Falls
by elips

Comment:
A very interesting shot. It is just that I'm not really sure that it emits the serenity that I'd like to see in a zen shot. In another challenge, maybe I'd score this higher. I love the creativity of this, however.

Going the Zen way
by jjbeguin

Comment:
Although using black and white to minimalize visual distractions in this photo is a nice touch, it is just too busy to be 'zen'. I know what you are trying to realy in the vision of oposite (yin yang) of this photo, just to me, a highway, even empty, means movement, not calm. My eye is too distracted by the overall business of this photo.

Satori
by zeuszen

Comment:
Although this generates a sense of calm, there is too much detail here for my eye to be at rest. I'm drawn into the colors, the trees, those small details make it a bit busy in my opinion.

And she never came
by Krisby

Comment:
Although you did a great job creating an atmosphere that is easiy sensed as being 'quiet', the photo itself has too much going on in it to be truly 'quiet'. My eye is drawn into all of the details in this photo, the stones, the reeds, the path, the trees. All of this disrupts the atmosphere that you tried to create. Very pretty shot though!

coffee break
by clictacamera

Comment:
Sorry, but I'm just not feeling any serenity in this photo, not in subject, color, tone, or lighting.

Ripples in the Sea of Tranquility
by Buckeye_Fan

Comment:
Although the tonal qualities of this make it an unimposing photo, there is just too much action going on here for it to meet my standards of zen. Pretty use of color and light though!

Ohmmmmmmmmm
by VinceDoss

Comment:
A very nice pic, but a bit too distracted away from the simple subject. My eye is drawn away from the subject and into the details of the background. To me, that interrupts the serenity that you are trying to create. Pretty though!

zen-sur-zee
by xtine

Comment:
Great tonal qualities in this pretty photo. There is just a bit too much going on here for it to truly give me a sense of serenity. If only the boats weren't in the background, it would be about perfect.

With the Wind...
by OdysseyF22

Comment:
A nice photo, just that it is a bit busier than I'd like to see in a Zen challenge.

Silence in the woods
by sarsonuk

Comment:
This is a pretty picture, and although I can sense the quiet along this path, the photo itself is very busy to the eye. The slope of the path, the light along it, the leaves, the trees, all make it a bit busier to the eye than I'd like to see in a zen challenge.