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Had the opportunity to do a "Spring" shoot. Your C&C are welcome! Thanks!

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Nice car, nice girl, nice shot! I think it might've looked better if the girl and car weren't dead centre in the frame and I'm not keen on the vignette, but that's personal taste.

I like it. The flowing lines of the clouds on the left lead you to the girl's face. The lines of the parking lot edges lead you to the car, too. It looks a tad warm on my (uncalibrated) monitor, but that works, too. Well done. My only complaint is the burned-out piece of sky right at the back of the car. It looks like the car just shot that out of its rear window or something. Should be easy to clone that out, though.

I'm also not keen on the vignette, I haven't seen the rest of your stuff but vignettes are so overused. I think you could do with dialling down the saturation a notch too, as the girl does look an unnatural colour. On the plus side, I love the colours in the clouds and it's good that you've balanced them out. I also really like the cloud tones in the car's reflection, very nice. Did you use flash to light her a bit?

I think the over saturation was necessary to give the clouds (and the reflection) a bit of a pop. But the girl should have been masked out. Car and girls a little further off center (to the left).
A bit like this:

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vk2gwk wrote in post #9591497
I think the over saturation was necessary to give the clouds (and the reflection) a bit of a pop. But the girl should have been masked out. Car and girls a little further off center (to the left).
A bit like this:

I would have cropped to the other side.I like the building....

Flo wrote in post #9593737
I would have cropped to the other side.I like the building....

That was my first idea as well. Then I did the one which I put up and compared... Now the car has somewhere to go and in the other crop it was dead right against the edge of the image..... It is the car and the girl that count.... not the background. But... my first crop was like you mentioned so it must have something Like this:

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Lovely shot.. Time of day was very good as well, clouds reflecting in the car are very nice.

OK, smug is all good.

Tried this play.I myself would lose the vignette though.

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I like it!
I like the flag so tiny in the background.
The girl look beautiful.
I like the reflections on the car!

Flo wrote in post #9596237
OK, smug is all good.

Tried this play.I myself would lose the vignette though.

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You lost most of the colour, Gail... I think the sky is great and only the skin colour of the girl needed some desaturation.

vk2gwk wrote in post #9597025
You lost most of the colour, Gail... I think the sky is great and only the skin colour of the girl needed some desaturation.

I know, I thought the shot was of the car.lol.not the dress.

i'm not a fan of the pose.... just looks awkward to me...

tingharp wrote in post #9596530
I like it!
I like the flag so tiny in the background.
The girl look beautiful.
I like the reflections on the car!

To each his (her) own:

I was actually going to suggest that flag be cloned out - my eyes keep focusing on that.

and like others have said, lose or at least make the vignette very subtle. How about a graduated ND filter on the sky instead - especially with Gail's version?