The Fire Engine Sign
by Annida

Comment by bdshort:
Excellent color in this one. I like the composition quite a bit. My only criticism would be the jpeg compression is very evident here, as the image is only 30k, and you are allowed 150k. 6

The Fire Engine Sign
by Annida

Comment by watergrrl:
i love the sign against the blue sky

Stenocereus Thurberi
by Annida

Comment by DougPaz:
Prettty nice. Seems a bit dark and might have worked better if your horizon line wasn't dead in the middle.

Stenocereus Thurberi
by Annida

Comment by GinaRothfels:
I'd have cropped out some of the foreground because it is too dark to see much detail.

Stenocereus Thurberi
by Annida

Comment by daxo:
Amazing picture!

Stenocereus Thurberi
by Annida

Comment by firstduchess:
While this is an interesting landscape photo, it need more punch, either colour or a stronger contrast between black and white

Stenocereus Thurberi
by Annida

Comment by Harz_Joerg:
The cactus and the sky are great (the sky is a little overexposed though) and using B&W was a good choice. You might have cropped the dark lower section stronger though. It's hard to see anything in there and it's not necessary, but it captures the viewer's eyes when it tries to find something without success. Still one of the many good pictures of this great challenge.

Stenocereus Thurberi
by Annida

Comment by digitallywet:
cause your friend took the time out to get all girly on me I will try to remember the more succinct words i used when i first commented on this image.
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good contrast in the sky, shame the horizon is dead center though.
the mass of scrub ground in the foreground ruins this shot for me by no having anything to offer. It seems like you wanted the cactus to be main subject, so get closer give it a funky perspective making it look huge or something, everything in the middle just comes across to me like one of those psyciatrists blotch drawings.
so it is those things (i think the black and white was a good choice) that go to make this image boring .. FOR ME .. my opinion, thats all, if you like it, then that is great as it's like they say no one likes great artists works until their dead, and theres not much great about that.
I explained to your friend why my response was so short. I had spent all day voting on images, and commenting on most all of them. I then started getting the same ones again, for no reason, yours was the third repeat i got, and so i got frustrated sorry, but i just summed it up quick.

Stenocereus Thurberi
by Annida

Comment by justine:
Foreground is a bit too dark, but I like the compostion, the b&w.

Stenocereus Thurberi
by Annida

Comment by bobgaither:
little dark on the foreground