Garden Prayer

Please critique

Michael, I love the idea and the old time feel to this photo. I would suggest moving the leaf on her arm and also the branch poking out by her waist. Great vision, now it's just paying attention to the finer details. Good Luck, Janet

Rediscovering the roots of the photographic art, or maybe a lost art revealed. I love it.

Michael, nice and soft image ,well composed.The sepia adds to the feeling of art.Pnina

Good era feel, I like it. Just to nitpick: I would have removed the plastic thing that hold her hair - it doesn't look too 1900-ish. I would pump up the contrast a bit more. I know that many pictorialist shots are rather flat, but with all the middle grey leaves, the visual effect is too subdued. An alternative strategy that works well is to keep the low contrast, to print the white dress a bit lighter, and to significantly burn the rest (the bush less than the tree, you must keep some logical relations in the tones).