Desolate Times
by Polar7

Comment:
I am sure that everyone has commented on it being sideways, so I am gonna crane my neck and look at it portrait. I personally think, if you had done this is black and white and played around with the contrasts and structure of it, this would have been very good. Completely getting your point across of Desolate times. I would have also cropped it to the grass line. Yes, definitely screaming out to be a black and white. IF this was a Free Study, obviously my score would be a 1/2. As of right now a 3

Library_pond_entry
by hkpdso

Comment:
For myself, I can see a potential here. If it was cropped really tightly and had the outline of the pond only, then sharpened and contrasts added, I think this could have done really well. You would have the shadows and light playing out and really brought out the lily pads. In the Standard rules, you could have cloned out teh piece of concrete pond barrio and had the grass going down into the pond, That would have made it look more the other side. Sometimes when I am looking at a photo, I will go old style movie person and make a round tunnel with my hand and look through it and make it wider or smaller, to see if a crop would be a good idea. Sounds silly, but it works most times. IF this was a free study I would have given you a 2/3. As is for now a 5

Swamp Land
by Wildpurple

Comment:
Personally, I think this is pretty good, myself, I would have cropped it where that sunshine level starts, so just a short amount of the trunks can be seen and the rest water shadows. Maybe just a little contrast and a tiny bit more of saturation on the water, but other than that cropping this reminds me so much of ursula For a Free Study, I would have given this a 5/6 for now, it is an 8

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Social Distancing is easy when the world around you is bleak and unforgiving
by RyanW

Comment:
It is a very bleak photo. Rather bland as well. I personally think, that if you are going to go for something like this, then at least have one point of interest showing through. Contrast could have been a good friend here, maybe a little dodging to brighten up something to catch the eye. Even cropping it to just the middle of the photo and having the snow, the trees with no houses and a strip of sky would have made this more interesting. Another option would have been to crop it at the tree trunk and just had the icy snow and the brown mud on the left, dodge the icy snow a bit and you would have a leading line to the brown snow, to show a path of interest that also translates to bleak and unforgiving. If this was a Free Study, I would have given it a 2 (sorry) for now a 4

Guess it's gonna be pasta for dinner
by sns

Comment:
Absolutely brilliant!

Yellowstone
by Ja-9

Comment:
Amazing photo and family time! Very well done!

Double Cross
by pamb

Comment:
Fantastic!

jump for joy
by tanguera

Comment:
Flipping fantastic image!!! Well done!!!

Five Sprats
by P-A-U-L

Comment:
Trust me when I say this is a compliment, this photo immediately think this was done by hajeka. Not so much on here, but his FaceBook page, is dedicated to food he has, prepares and photo's every day. And it is this simple stunning image that he does all the time, that makes it a classic, timeless, award winning shot. This is so simple, but as you can see, has been complimented on so many times. IT is fabulous, you have done an amazing job on this. Well done

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by tanguera

Comment:
Love it!