2 Trees
by Tom

Comment by hotpasta:
great simplicity and dramati contrast8

2 Trees
by Tom

Comment by Wildcard:
oooooooooo I like it a lot :D

2 Trees
by Tom

Comment by Efergoh:
I love high contrast shots...thank you for this.

2 Trees
by Tom

Comment by eamurdock:
Like the minimalism; very much like my (low scoring) landscape entry! I'd like more details in the trees and ground, for my tastes.

Channel Islands
by Tom

Comment by kandykarml:
Amazing shot for this area !!! No Fog..

Channel Islands
by Tom

Comment by Salo8899:
I really love this pic! You must of toke it from really high up. I am going to give it a 10! Good luck!

Channel Islands
by Tom

Comment by HighNooner:
You could have made much use of the rules to get a much much better lighting by taking three photos from on a tripod and put them together. very nice anyways 6

Hi
The site and point of view of your photo are really perfect to make a great shot, and you have the "expert rules" to work under; Place the camera on the tripod and get the composition that you like, what you have for this submission is really good; then take three or four shots; or as many as needed, fixing the light metering and focus for the up close plants, the farther ones, for the sea, for the isles and for the sky; make sure you do not move or shake the camera at all while in the process. Then take these "number" of photos to any, hopefully high-end, editing program and compose the final photo from them all.
The quality of the final photo will be greatly influenced by your editing ability; the ability to put a flawless composition from a number of photos.
A tip: Place the very rear layer (sky and clouds) as a background when editing, then adjust it to your taste, do not divert a whole lot from what nature looks like; then place the photo that is supposed to go before the last on top of it; after that, select the areas from the second layer you want to erase to reveal the sky beneath, "feather" your selection then erase!; and before you move to the next layer make sure to adjust the brightness, contrast and feel of each layer to match the one(s) beneath it; then move on to the next layer and next layer ..
Good luck
Tareq

Channel Islands
by Tom

Comment by LalliSig:
I think a smaller aperture and focus all the way to infinity would have worked better here, the fuzzyness of the far islands is something I would have wanted to see razor sharp but this is good other than that.

Channel Islands
by Tom

Comment by noraneko:
Great DOF with those ice plants in crisp focus.

Channel Islands
by Tom

Comment by pineapple:
Pretty point of view and the seemingly natural photo adds to the impact, IMO. 9.