So, what would you do with it?

[tommiejeep]

Very tight on the mother and child, more/different contrast?.  B&W? Just Bin it 
I was actually shooting a crew with two CATs clearing the next door plot when I noticed these two in a gap in the trees.  Unfortunately I only had one position and she never looked my way.
Df, 70-400 f4G vr handheld through the security grills.

Cheers,

[elsa hoffmann]

not a snowballs' hope in hell I would bin this one. I love it

[frankv]

I'm with Elsa, this is not for the bin. But since you ask, I would try a square crop. I'm a huge fan of 1:1 format, and I think this image would work very well that way. Try it out and let us see the result. I'm not the one for wild colors, but a little extra local contrast would probably suit the image. (Disclaimer: I now view on my work laptop, with uncalibrated screen of dubious quality)

-frank-

[armando_m]

I'm with Frank , crop it closer

It's a wonderful image

[elsa hoffmann]

  I am not with frank and armando - composition as is. (I liked it first! )

[Akira]

Indeed it is too potent to discard.

The posted image is already cropped.  I may want to see the original, uncropped frame.  Or, maybe I like the posted image as it is.  I feel the lower part of the mother's body seen through the foliage should not be cut in any way.

[DougB]

I'm with Elsa.
Leave that photo alone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   

That is a beautiful capture.

[elsa hoffmann]

this is one of those images you envisage printed LARGE (1.5 high)
Canvas. Stretched.
This is how I picture it when I look at it.

[Jakov Minić]

Very very nice.

[golunvolo]

I took it because I like it a lot too. After playing with it for a while in "edit contest" mode, I had two versions, color and bw. They are not better, just different. I like the way you present it.

[Erik Lund]

I think the crop works very well like it is, the image is so strong that it is not held back from all of the green leaves, they sort of work like a framing that puts emphasis on the main subjects

[charlie]

Bring the exposure and/or shadows down a bit, add a healthy dose of contrast, desaturate 15-20% except the greens, shift the green and yellow hue's a bit toward cyan, and crop the bottom so it is landscape 4x5 orientation.

That is what I would do with it.
Nice image.

[tommiejeep]

Thanks all.   I'm documenting the building of a hotel on the plot next door for a couple of reasons.  First it is interesting subjects and secondly, we want to make sure the owner keeps to the approved plan (he has a history of paying bribes to do more than allowed  ).
This is the full image out of camera RAW converted to jpeg and a first cut at close cropped B&W using only CNX2.  Going for a tight crop means losing detail on the trees.
Anyone wanting to post their PP , please do 

[charlie]

I'm not quite convinced yet with the crop and color, but I'd do something in the neighborhood of this...

Edit: uploaded a lightened version

[Airy]

Not for me - by darkening the greens, including her cloth by the way, you get a "peeping through pinhole" effect. The original crop (which I think well balanced) shows a lighter subject in good harmony with the equally light, somewhat enigmatic soft textures offered by the blurred leaves.