Solitary
by JPR

Comment:
great moody shot with lucious color. the brnach may be too minor an element to do too well in this competition, but the shot is very nice.

Fraxinus
by jjbeguin

Comment:
Delicate and lovely, ought to be right at the top

Rippled Reflection.
by timmeriowa

Comment:
great shoy but way too small, bigger is brighter and better. this shot is nice, and I want to see more. 640 pix on the long axis is what this deserves.

Reach for the Sky
by MattB

Comment:
best so far, great forms and tones, My only complaint is that the branches blend into the dark band of backround (Mountains?) minor quibble with a very nice shot.

Kowhai, Virginia Lake, Wanganui
by kiwinick

Comment:
nice use of fill flash, I like the contrast in colors and tones it sets up. the placment of the horizon line relative to the branch seems rather random.

Wild Wood
by jrjr

Comment:
AAch. the dreaded tilted horizon! I have been crushed for this same flaw so you have my sympathy. To my mind a greater eror is it looks like this was edited to print rather than for the screen where the tonal range is too narrow to show off all the dark tones in the shadows. If you had dodged out some more detail it would have scored better. I like the Westonesque vibe, of course he would have closed in on one element, but the feel is similar

At the End of the Branch - One Perfect Rose
by Tuckersmom

Comment:
Here is the utra femme shot, just soft and gracefull. skirts the edge of halmarky, and I'm not sure how it responds to the challenge, but it is a very pretty shot.

..until the sun comes up over sta monica blvd...
by TapSiLog

Comment:
A very bold vibrant shot well composed. youll probably get crushed because it is my fave so far.

Northern Branch of the L & N Railroad
by rayg544

Comment:
i like the idea of this shot but the fact that much of the rail in the foreground is too colse to be in focus hurts the shot

Branching tracks
by timlu

Comment:
Its a shame the rails are blown out, it mars another wise fine composition.