Winter Forest
by talmy

Comment by bs-photos:
Almost looks like a painting the way the limbs stand out so much

Winter Forest
by talmy

Comment by Andre_P69:
I am sorry this seems a 'bland picture to mee as there isnt a specific detailfor my eye to lock on, also the colours look a little odd, have you taken a dark image and then lightened it a little tooo much ?

Winter Forest
by talmy

Comment by angela_packard:
interesting colors...

Dunes
by talmy

Comment by DrAchoo:
I like your choice of log as a subject. It looks nice and weathered and contrasty. A few things that make this shot a challenge:

1) It doesn't wow us with either texture or color. The blue of the sky is, to me, my least favorite shade. Evergreens, I have found, are almost impossible to make look good on a picture. I haven't figured that problem out yet myself. Actually, your pine is pretty nice, but the bushes in the background suffer a similar problem, they quickly turn into a greenish/black mush which isn't too fun to look at. The texture is nice in a way, but also the grass gets lost in a mishmash of lines. I bet the grass would actually look fairly nice on a canvas much bigger than 640 px.

2) You have one half of a nice landscape; and it's usually the half people forget, a foreground subject. However, the background (once you remove the log) is fairly nondescript. For the picture to soar we need to grow a mountain or something back there (which of course you can't do). perhaps more sky and some interesting clouds on a different day.

People were pretty tough voting. They wanted a WOW picture and I'm afraid this couldn't deliver those goods.

Dunes
by talmy

Comment by marcellieb:
I used to live in a semi-desert region in Namibia. Also used to viit the Namib desert often (be4 the time of digital cameras). What makes this photo very interesting to me is the formation in front - looks like a fallen tree - what is a fallen tree doing in a desert. Great shot though

Winter Forest
by talmy

Comment by KarenNfld:
Wonderful picture, would love to score it higher but it is too contrasty.

Dunes
by talmy

Comment by pgatt:
Nice subject. The sky's a bit bland but everything else makes up for it. Nice subject, would like to see a black and white conversion of this. The textures are lovely, 7/10

Old and Winding
by talmy

Comment by graphicfunk:
Congratulations on your rop 20 finish with this lovely passage.

Dunes
by talmy

Comment by Man_Called_Horse:
In leuw of your title I am not convinced, color a bit flat, great texture, light ok, dof nice, comp ok, overall not interesting

Dunes
by talmy

Comment by Catherine_B:
This is a tough love comment - technically this is a fine photo, it is in focus, the subjects follows the rules of thirds appropriately, color looks good. So what is the problem? It just isn't very interesting. This isn't a place that tells a story or compells a second look. I'm giving you a 5 because it is technically well executed, but overall a boring photo.