Curves
by esdarby

Comment by Judi:
Very good still life and lighting execution.

Portal to Nowhere
by esdarby

Comment by MacT:
big frame!

Portal to Nowhere
by esdarby

Comment by sherpet:
Excellent.....great re framing, re this challenge.....

Portal to Nowhere
by esdarby

Comment by FocusPoint:
nice :)

Portal to Nowhere
by esdarby

Comment by Lactobeezor:
Just a tad tighter would have been nice. But love the hue.

Curves
by esdarby

Comment by Wobble:
I'm afriad that I don't understand the 'shadow' here.

Portal to Nowhere
by esdarby

Comment by Tygerr:
Interesting tone - almost makes it look like it was taken on 70's film.

Curves
by esdarby

Comment by talikf:
mmm, the shadow doesn't seem like the main subject here, nice picture though.

Misplaced
by esdarby

Comment by Cam:
There are an incredible amount of leaf shots in this challenge. This one I really like. Very nicely done. Very clean, crisp and simple.

Great shot.

No Trespassing
by esdarby

Comment by ericwoo:
Hey there from the Critique Club

Camera Work/Technical: I like the strong, crisp focus, as well as the deep depth of field that keeps each part of the image in focus. I do prefer the duotone conversion, but you lost some of the shy detail.

Lighting: The sky is pretty harsh and overpowering in this version. I believe that a graduated natural density filter or a soft light gradient layer in post processing would have helped this one out a great deal. You lost some of the valuable detail in your highlights and your shadows. Your first one was lit better.

Composition/Content: I prefer this landscape orientation and composition as opposed to the square crop of the original. The fence you included on the left of this image helps pull the eye around the frame and the openness gives more of a sense of freedom in the outdoors.

My Opinion: As is, the original submission is better. With slight lighting adjustments, I think this one would have easily pressed in to the 6 range of scoring.

Eric