I think it is a wonderful photo. I'm not bothered by the DOF.

Reminds me of the famous National Geographic photo of the Afgan woman. Great feeling!

yes eyes...but very good shot tho

Idem that before : the DOF is too short but the portrait is amazing !

very intense picture...great job!

Gorgeous Capture. The lighting and depth of field are really well done.

Agree with the other comments ... and I also think that the lighting of this subject is particularly flattering. You have also controlled it well to not blow out the young child's face, although her shirt might be a bit too exposed it is a small price to pay - well done.

Picture taken in Bangalore, India.

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Thanks for the comments :-)

And I agree with you boyd. I was sad to see the T-shirt a tad blown out, but there was no other way to have her face lighten. It was the only light part of the picture....

The pink catches the eye, yes, but then there is the release and you soon find the subject - well done!

Beautiful shot. I find the pink a little distracting, not much, but it was the first thing i noticed. I guess a b&w version will bring out the subject more :)

Nice lighting on this one. Was it an off camera flash or natural light?

Thanks for the comment! No flash was used on this picture. It was actually taken adjacent to a large sliding glass door. I post processed in lightroom. Thanks again
-Mike.

I like the composition of this photo. I think this photo would stand out a little more for me if it was in B&W. Other than that...Great Capture!

I tried the B&W, didn't think it was as good...

I really like the lines in this picture. Next time, bring a small saw and take down that little tree in front..hehe. Good job!

I like the detail of the lines. Great rustic colors. Well done as usual.

Love your use of blue in this shot. Super diagonals draw us in and keep us there. Very strong shot.

Best,
Jon

Nice sharp picture, quite static. Perhaps a little more space above the head would have been nice.

Beautiful capture! I agree with the crop - the very tip top of her helmet is cut out of the frame - just a little more room there and I wouldn't feel like she's bumped her head. I can't see anything else I'd change! This is great!

Wow. Very nice and sharp photo. I agree with everyone else that the crop could use some work. Other than that great capture.

Great shot !!
I don't really agree with the previous comment. I like the close framing as is.
but I would have used a lower aperture so that both the rider and the horse would have been as sharp.

Strong shot - great expression on the rider - a little too centered.

Best,
Jon

I think the focus on her eyes is perfect, her right eye being more in focus - it is very natural and I'm not feeling "forced" look at her eyes.

Even though her left eye is softer, the color of her iris is slightly more intense and pulls my gaze across her eyes, dare I say out to whatever it is she might be gazing at herself.

Very well done in my opinion, and what a beautiful little girl!

The color and lighting in this picture really stood out to me. Great capture. Could you provide some capture info (aperture, shutter, lens etc.)? Keep up the great work!

Hello Mike, i take this photo with Nikon D70s and the 50mm f1,8. The exif are:
1/160 - f/3,2 - Iso 200 with a correction of exposition +0,33. I take with à prioritie to aberture.
Is a Raw format, and i develop with lightroom.
Thank you for your encouragements, and I hope to see you with your beautiful photographs. Greetings.

Belle angle de vue, et une douceur qui se dégage de ce visage.
Classique mais beau

Excellent work - nice color, composition and mood. Well done!

Very cool.
The composition of this is great.
I like the inclusion of the colors and the massive distance that they stretch across the image.
That one line is a bit distracting but that is not enough to ruin the image for me!

This is great, folks, and thank you very much for the feedback! Hadn't thought of cropping the foreground grass, but now see what you all mean as I look at it with different eyes.

Sweet barn. I love barns.

The grass in the foreground doesn't bother me so much, maybe a bit less of it, but for me I think that the sky is so washed out that I would have framed it or cropped the sky out altogether.

I think that you could pull a little more contrast out of this as well.

There is a little something going on with the grass though. I am not sure what it is. It looks like a light, blurry smudge that runs from the center bottom and up toward the left lower area on the grass. Do you know what caused it? It almost looks like it could be some sort of reflection.

I think this picture has great potential. IMHO it might be a good idea to crop a a little of the sky out and move the barn to the left and down (rule of thirds sweet spot perhaps) and bump up the contrast. Or maybe a little selected saturation. Those are just some suggestions. Keep up the great work.

Very nice work - I agree with Laurie in regards to the sky, however. Beautiful piece of country!

Very strong. A portrait without softness. Very expressive.

I'm not too happy with this soft look. It reminds me a bit of HDR photos with large halos or that effect you'll get when you superimpose (burn, screen, whatever) a gaussian sharpening filter with a large radius.
Somehow the sharpness at her eyes don't match the sharpness at her mouth; This, and the softness at her nose is distracting me, I think.

Excellent photograph!
Tones are right on.
The focus is where it needs to be, the eyes.
She is a very beautiful and strong subject.
Her face reminds me of the women seen in 18th century paintings.

Well done.

Perfect both technically and aesthetically.

Fantastic portrait. Are her eyes slightly different colors?

Very strong photo. I think you really captured the person with a very big statement on the reality that some of us never see. Nicely captured.

Great catch. It's pictures like these that make me want to take more street photographs.

A great capture. A nice color contrast. Photos like these are very important.

very great capture
could be interesting to in b/w with less saturation and adjustment in level sligthly more ligth,

Bravo keep on

It's possible that it might be a little more powerful in B&W. I like it. I appreciate these kinds of photos.

Yeah... a bit more contrast would be sweet. Great composition!

I like the composition.
the colors and contrast remind me of a lomo shot.

It has an "old" feel to me. Like a 1960's photo.

What does the sign/banner say?

I like the composition. I'd recommend bumping up the contrast a little bit. Other than that, nice shot.

Love the mood here