Sombre Afternoon
by Jean

Comment by admart01:
strong compositional elements you've used here -- quite effectively create a sombre mood. One of my favorites in this challenge.

Sombre Afternoon
by Jean

Comment by train:
Nice treatment on this image very dramatic

Sombre Afternoon
by Jean

Comment by dartompkins:
I think this shot would have been better with a much closer view of the grass on the left. Very brooding, moody. 7.

Sombre Afternoon
by Jean

Comment by Faye Pekas:
Ohhh love the clouds and the tones. I don't care for the foreground and find it distracting though. I woud love to see this shot without the foreground.

Modest, but bursting with color!
by Jean

Comment by famish99:
huh? vivid color, but picture is either too dark or just not enough contrast; the colors are too bright to make this a pastel looking picture, imo.

Modest, but bursting with color!
by Jean

Comment by slynneblarp:
Great study in color.

Sombre Afternoon
by Jean

Comment by LindaLee:
I really like this shot a lot, and though I like the dark "feel" of it, it is almost too dark, with all of the elements of the photo kind of blending together. I would like to have seen the tree have a bit more power in the composition.

Sombre Afternoon
by Jean

Comment by PerezDesignGroup:
Man...this is art, not photography. Absolutely brilliant work. I can't even recommend any upgrades or tips. This is hot! WOW! 9.

Sombre Afternoon
by Jean

Comment by ccraft:
It's going ot be so hard to comment on even a fraction of challenge entries - and this is only the second one I've seen - but I just had to say this is absoluely striking. A beautiful, dramatic, rich image. I love it. 10

Modest, but bursting with color!
by Jean

Comment by Artan:
It is certainly bursting with colour, but the modesty is not portrayed very strongly, so as a result the poverty association is lost.

As a pure photograph, the v ivid colours are warm and inviting, however the cemtral positioning of the window, gives a static impression. I would prefer to see the window croped on either the left or right hand side.