State Park
by jaysonmc

Comment by EL-ROI:
This is a nice starting point. You showed some good compositional elements by placing an object in the foreground and using the leading line of the shoreline to lead to the foggy hillside in the background. A few ideas to bring it to the next level would include, shooting at a lower viewpoint using a landscape orientation, then in post processing use separate gradient filters to bring down the exposure of the sky to show the contrasty clouds, raise the exposure of the foreground to show the highlights in the water, and use a layer mask to exposing the land a little higher than the water.

City Reservoir Tainted!
by jaysonmc

Comment by snaffles:
Nice shot but if we're to buy the headline, shouldn't there at least be some concerned scientific type taking samples and holding up a test tube of sorts?

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Comment by smardaz:
lovely simplicity

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Comment by SEG:
Best of the bunch. My highest rated of the challenge. Simple with a lot of punch!

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Comment by giantmike:
This seems like it's the opposite of origins...unless you mean the little seeds.

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Comment by Abra:
The seed of life.

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Comment by tanguera:
Thistles are SO photogenic

City Reservoir Tainted!
by jaysonmc

Comment by giantmike:
I would like to see some more of the story in this photo. Maybe some dead animals by the water or something to convey "tainted."

So I stand here and they just give me candy?
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Comment by colorcarnival:
So cute. The focus is in just the right spot. People forget how scary this is when you are that little :)

So I stand here and they just give me candy?
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Comment by tnun:
I like snapshots, especially at Halloween.