Sunday Morning

Dear Rlibersky
This is a nice casual portrait of a pretty girl reading the newspaper. For me, however, the pipes, plants and whatnot to the left distract from, indeed, nearly overwhelm your lovely subject. I tried holding papers to my monitor to crop out all on the left to the edge of the vertical pipes and some of the remaining top to focus on her. To my eye, it improved the photograph. If I were you, I might try printing with different crops to see what I liked best. Perhaps a different angle during exposure would have helped too. Keep at it. There is good stuff there.

Yes. Too bad all the pipes and stuff are there. Ruins the picture. Cropping them out doesn't quite do it either. Well printed though.

I like as is, with the pipes and the flowers ...

The empty chair is part of the picture. She must turn to reading without a companion for conversation.