Eilan Donan
by Gordon

Comment:
I think you could crop out some foreground to a 3:2 aspect ratio. You could also change the mood of this considerably by darkening the background area ...

Kayaking
by Sammie

Comment:
The look of concentration helps establish that this is possibly a new endeavor. Good stop-motion exposure, focus, framing/cropping.

Bad hair day
by TLL061

Comment:
Looks like a darned fine hair day to me! I see no complaints ... :)

Spring Flowers
by Mobius

Comment:
Makes a good abstract of color and texture; this would be a fun image to play around with shifting the colors on as well, with big sweeping areas of color and tone, with subtle details.

Magnolia
by michael_p

Comment:
I actually like creative borders, but don't care for the color of the inner line; I think I'd use black, white, or a color sampled from a leaf.

Brownian Notion
by GeneralE

Comment:

Originally posted by photom: ... but I hope you played around with color enhancement. I really like the areas where a subtle blue tint sneaks through. May your worst shot in the future be better than your best shot of the past. (A toast, slightly modified.) -Tom-

Maybe that's chromatic abberation or something ... I actually adjusted this very little.

I like that toast! Hey, maybe I could have called this "Underdone Toast"

Thanks for your comments!

Nerd
by goinskiing

Comment:
I think you may have only achieved a tie ... what about the other five threads?

Ahoy
by RLS

Comment:
Those sails look awfully small for a vessel that size ... where was this taken? Reflection on the water came out well and is well-placed.

The rainbow
by eirasi

Comment:
I was trying to figure out from the thumbnail how you could get the whole arc like that when I realized that the high latitude changes the arc and moves it far lower in the sky than I'm used to seeing. Great shot!

Serendipitious Sign
by candycorn

Comment:

Originally posted by Neuferland: Even cropping closer on the sides (putting my trusty envelopes up to the screen) makes a HUGE difference in the shot.

Hahaha I use envelopes I find lying around too! While I agree that a tighter crop would help a lot, one also has to be careful of running afoul of the DPC "other art" rule, so including some background is a good idea.

Starting with this frame, I'd crop top, bottom, and left, leaving just a little room around the sign and including the tree to the right, making it about a 2:1 panoramic, and with the arrow pointing off towards the "empty" area. You could take off the "Closed" sign, but if left on I'd title it Serendipity -- NOT! or something similar ...

Too bad you couldn't get in to shoot the stained glass.