Sand
by Zhemaitis

Comment by UNCLEBRO:
nice macro capture of the texture I sand (I hope!!!).
good lighting and shadows used.
only nit pick is that I would have liked a bigger image.

Sand
by Zhemaitis

Comment by sfalice:
Nice macro. Wonder what your fstop was, and if the wind was blowing because it's especially interesting where it is really sharp.

Sand
by Zhemaitis

Comment by naplesmusc:
Cool. great capture of the texture.

Sand
by Zhemaitis

Comment by Blackbox:
Interesting photo and nice observation!

Sand
by Zhemaitis

Comment by Fromac:
Lovely texture. Nice B&W.

Sand
by Zhemaitis

Comment by hotpasta:
interesting shape and light...well spotted

Sunset
by Zhemaitis

Comment by Budya:
I really liek the colors of the sky, although the sun seems a bit too bright...

Sunset
by Zhemaitis

Comment by Artifacts:
I like the idea of this image. Trees with sinuous branches make great photography subjects and silhouettes make great foreground interest items for sunsets.

There are things that will impact this image's score. Though not terribly small this image would benefit if it were larger and that the added part showed more sky and clouds. Color processing could bring out more drama in the sky and, though you have no control over it, the telephone or power lines in the background are a distraction. Overall the claityof the image is not as good as it could be.

The biggest scoring impact will be that many voters will not see this as a low-key image because it has more tonality in the midtones than in the shadows and will vote it lower because of it.

Sunset
by Zhemaitis

Comment by bookworm:
love it

Sunset
by Zhemaitis

Comment by CarpeNoctem:
Back Lighting != Low Key