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junior_zComment: Okay, people complain about not getting real comments, so I'll risk getting hate-mail from ya.
This is bad, not horrible, but bad. You're probably sitting in the low 5's on your score, and that's okay. If you're a newbie, you need to learn from your mistakes, if you're not you have to re-examine your portraiture decisions.
First off the composition lacking. The bush creates a severe imbalance in the picture, your horizon is skewed for no apparent reason. The subject is almost dead center with their arms splayed out which compositionally means "Look out of my frame!" and "I'm boring!" at the same time. Most people think rules are boring, but these rules were created to teach an artists how to affect other people visually.
The one thing you got really right here is some vibrant colors that really pop, on a pretty model with a great smile. You focus is fine, the DOF is too deep.
suggested reading: //photoinf.com/General/NAVY/Photographic_composition_Balance.htm
//photoinf.com/General/Wendy_Folse/Composition_Part_IV_Isolating_the_Subject.htm
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