Desert
by Jacko

Comment by LeahStephen:
Oh wow, the black and white completely make this picture. It has just wonderful contrasts! I love it.

Desert
by Jacko

Comment by cbonsall:
very striking, can't work out if it snow sand or just dustiness. I figure snow?

B/W works very well here

Desert
by Jacko

Comment by Marklane:
Simple image, but damn effective!

Colors
by Jacko

Comment by muckpond:
CRITIQUE CLUB!

Personally, I'm not sure I get how this fits into the challenge, but I'm pretty liberal in interpreting challenges so I'll let it slide. :)

I greatly enjoy the vivid colors and detail in the flower. The lighting is well-done and the background is undetectable. I also think the way you did the border is EXCELLENT -- I really would't have thought of something like that myself, but am going to have to try it. Very interesting.

I only have two "suggestions" to add. First, the photo appears to me that it has been sharpened -- and perhaps a bit too much. Where the green clip is attached to the petal really seems...SHARP and I'm not sure that you want to draw that much attention to one portion of the photo like that. I'm not sure if that really makes sense to you, but I'd like to take a look at the original photo and see if it's a trick of my eye, or if it's a case of over post-processing.

The second suggestion -- and this is just a suggestion -- is that I would like to see the angle moved to the right very slightly so that the green clip is not in front of the stem of the flower. It seems weird, I know, but I wonder if it would make the flower look more like it's supporting the weight of all 3 clips with one little stem. Again, just an idea...don't know how it would work.

Overall, a very vibrant photo and one to be proud of.

Desert
by Jacko

Comment by inspzil:
It looks like the surface of the moon. I think it would've been a more effective pic to put the little tree or branch not so prominently in the foreground. A subtle change to the composition but maybe very effective in terms of mood. The camera angle could also help. It'd be interesting to see from sand level looking up at the stick. Good Luck - Inspzil

Desert
by Jacko

Comment by paynekj:
I like the idea of the stark image, but the clouds look very odd - the way they run into the horizon and that is distracting me rather too much.

Desert
by Jacko

Comment by redfig:
This works so well in B+W,I like the crop.this one i would have on my wall,well done

Desert
by Jacko

Comment by byetko:
This looks more like water to me but I love this shot. 9.

Desert
by Jacko

Comment by moondoggie:
This is without question one of the best images I have seen to date on dpc, and easily the best of the week imho. Fantastic job! The mood and compostion of this are excellent! 10. No, make that 11.

Desert
by Jacko

Comment by Sonifo:
Nice simple shot. I love the clouds. It looks like at big storm coming in and that poor tree is going to get dumped on again. Good luck!