Amber waves of grain...
by dolphnz8

Comment by lil_mo:
Could use a level adjustment... kind of dark/dull overall. Other than that, it's very pretty and the composition is nice.

Amber waves of grain...
by dolphnz8

Comment by starrlite:
The title is great! It makes the picture for me

"Zen"...as I see it
by dolphnz8

Comment by LucidLotus:
Though I think this meets the challenge as described, I don't find a personal sense of zen from it and so the score reflects that a bit. I also don't find the image particularly appealing, particularly because of the brownish hue to the sky. I love the play of the sun in the clouds, that portion is great. I also like the blade of sunlight on the water, though I wish the two trees framing it weren't impeding on that sliver of light as much. I think this could be a great example of a sunset, it has all of the elements, nice framing by the trees (if a little too encroaching), good dynamic between sun and cloud and suitably colorful water reflection but all of that is really hampered significantly for me by the blah-colored sky. I gave a 4.

"Zen"...as I see it
by dolphnz8

Comment by Loki:
Good job on framing the sun's reflection with the trees. Is the water a little crooked?

"Zen"...as I see it
by dolphnz8

Comment by talj:
And what a lovely way to see it! :o) I love the way the branches are leaning towards each other just under the sun, nice colours and silhouette :o)

"Zen"...as I see it
by dolphnz8

Comment by posthumous:
create symmetry
with only one half. 5

"Zen"...as I see it
by dolphnz8

Comment by BrianR:
Yes, the use of light is good and carries the viewer into the image well...8

Hind-Sight is 20/20
by dolphnz8

Comment by levyj413:
Sorry, but without the title, this is just a macro shot. A good macro shot, but not really related to perspective. Besides, hindsight means to look backwards, not look at the back end of someone else. :)

"Mums" the Word!!
by dolphnz8

Comment by ellamay:
Greetings from the CC.
This shot to me is very well done overall, I like the light on the yeollw, and the DOF is great that you can see the other flowers. The black really helps the yellow to pop. The compostion is also good I think, yet something overall is not working, I think it may be the orange background. I would like to see some maybe with all black? Actually I think it is the combo of the black and the orange you have 2 backgrounds and a strong flower and even tho they all work individually I think my eye is not sure where to land. And the quality of the light seems different in each part. All the elements are really well done, but together they are competing. I hope that helps. I think you are extremely close to a really great image.
Well done, congrats on a well placed image!

Hind-Sight is 20/20
by dolphnz8

Comment by kteach:
Ohhh, one of those groaner titles! Can't quite figure out what the background is, but it's neat how it picks up the colors in the flies.