Solitude
by p_johns

Comment by livingfiction:
Beautiful depth in this capture.

Solitude
by p_johns

Comment by Artyste:
Perhaps a closer crop would have helped a little. I don't like that I can see where the land around the hill levels out. (personal taste, I admit), and the silhouette of the figure would probably be stronger if it were larger.

Solitude
by p_johns

Comment by Zoomdak:
Lol, my shot is named 'Solitude' as well, yours probably fits it better, but I chose mine out of about 15 others. Beautiful shot.

Yorkshire, United Kingdom
by p_johns

Comment by euskadi:
I just can say:

Well deserved it ! :D
COngratulations

Yorkshire, United Kingdom
by p_johns

Comment by kiwiness:
Congrats on the win! Just in time to enter the master's challenge :)

Yorkshire, United Kingdom
by p_johns

Comment by okeefe:
Very Nice, good work in spotting this scene and in your editing as well. I wonder how it would look with a darker sky rather than light, contrasting the trees and complying more with the hues of the water yet excentuating the bridge. As an uneditied photo i am sure this one came as close to perfection as any.

Yorkshire, United Kingdom
by p_johns

Comment by Philos:
Critique Club Comment:

How could I ever Critique this?
This is a wonderfull almost unreal photo, the lights, the trees, the smoke, the reflection of the water all add to the picture.
What I personaly like is the church in the background, it gives it more depth.
What's another great thing about this one is that you can come back to it as much as you like and just find another overlooked detail, search for something new every time, it's just as taking a little trip :)

Now for some Critique, what could have been done to improve this picture? You gave the answer yourself, the sky is a bit boring, and it has a un-natural color, maybe because of post processing, but i'm glad you didn't crop tighter, if you ever buy the ND filter and if you go back there ....... :)

There was a lot to do about the border, personaly I don't care about the border here, it doesn't take anything away from the photo, but the photo can stand on it's own, so it doesn't need a border.

Congratulations on your blue, it's a deserved one!

Yorkshire, United Kingdom
by p_johns

Comment by mizz_kt_bug:
oh wow i'm glad this one won cause it's freaking ~*AMAZING*~

Yorkshire, United Kingdom
by p_johns

Comment by Simplicity:
What a magnificient piece of work! Great job on this. Definitely deserving of the blue! Congrats on a job well done!

Yorkshire, United Kingdom
by p_johns

Comment by Neil:
Wow, I didn't get to vote for this, but if I did, it would have been a 10. Beautiful, and the print version is even better.

What lens did you use? (I wish they'd put that in the fields!)