simple things
by RKT

Comment:
Good title - that's the impression this made on me when it came up on my monitor. Simple. And I could walk through this field, enjoying the fresh air, the probably breeze, the beauty of the occasional flower.
Commenting only at this point - accepting Melethia's challenge; yours is image #5 in my random display order.

The Back Paddock
by westford

Comment:
I like the tones and the fact that you found an interesting enough foreground for a lovely sky. I think I would prefer less foreground, both to take the horizon more off center and to lose the brightest rock (bottom left to center) which really draws my eye away from the overall scene when there's no reason to do so. I think you may have considered this but not wanted to lose the flowers on the right?
Commenting only at this point - accepting Melethia's challenge; yours is image #4 in my random display order.

Lakeside
by chazoe

Comment:
Love the scene with one exception - whatever it is that is sticking up from the bottom of the frame in the center. I'm sure you tried to shoot around it and could not - been there! - but I do find it distracting. I like the decision to go black and white but the tonal range seems a bit limited to me (I'm on a laptop and traveling so that limits what I can see). Commenting only at this point - accepting Melethia's challenge; yours is image #3 in my random display order.

Miss Fitz
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Ya got me :) Very well done. Good shot and excellent processing, Robert. Good luck in the next rounds.

It Feels Like Yesterday
by jrphoto

Comment:
Gosh, one of my 10's and I only had a couple. Great photo and processing.

Sunday Morning
by Paul

Comment:
I love the guy with the newspaper . . . I'd lose the left side, though.

history sucks
by skewsme

Comment:
LOL on the title

ATOC 148 16x9 web
by Melethia

Comment:
Just going back to input of others in the thread. This works much better for me.

Turbulent Flow
by Melethia

Comment:

Originally posted by Jules1x: . . . The main part of this image that really didn't connect with me was the blur of the whites of the shirts, it was just too big a white blur and then at the next second below were bike tires almost in focus. Was just a bit to uneven for me I think.

Yep, the white shirts looked almost blown and were really distracting. Haven't read other comments, but what if you put a green layer over the whole and blended it in? Or crop just below the shirts? Or both?

Lemon Grass
by crik

Comment:
Lovely. I especially like the purple in the background.
You didn't beat me by much but you did it :) Congratulations on advancing to the next round - I'll be cheering you on.

Message edited by author 2015-05-27 00:31:30.