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[kiley9806]

my 2 cents - if you want to evoke the sense of sadness that iggie mentions (as it does work with the broken wall & down turned face) i would convert this shot to a b&w to get rid of the happy pinkness on the girl. or selectively use color on the wall alone. just a thought! welcome to the forum & look forward to seeing more of your work lucid!

[tirediron]

Hmmmm... I like the image, almost. I think Kiley's point is excellent. This image, with the mood begs for a mono conversion. Additionally, what I would like to see is less empty space. Irrespective of the mood, the child is the subject, and as the image currently is, is lost. I would crop at least 10% off the top, and 20% off the RH side so that there is less empty space, and the subject takes up more of the image.

[Mad Aussie]

I don't have much to add to what been said really.
I like it very much feel it would stronger cropped near the 'v' in love so that the expansion crack in the wall on the right doesn't show. I like Kiley's idea also. You try just desaturating the girls colours only to 'dampen' the feel a bit.

[Marko]

This fine image has so many possible treatments. Great input everyone!

For me, the biggest problem is the tag ;it's a distraction. Everything else I can live with, though I too would have liked to have seen a bit more face and perhaps a wee bit more 'zooming in'.

[kiley9806]

and another little nitpick thing ive noticed - it could stand to be leveled a tiny bit. the base of the wall slopes down to the right, as does the top brick line, just slightly...