DSS 53 Innocence

DsrtVW

Please let me know if these are theme worthy and any nits you can find.
Thanks in advance. Good to be back in the game after missing the last challenge.
I put the reworks all in one place to make it easier.

1 Young Heart Old Soul


2 Tighter Crop


3 Reworked vignette


4 cropped cleanup


5 Cropped out beam in corner

SeascapeS

Nice job! I like 2 better because the focus is more on her eyes which is where the innocence lies.

WhatSheSaw

kdotaylor

Adorable child! I also like the closer crop. Can you clean up the skin by her mouth a bit?

ghinson

I think I would like the first one better but I cannot tell what is going on in the upper righthand corner.

DsrtVW

I did clean up her mouth since she had just had pizza. But the closer crop and the sharpening on Smugmug brought it back out.
The first shot is taken under a play structure so the redwood beam gt in the way. I can tried cloning it out but it did not work well. I might try a vignette to see how that looks.
Thanks for the feedback

dls

I like #3 the most... the vignetting almost works. The dark brown beam is still a little distracting though. Her expression looks a bit more intense in the close up, whereas the wider view gives it a softer feel.

ic4u

How about a compromise? I really like #1, but maybe not cropping as much as in the 2nd, just enough to lose the upper right corner? Just a thought. She has such a sweet face!

WhatSheSaw

Beautiful girl! She will be a heartbreaker in about 10 years.

I like #4 best - still the closer crop for me. I like the shoulder in #5, but I'd prefer to see more or less of the bow.If I see more, it registers immdiately and I can ignore it and concentrate on the face. As is, it pulls my eye, trying to figure out what it is.

ic4u

Your entry looks great, love the crop you chose

DsrtVW

Thanks Karin and everyone else for the feedback.