I'm on the fence about this one. C&C welcome

[pickle788]

14 month old ruby
Shot with 60d late arvo

 

[sashbar]

To be honest, I would bin it without even thinking twice. Out of focus foreground is a tricky thing and often does not look good, here we have a strange looking hand that attracts attention and really ruins the image. I am not sure what did you want to achieve with this image with that dark space and overall dark balance, but the overall mood is not positive.

 

[BrickHouse]

There is some serious serious inconsistency in the grain and sharpening when viewed full size. When viewed as a thumbnail, I love it. Maybe you can have another look at the processing.

 

[BrickHouse]

When I look at it again this AM, it looks much much better. Not sure if you changed it or re-uploaded it or something in my computer or the system changed but now it looks great. I love the thoughtful look in her eye, the tonality of the B&W conversion.

 

[Derrel]

Throw away the entire left hand side of it, and it's a decent photo. That huge dead black space and the distracting and annoying bent whatever-the-heck-that-is object are just killing this shot. As a square, it's okay. Not great, but high technical quality, worth keeping once the distractions are eliminated.

 

[pickle788]

Thanks derrel very helpful tips