A very interesting crop with amputation of legs and neck of mom. What makes it work is the connection between mom and child and HC BRESSON always went around shooting and amputating with panache! She almost looks photoshopped onto the background. Delight to behold and we can hear the giggles of them both! A photograph one can hear as well as see.

I experimented with a lot of cropping before getting this final result. I found that leaving Ollie's feet in the picture drew attention away from what you saw as the main focus of the piece -- the love between mother and daughter.

Lovely with the focus on the pretty young girl caught in the rule of 3's, she stands out. The spices provide a nice secondary focal point. Your photograph is sharp on the girl, softness on the spices. Together they make up a story of sugar and spice and all things nice!

Somebody needs to ask, so it might as well be me. Is this one of the spice girls? This was a great idea and well executed. Wish I had thought of it.