d o t s -&- l i n e s
by annah

Comment:
WTG Annah! Great finish!

Dark & Light
by Brin

Comment:
really nice luminosity on the sails here.

The Beauty of Motion
by bobdaveant

Comment:
Very, very nice. I'd consider purifying the slightly muddy foreground green. Then again, maybe not... Really nice work.

grass-and-reflections.jpg
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Cape Cod, Harwich Port, Herring River Marsh

This Old House
by phinbob

Comment:
This has a nice, old-timey feel to it. If I have a complaint, it's the way the roof exactly matches in value the sky area it's blending into. I wouldn't call this high-contrast though, personally.

grass-and-reflections.jpg
by Bear_Music

Comment:
I have a hard time agreeing with the suggested crop; I feel like I need the treeline for depth and scale, and the step back in treeline to the far right brings in the haze factor too...

grass-and-reflections.jpg
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Shot's almost directly up-sun; light's probably 15-20 degrees to the right of camera axis.

grass-and-reflections-2.jpg
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Actually, that's a bit of exposed mud...

A Woman of a Certain Age
by Bear_Music

Comment:

Originally posted by BradP: Sorry - not gonna' stroke your ego here Robt. Just my honest opinion, nothing else.

That's ok, Brad. My ego could use a little deflating from time-to-time anyway. Besides which, it was my conscious decision NOT to go "artistic" with this shot. I wanted it to be pretty much arbitrary and in your face; it's made no concessions to "improved" composition or anything else. She's as I found her, and presented in her natural light & location.

I wasn't even gonna enter this challenge, and did so on the last day. My thinking was to provide one, unadorned, photograph of reality. Turns out there were plenty of those, so it wasn't required, but I'm not sorry I did.

R.

don't cry...
by mesmeraj

Comment:
For what it's worth, re: your comment on DOF: the dSLR actually has significantly narrower DOF at a given aperture/working distance than your camera, so this would have been more difficult to get in focus throughout.

That said, I don't think DOF is an issue here; you have placed your plane of sharpness very skillfully on the rim of the glass.

Nice shot!