Years Gone By.
by vtruan

Comment by Becky:
I like the texture of this picture.

Years Gone By.
by vtruan

Comment by Cub:
Excellent shot. Good color, DOF, and framing... Cub

Years Gone By.
by vtruan

Comment by pncowley:
Nice shot... and a good approach to the challenge! Some of the details seem a bit oversharpened, but nicely done overall.

Years Gone By.
by vtruan

Comment by Crafty Sue:
good color especially in the sky

Years Gone By.
by vtruan

Comment by pinback:
I like this one. Nice composition and subject. Well done.

I'm Looking Over a Six Leafed Croquis.
by vtruan

Comment by indigo997:
Hey!
Hmm. I thought you might be suffering with a low end camera until I checked out your other shots which seem to be pretty good. I'm not sure why the quality on this one seems lacking. The focus is really soft, but it looks like you tried to sharpen it and made it worse. The lighting was pretty harsh which only exacerbates the problem.
It's a very pretty subject. I like the colors of the flower. The ground around it is rather ugly - you might try desaturating the color channels for the background and making it black and white to really downplay the bg more.
I'm not really fond of the cropping. The bottom and right side are just barely cropped and the top is severely chopped off. I would try a really close up that crops most of the petals and really focuses on the center of the flower or else try to get it all in. If you could rotate or have taken it more from the right then those 3 purple petals would make a really nice triangle.
Flower shots tend to do better in a more controlled environment (studio). You need softer, even lighting and a non distracting background. However, I think the quality issue is what really pulled the score down on this one.

Years Gone By.
by vtruan

Comment by shirleygirl_71373:
Just think of all the stories if you could just hear this old house talk. Very good picture.

Years Gone By.
by vtruan

Comment by marbo:
Very nice image. Can`t see anything wrong with this.

Years Gone By.
by vtruan

Comment by 'Pong:
Yep I like it. Good composition and it tells story

Years Gone By.
by vtruan

Comment by robbieh:
I like this shot. These always make me wonder about the history of the places.