Dusky tide
by damoninja

Comment:
I'm not exactly sure, but it appears the scene needs a clockwise rotation to square the horizon.

Ansel's Cows
by Lydia

Comment:
Great cow herd. I love the clarity and contrast of the lower 40% of the image. Beautiful pastoral scene. I find the clouds overhead to be blurred, with very soft detail. You have a deep DOF encompassing the cow herd. It's almost like the sky doesn't fit the scene. Taht said, I like the tone of the sky. And, the clouds are not overexposed.

Deadwood
by ThingFish

Comment:
Beautiful sky and clouds. Interesting tree with good detail and exposure. Sort of an exotic (to me) look to the sand and ridge vegetation. Pretty good control of the overall exposure and a good presentation of tonal range.

Bow River Valley
by Len Scap

Comment:
Very wonderful river "snaking" through this valley. I like the lower portion of this scene the best. The forest has very good detail and you didn't lose detail in that area (or any area). That said, the forest is pretty dark relative to the foreground and sky. The mountains and snow are just fine, but somewhat too center-middle to be harmoniously composed. I assume the sky was overcast with some midlevel cloud detail. That would explain why you left the sky somwhat light gray tone. If the sky had blue, you could have shifted around the tones of this entire landscape (lighter trees, darker sky and more detailed clouds).

The Bend
by Lawton

Comment:
Great river and trees and river bank. I love those parts of the scene. I'm not liking the sky and clouds very much. Not sure what happened, but the end result is strained. The reflection in the river is very pleasant.

Approaching Storm
by Tommy_Mac

Comment:
Interesting rolling hills and cemetary with good cloud detail overhead. Very good deep DOF. Some shadow detail lost in the middle ground trees. I think this image looks like a simple monochrome conversion. Might be more dynamic with a channel mixer conversion. You have a lot of middle tone grays and not quite enough rich tonal range.

Big Tree
by byetko

Comment:
Interesting POV. I'd like the image more if the bottom 25% was in focus, too. Nice detail in the bark in the center middle.

Meeker, Longs, Eclipse and Clouds
by sophiawood

Comment:
As you might guess, I love this scene. For the AA challenge, I think there are too many midtones dominating the scene. The strength of the image is the sun rays and teh silhouette of the mountains. The silver lining to the clouds accompanying the annular eclipse are interesting and dramatic. The highlights vs. the gray clouds make it better than a flat image.

Grand Teton
by AllenP

Comment:
Grand scene. While it isn't a high key image, the brighter tones are a bit glaring. I do like the sky and clouds in the top 20% of hte scene. The clouds directly over the mountain range seem unnatural. The snow on the mountains can be sun reflectors. Looks like the snow areas have been throttled back. The barn is a good element of interest as is the stream flowing through. I think the barn and the area in front of the barn look overexposed. I wish I had liked this better.

iris
by tnun

Comment:
I like the deep DOF. There are some hot spots ( or very white) areas on the petals. In the other areas of the flower, the detail and exposure is good. Not sure about the crop. I think the image begs for a third blossom, the stem of which appears on the right side. Somewhat unfortunate crop. It's a very natural looking scene.