Standing Strong
by beamsclan

Comment by Simonkasprzak:
Nice, it would be better if the clouds were not so dark, because they almost act as a second subject, and detract the attention away from the tree. Maybe a smaller crop to eliminate the grass on the left side as well would be good. A little too dark shadows and a little to light highlights. Needs less contrast perhaps. Good try though, 4

Standing Strong
by beamsclan

Comment by BAMartin:
The sky appears to be over saturated or somthing. The color shift is rather disturbing

Standing Strong
by beamsclan

Comment by LouiseB:
Nice image but looks over processed

Standing Strong
by beamsclan

Comment by jemison:
good composition and nice scene...the sky color seems a bit off

Standing Strong
by beamsclan

Comment by Niten:
A little overprocessed to suit me. I bet this does pretty well with most voters though. Nice use of the sky.

Standing Strong
by beamsclan

Comment by Falc:
Lacks the simplicity and elegance I associate with minimalism, but nice all the same

Standing Strong
by beamsclan

Comment by nordicgirl:
Very nice landscape but too big contrast.

Standing Strong
by beamsclan

Comment by Zed Pobre:
Eek. Blown highlights all throughout the sky, hurting the eyes and drawing the eye away from the tree into the pure white glare behind it. The wide open space of dull brown sand on the left also fades into some very fuzzy vegetation, which isn't very attractive.

The only positive point is that the colors in the sky on the right are absolutely gorgeous. If you had framed this vertically around the tree, giving it more textured earth below and more dark cloud above, cropping tightly left and right, it would have been much better, avoiding much of the blown white on the left.

Standing Strong
by beamsclan

Comment by rebelo:
It's unfortunate that the basic rules of editing restrict the post processing of this image so much. Being able to brighten up the tree and calm down the overexposure in the sky would really make it an interesting shot. Good composition spacially, but those two elements really take away from it, IMO. You should clean it up for your portfolio with advanced editing just for show.

Big Red Rock
by beamsclan

Comment by tryals15:
too washed out IMO