coming out of her shoulder and tighter so as to eliminate the tree I think it may have been better. I tried a crop from the tree, just below the sky, about half the foreground from her toes down. I like the simplicity and the focus on her. With just a slight angle adjustment to give separation between her shoulder and the building would be nice. This type of shot is difficult. I hope my suggestions will be helpful to you in the future.

Bill

Thanks to rate my photo http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2835553 .

Your photo I estimated 6\6. It pleases itself me!