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Comment by snaffles:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Lovely shot of a birch forest with a sapling pushing through and making itself known. It's all but saying 'Lookit me, I'm old enough to have leaves that turn with the seasons too!' The crookedness of its trunk just highlights the struggles it's already been through, while all around it the much older trees are all tall and straight. I like the oof trees, they add some depth.

OK, now for the much-dreaded nitpick time. Mostly, I find the overall look of the pic around your focal point to be very washy and flat, probably due to the very high ISO. I think some global contrast and saturation, to help give greater depth to the trees and colour to the leaves of the sapling, would help a lot.

Hope this helps!

Susan

When I grow up....I want'a be just like you
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Comment by JakeKurdsjuk:
I think if you'd tamed the highlights in the deep left portion of this you might have gotten that little one to stand out a bit more. It gets lost here.

Purple Haze
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Comment by jgirl57:
Not voting because I can't see these colors correctly (color deficient)

Commenting only

Beautiful

Purple Haze
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Comment by Cyrilda:
Lovely composition and lovely flower.

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Comment by Abra:
They're so cute when they're young.

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Comment by Neat:
Another cute one of your grandson :)

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Comment by sidpixel:
Hello from the critique club

An appealing image that meets the challenge

There is a lovely feeling of space with the distant figures on an empty beach for a child full of life to run free who makes a very strong focal point to give the image scale and with his pose a dynamic quality. The waves complete that dynamism together with the lovely shapes the sea has carved out of the beach. Given the dynamics of the beach and sea against the much less interesting sky this is one where I would have used the reverse balance with the beach dominating. I like the near mono/pastel tones. Thanks for another lovely entry Janine

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Comment by tvsometime:
Patience and time spent looking then clicking pays off. Especially here. Unusual and effective near monochrome shore-scape.

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Comment by tnun:
I like the strange drama of this, the lilac tones, the shallows, the alien buildings, the boy and his tiny parents, the sole gull.

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Comment by jomari:
Wonderful! I love the colour and the little splash of orange t-shirt makes the boy stand out. Top 3.