Cart At Night
by mfairbanks

Comment by justine:
I find that this is too bright and too centered to have much of an impact.

Cart At Night
by mfairbanks

Comment by Mr_Pants:
I feel that the lighting is somewhat too harsh here.

Cart At Night
by mfairbanks

Comment by allankent:
the flash makes the cart a little bit too stark

Spring Snowmelt
by mfairbanks

Comment by zagman:
Thank you for submitting your photo to the Free Study VII DPChallenge.

A good nature capture. It shows a clear blue sky, trees, and rocks.

I am not sure by looking at it where the focal point is. The bigger lower rocks seem to add to the confusion. You selected a beautiful location but there is a lot of image elements to view. If snow melt is the subject of your image, perhaps a closer zoom or crop would have work out better. You seem to have two objectives with the photo. One is the area where the snow melt is coming from, and the other is where the snow melt is going. I think cropping up a third way up from the bottom would have narrow the viewers eyes on the image.

I am not sure why you are not showing your camera settings, but they are vital to learning what works and what does not.

Another issue is the light source that is being used. It appears about early afternoon. This time of day produces a harsh light, especially on landscape photos. I would guess as well that this shot was a hand held shot. Most times landscapes shooting works better with a tripod. This would produce a sharper image, and provide more image detail. At this point the middle area of the photo looks blurred. Another possibility with this composition, is to move over to the center or the middle of this area and shoot from there.

Overall a good idea and composition.

Good luck in your future DPChallenges.

Spring Snowmelt
by mfairbanks

Comment by tazza:
Nice location, but I'm not sure about the composition, I would have liked a bit more stream and less rock...

Spring Snowmelt
by mfairbanks

Comment by nfessel:
Cool shot. The waterfall is a bit far away, but nice composition overall.

Spring Snowmelt
by mfairbanks

Comment by Skip:
this looks like a beautiful place. it would probably be better, though, to come back when the sun isn't so harsh. here, it overwhelms the details that could make this more interesting. good luck!

Spring Snowmelt
by mfairbanks

Comment by saintaugust:
a little noisy..

Summer Vacation Memories
by mfairbanks

Comment by tazza:
Looks like the woods cabin from the "evil dead" movie! Definitely creepy

Spring Snowmelt
by mfairbanks

Comment by Shannon:
I don't care much for the composition of this shot, I would like to see less of the trees and more of the waterfall.