Sacred Grounds
by heida

Comment by emorgan49:
On my monitor this image is very dark. Photos that are intended to be dark, for mood for example) do not score well because of the wide variety in monitor calibrations amoung voters. If it looks dark to you, you can be sure that it will look even darker to many others. If you want a better score, stick to a safer brightness. If you love the image dark, be satisfied with it and ignore the score. Try looking at this on several different monitors to be sure that it looks the way it did on yours. Have you recalibrated your monitor recently?

Sacred Grounds
by heida

Comment by Neuferland:
I really like this shot, the way the trees draw your eye up from the edges to meet at the top. The path bringing you in and taking you to the back of the shot. The only thing that could be better for me would be a bit more light on the bottom part, seems just a tad darl, I like the soft border, works very well. Started at a 7, raising it to an 8

Sacred Grounds
by heida

Comment by LindaLee:
The light on the trees is beautiful, and I like the way the composition shows them all curving inwardly from the bottom to the top. The bottom portion of the photo is so dark though, that I really cannot make much out. I see the little piece of light , but not much else. I would like to have been able to make out more interesting details.

Sacred Grounds
by heida

Comment by dsidwell:
The way your lighting works here, I can imagine these trees raising their limbs in supplication to the heavens. For this reason, I don't mind it being kind of dark down on the bottom. The clarity suffers here a little, perhaps from over sharpening or something, but the trees just aren't totally clear. Nice work, though!

Sacred Grounds
by heida

Comment by FullyFocused:
Really need some light in this photo

Sacred Grounds
by heida

Comment by Neil:
I see the trees and like the formation, but I can't tell what I'm seeing on the ground. A bit too dark.

Sitting in the shadows
by heida

Comment by buzzrock:
Very Moody-- excellent capture-- 9

Sitting in the shadows
by heida

Comment by fdpiech:
Very nice... I to see a version just a hair darker, or with an ND to balance out the contrasts... Nice work

Sitting in the shadows
by heida

Comment by coolhar:
nice colors and texture but I don't like the glare in the upper right corner

Sacred Grounds
by heida

Comment by Shelley:
Nice composition, but is seems a little too dark