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[Joel_W]

"Hi Joel,

Do you mean you'd have cropped it like this? I tried cropping it in the way you described while keeping it to its original aspect ratio but I didn't like the way it chopped off her hand. I do like it like this though. And I understand what you're saying about the harshness."

Yes, it's a much better candid portrait. Now if you have a good enough editing program, you could work on those forehead facial tones, and you've done your part to produce a solid image that is more then a snap shot.