Japan
by KimInNB

Comment by RiderGal:
Critique Club

The layered effect you have here, and the choice to not have it in color, but just to have a blue tint to this made for a really neat looking photo! I love how you go from flat, plain white in the left hand corner, to some texture in the stream, to the trees, but they don't cover everything because they have no leaves, to the pine trees because they block out almost everything behind them. Your use of contrast here is very eye catching. The one thing that bothers me is how the top pine trees just slightly get cut off... thats not a very big problem though. Your composition here is beautiful, you can definately follow the lines, and your eyes wander over the whole photo, but know when to stop without running off the page. The lighting is almost perfect, except for in the upper left hand corner, it kind of turns into a dark blob and loses it's details, the rest is beautiful. Your exposure is excellent, especially in not having the bottom left hand corner too bright, it can be hard with snow. You did a wonderful job of meeting the challenge and you have a gorgeous photo here. Nice job of using your photographers eye to catch this lovely, peaceful site!

Japan
by KimInNB

Comment by Natasha:
I really loved this, so delicate. Could you put some details on how you did this, would love to know how you got this effect. Its unbelievable that you could have got any 1s,2s, or 3s for this (something to do with the title?) By the way, I gave you 10.

Japan
by KimInNB

Comment by justine:

Originally posted by Harold1066: I can`t believe that some people gave 1,2,3s A great picture 9

Crazy: this was a great photo. Loved everything about this one.

Japan
by KimInNB

Comment by Geo_Griffin:
I can`t believe that some people gave 1,2,3s

A great picture 9

Japan
by KimInNB

Comment by Marklane:
Looks kinda like a painting. Nearly made it into the top 10, congrats!

Japan
by KimInNB

Comment by GeneralE:
Very ethereal look..

Japan
by KimInNB

Comment by Konador:
excellent cool colours. gives a great feeling of relaxation to me. very nice indeed! 10

Japan
by KimInNB

Comment by DougPaz:
This is really cool. I like it. I'll be glad to see how you did it.

Japan
by KimInNB

Comment by camelotnorth:
very well composed..nice play of lines and textures..beautiful transition of colors...white snow, blue stream, frost covered bushes and trees leading into the evergreens and misty background all equal a beautiful photo. Well done. One of my 10's for the week.

Japan
by KimInNB

Comment by mcrael:
Very pretty picture, but it seems to be a bit over-exposed, which contributing to the softness overall. Would prefer crisper detail. I like the diagonal lines created by the water and the tree tops.