Sunflowers
by JeffDay

Comment by HeiSch:
I think this is one of the "weaker" shots of the bunch.
You have nice triangle of flowers, I'm afraid there are too many of them. While you can work on the yellows and the blues in the sky, there is nothing you can do about the right white cloud. You only have to worry about not blowing it out too much.
Again, this is for DPC!!! For a personal album, this is a great shot. For DPC this might be a "fast click trough".

Barn
by JeffDay

Comment by HeiSch:
I think this one is better in color. ooops I forgot telling you that I thought about the b/w conversion. The upper part of the shed might be too close to the mountain. Composition is great.
This is not a spectacular picture, but one I can see it in a calendar. You just expore the photo and wander around. Very calm and makes you stay long and explore.
The only point (and I'm not sure about that). The roof line just melts with the mountain silhouette. Did you try to get closer? So the outline of the shed really breaks the mountin lines? Again, as I said, that's a decision you can only make during the shooting.
The contrast between the green forground and the browish mountains work very well. Nica an warming colors.
Must have been a wonderful trip you had.

9819.jpg
by JeffDay

Comment by HeiSch:
I like this one a lot. A few comments if you want them.
- you have beautiful leading lines in the small stream with it's green color. they lead the viewer to the center/left, where the interesting darker mountain is. from here the eyes can go to the eft or right and are brought back where the stream is. You can tell how much I like the composition, can't you?
- crop the picture closer around the lines of the stream.
- this way you eliminate the bright band at the bottom. A bit will remain to frame/close it towards the bottom.
- if you crop it closer, you also will elimiate the left part of the montains. they are not adding anything to this picsture.
- the same with the sky. too featureless to include too much of it.
There is so much to discover you should lead the viewer.
I tried to crop it to what I tried to explain above.

I very much like the contrast between the bright patches and the darker right mountain side.

B e n t
by JeffDay

Comment by KIM986:
i LOVE this! The simplicity and the DOF!

S e v e n
by JeffDay

Comment by whiteroom:
cute shot.

S e v e n
by JeffDay

Comment by SandyP:
What a cool picture! Country. Rustic. Charming as all get-out!!

Congratulations on 11th place!

S e v e n
by JeffDay

Comment by Catherine_B:
Beautiful crisp colors and focus, I love this composition!

S e v e n
by JeffDay

Comment by colorcarnival:
Very pretty. Love the rustic tones and then the color that subtly jumps out at you.

S e v e n
by JeffDay

Comment by ilphoto:
Simple but good.

S e v e n
by JeffDay

Comment by animal_lover:
love! adding to favorites right away!