Quote Originally Posted by skyline315
ok. this was my first time using a manual camera (a new nikon n80). this is my tribute to forrest gump. it's my wife sitting on an isolated bench during our honeymoon.

what could have been done to improve this? the sand is a bit overexposed. what about composition?
One thing that I think is quite nice in this shot is the the repeating pattern of the the drape of her hair, the hood, the folds of the jacket across her back and the curve of her legs. All those smooth curves on the hard straight slabs of the bench.