Are you an alien?
by spiller

Comment by Mad-D:
A little too dark for my taste but a good idea

Are you an alien?
by spiller

Comment by amsmyth:
tulip, I think, very nice

Are you an alien?
by spiller

Comment by Artifacts:
Like you, I think a flower fits any challenge topic! I might have made the colors brighter and applied noise reduction and smoothing to increase it's abstract qualities.

Are you an alien?
by spiller

Comment by L1:
I can tell what this is.

Majestic mountains surround this small city.
by spiller

Comment by Sammie:
Beautiful photograph. Love the colors and the great DOF. Don't you feel lucky to live in the mountains!

Majestic mountains surround this small city.
by spiller

Comment by Mona:
Very nice pic.

Majestic mountains surround this small city.
by spiller

Comment by Cam:
Majestic is right. What a lovely city. Great shot.

Majestic mountains surround this small city.
by spiller

Comment by Imagineer:
Your title states the obvious! This is a great shot requiring no words. Lovely focus from front to back and an interesting view.

Shooting into the light though has caused overexposure in the sky and peaks.

Majestic mountains surround this small city.
by spiller

Comment by dsidwell:
Crisp, clear focus, lovely colors. Very nice capture! 10

Untitled
by spiller

Comment by wewillexplore:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Nice to meet you, Lorraine. :)

This is a hard image to critique because I don't know if I wish you'd stepped 10 feet closer or 10 feet back. As it is, you aren't close enough to force the subject to be the ONLY real thing in the photo, yet you aren't back far enough to have captured the entire tree.

This is a nice silhouette, but I believe silhouettes are mostly about the shape created by the blackness. As such, the tree is a tad thick around the middle and is kinda 'blobby' down there. Perhaps a shot with more branches would have been more interesting, compositionally.

I think the clouds at the bottom of the image detract from the clear blue skies upper left. I would have preferred one or the other.

Happy shooting!

Mav