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Just like pretty much everyone else, I completely agree with Greg on the composition. You shared more pics in your response to him, so I don't think you've really bought into the suggestions that you crop differently. Your problem is that the tree colors were well above her, so you just included more in the composition so the tree colors (which are truly amazing) could be included.
But the problem is not your composition, but how you shot the shot. Look at No. 4 with the red leaves. I wish I could give you a class on this. If you have cropped at about the fourth horizontal branch above her, even tho at that level the red leaves were sparse, it would have somewhat worked. But the problem is that she's too close to the tree. Walk away from the tree about 200-300 feet, whatever you can, then you keep going, sit down on the ground and shoot them at 200mm and now that tree becomes your background directly behind the couple. You don't need all this space above her. You're just too close to the tree.
Sometimes what i do is if there is a picnic table there, I'll have them stand on the picnic table and I still get away from them and shoot at 200mm, or I shoot wide, whatever the scene calls for. The scene that I like tells me what length to shoot at. I don't just automatically shoot at 200mm, but it would work nicely with these trees as you can create a sweet blur and the compression at 200mm flattens and enlarges the background setting compared to a shorter lens.
But aside from the composition, my real suggestion is to not blow out the face. Women tend to want to see their real skin tones/color. This woman, I am certain, has a much darker skin tone that what is seen in these pictures. That very first one, her face and upper chest are completely blown out. Your off-camera lighting, like on No. 2, again blows out her face. Look at her left shoulder in No. 2, and compare that to her upper chest in No. 3. You can see her skin tones on her left shoulder in No. 2, but your flash blows out her upper chest in No. 3 (as well as the right side and face in No. 2).
I hope this helps.
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