"....God shed his grace on thee."
by vernabeth

Comment by DBoy:
A pity. The thubmnail was awesome, but the large pic is spoiled by the artifacts in the image (looks like too much compression or strong digital zoom). Try locating the tree off-centered

"....God shed his grace on thee."
by vernabeth

Comment by Mona:
This is nice.

"....God shed his grace on thee."
by vernabeth

Comment by WesF:
A nice photo. Using the rule of thirds would have made this shot even nicer.

"....God shed his grace on thee."
by vernabeth

Comment by pcody:
What's good about this is the colors and the light. Outstanding. They really give a good feel for the distance between the tree and the background. What could be improved is the post processing, a lot of artifacts were created for whatever reason. I sorta like the centered composition for this one.

"....God shed his grace on thee."
by vernabeth

Comment by dsidwell:
You've captured the stateliness of this tree very well! The contrast of colors from the tree and the hazy background are very nice. Now note the little grid pattern that can be found all over your image, especially the tree leaves and shrubs. See the little squares? This is caused by either oversharpening or from taking a small photo and making it too large. I'm not sure there is much you can do to get rid of it, except get closer to the tree and/or don't use unsharp mask. Anyway, it's too bad because this shot really works for me. The tree seems to deserve its centered position. Keep up the good work!

"....God shed his grace on thee."
by vernabeth

Comment by willem:
A pity this image quality is severely affected by the strong JPG compression. Look at all those color blocks and the area around the outside of the tree. Otherwise : Nice rich colors, the strong tree right in the middle works as well here.

"....God shed his grace on thee."
by vernabeth

Comment by hughletheren:
This is image is very pixelated, which detracts from what otherwise is a very attractive composition and colouring.

"....God shed his grace on thee."
by vernabeth

Comment by Coley:
great idea...I would not have had the tree dead center of the shot

"....God shed his grace on thee."
by vernabeth

Comment by Dave Gordon:
Pretty colors, nice lighting. I think the picture would be more interesting if the tree in front were off center a bit.

"....God shed his grace on thee."
by vernabeth

Comment by reevey:
Hmmm... Definitely a nice photo, but it is only really given grace by the title, isn't it?