First Maternity Shoot

Shot with Caon EOS Digital Rebel XS
ISO 400
Focal Length 39mm
EXIF Version 0221

In my opinion, the compositions are good, but I'd tone back the HDR effect, particularly in the 1st shot. It's making her belly, and even arms too "textured," when I prefer to see them smoother. I might want to crop the bottom portion of her jean shorts out, to make them look cleaner and more classic instead of showing a bunch of ripped pieces of cloth hanging down.

The 2nd appears to be losing a lot of image quality, unless it was a very severe crop, I assume because of post-processing. Also, how did it look rotated counterclockwise? Her legs appear as the dominant feature, and them being rotated gives me the impression it's the wrong orientation. Maybe a vignette around the image would bring the attention to her shadow.

Thank you! I will do that and I really appreciate the input. I am working on learning more every day about photography and how to make mine better.