Falls
by madhatter

Comment:
Lovely shot, my only improvment might be a bit of burning at the top edge to keep the eye from wandering off the top of the page. Lovely color and tones. Of course it will probably get hammered since the subject is not a head and sholders shot with one hand supporting the chin, but it is a lovely photograph

Confession
by pitsaman

Comment:
amazing light! In the thunbnail I thought it was a Vermeer painting. i think it would have been dunned in the challenge for not being a classic head and sholders portrait, bit it is a lovely work of art.

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.

Rays Thru Redwood Branches
by Stang

Comment:
more trunks than branches but i lovethe rays of light, interesting b&w reduction, well framed

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.

Dancing with Branches
by well7430

Comment:
The backroung really detracts, busy and blown out.I like the cropping

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