Catalin,
Now we can see how an image and taste are subjective. I think the color of her dress supplies great contrast to the darker background. I do have to agree with it being just a tad too bright as if there was more light cast on her dress than on her face. I would definitely try to lighten her face up a tad in Post Processing since you did not have a light for fill, so to speak. Her skin appears to be just a little orangish, perhaps? Possibly this is her natural skin tone or maybe your white balance needs adjusted a bit before shooting or after in Post?
Did you apply a dark vignette to the image? The lighting just seems to be a tad off and is confusing to me. Camera right side of her body seems to be a bit brighter than the camera left side . . . how do you attribute that? Its almost looks like it could be just approaching being 'hot' on her camera right hand and a strand or bunch of hair hanging down from her camera right shoulder.
If you were going to move her a little toward the center, I would caution you to not have the tree trunk growing out of the top of her head, and I also like the trimming of the branches suggestion to make it look a little less cluttered and the background less distracting. I honestly have not decided about the bright yellow leaf in the branch camera left (if it needs removed and provides an added distraction), and also the 3 or 4 bright spots even with her head and camera right - maybe clone them out and avoid any unnecessary distractions?
Generally, a good image and you seemed to have done well with no Off CF light/flash available to use when you clicked the shutter button. I might also have her move her camera left arm up or out from her body a little more to open up the space between her torso/body and her arm which would add a little more slimming effect and more of a slim line pose. I do like her feet placement, but perhaps have her move her eyes slightly more camera right (or you move) so that she is looking a little more directly into the camera lens with a little less white of her eyes showing. Lastly, what is that bright horizontal strand of hair or twig or, whatever, sticking out to camera right from her hair about breast level camera right?
Well, I critiqued your image with a bit of detail and hope you don't find any of my comments offensive. A lot of what I have mentioned is really stuff I usually see
after I take the shot . . . there always seems to be a lot to think about when taking a picture in a setting as you have done. To me, the usual case is that hind sight is twenty-twenty, and I see things I wished I had caught
after I snapped the shutter button. Thanks for posting your image.
Best Regards,
Tom
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