Oak tree: Olompali State Historic Park, CA
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Comment by martinho_triste:
lovely shot

Oak tree: Olompali State Historic Park, CA
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Comment by Bud:
This is a nice photo, just a bit too much pixelation in the sky.

Oak tree: Olompali State Historic Park, CA
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Comment by C_Steve_G:
I wanted to shoot that tree, too, but since the sky was clear on Sunday, I went elsewhere. Could be sharpened a bit more, I think.

Oak tree: Olompali State Historic Park, CA
by blanceric

Comment by Xilebo:
Too grainy, ground cropped to tight, beautiful tree

Oak tree: Olompali State Historic Park, CA
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Comment by riversong:
Beautiful lighting for such a magnificant tree.
So pretty.

Orchid Angels
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Comment by Simonkasprzak:
where's the white?

Till the right moment
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Comment by Pixel Lady:
Nice

Bye Daddy...
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Comment by bucket:
Intense-great shot!

Till the right moment
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Comment by LucidLotus:
Fits the challenge and the composition in general is good, but the image is rather dull. The highest point of interest is the surfboard because it has that nice bright blue that pulls it out of the drab brown of the rest of the image. This may have been done purposefully, but if so, I'm afraid that the dullness of the surrounding environment really doesn't leave much interest to me the viewer. It looks like the sun may not have been cooperating with you much so the water and sky have no lovely blues to give, but maybe a polorizing filter would have helped a little?

The other suggestion I can offer to give this image a bit more pop, would be to desaturate it completely except for the blue of the surfboard. That would give it a nice uniformish background purposefully and fully highlight the board and thus the person sitting on it too, while adding some nice interest due to the method used. Just some ideas. I gave it a 4.

Orchid Angels
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Comment by beautyqn25:
Beautiful macro!