View from Above
by pedahel7

Comment by owen:
Great shot.

View from Above
by pedahel7

Comment by giniro:
reminds me of winterfresh gum. I like the view.

View from Above
by pedahel7

Comment by ankit0621:
beautiful, slightly more contrast would have created more density to the clouds and distant mountain. good job though...

Looking towards the peak.
by pedahel7

Comment by Tammer:
Ooooh, very very nice. I must watch too many movies as my initial reaction was Lord of the Rings when they were lighting signal fires from mountain to mountain. :-)

Looking towards the peak.
by pedahel7

Comment by alanfreed:
Very cool vantage point and scene! I wish it hadn't been so centered, though... I would have cropped some of the sky out, personally.

Looking towards the peak.
by pedahel7

Comment by Mephisto:
wow great landscape
nice to see another one in the background
imo more contrast (try with unsharp mask) and and a little desat of blue would give a more dramatic perspective
but ok the challenge is destination and you did well ;)

Nature's Fireworks
by pedahel7

Comment by Stagolee:
Greetings from the Critique Club

This was a good idea to use the light on the foreground plants and dark background to produce the high contrast.

It appears that your focal point was at the rear of the plants where perhaps you would have gained a better effect if your focal point was at the front of the plants,leaving the out of focus plants in the background.

The composition could have probably been improved by having a little more dark background at the top of the image.

This challenge was a very difficult one to score high in and your finished score of 5.1398 was probably on par for this competition. If I had voted on this challenge I would have scored it 5 - 6 as it does not have a lot of the so called "wow" factor but more of a nice nature shot.

Overall it was a good idea but was in a very difficult challenge to score well. I wish you luck and hope you enjoy future challenge entries.

Natures Branches
by pedahel7

Comment by kylh:
oroginal. good perspective

Natures Branches
by pedahel7

Comment by HaydenHouser:
Good shot, but eyes are important and create strong impact on wildlife photos. One shot before or after this with an eye in the photo would be better.

Natures Branches
by pedahel7

Comment by tinmason:
crop...crop...crop