A California Pasture
by sherryk471

Comment by RiderGal:
I keep coming back to this photo because it's such a pleasant scene... yet there are some things that bother me about it... I'm thinking this would have looked better with more yellow in the foreground, so that the scene didn't split almost exactly in the middle. Also the flowers in the front have some bright white spots on them due to harsh sunlight... too bad you couldn't have the ponies head coming up... I like your DOF though, and your view of this. Getting down and shooting more upwards might have been better too... and although it is small, the (spider?) on the left flower is distracting because you can't tell exactgly what it is and it kind of just looks like a black spot that attracts your eyes. Nice though. -7-

A California Pasture
by sherryk471

Comment by STEINR:
the first thing i noticed when your pic popped up was the out of focus backgrond, then my eyes adjested to the yellow flowers in the foregrond, so to me it looks like thefocal point of this picture is the background it also looks like it has some noise in the backgrond

A California Pasture
by sherryk471

Comment by SteveS:
Nice idea.

A California Pasture
by sherryk471

Comment by dsidwell:
My poppies! I requested such a shot a few weeks ago. Thanks! I love the slightly unnatural, "waxy" look you've give then,and the horse in the background is a marvelous touch.

A California Pasture
by sherryk471

Comment by Sonifo:
This is an awesome shot. I love it!!!!!!!!! Vote 10+++

Dead Fall
by sherryk471

Comment by Artifacts:
The tree is clearly a good subject for this challenge. The flowers contrast the fallen tree. This might work better if you could somehow get a different angle, either from the side or lower looking upward to emphasize the "falleness" of the tree against the "normal" surroundings and hotizon.

Dead Fall
by sherryk471

Comment by Journey:
Pleasant landscape, exudes tranquility. Good colors.That light brown undefineable mass adjacent to the treetrunk is somewhat distracting,probably because it is so hard to read what it is exactly but you had no control over it anyway. 7 Journey

Where's the Alka Selzer
by sherryk471

Comment by GeneralE:
I believe chocolate contains something actually toxic to dogs -- I'd check with a veterinarian as it would take more than Alka-Seltzer...

Where's the Alka Selzer
by sherryk471

Comment by LindaLee:
Cute little dog, hope he didn't eat all that! Good color and composition, but overall the shot is a little too busy for my taste.

Dead Fall
by sherryk471

Comment by Budweezer:
Oversharpened! Colors needs more saturation too. I would like to see more of the tree. Nice clarity here and good angle.