Nature's Brush
by Morgan

Comment:
Nice mix of colours here and good use of shallow DOF

Wild West
by crabappl3

Comment:
I like the subtle blue tones in the background..unfortunately, the barbed wire which is essential to your theme, is all but invisible at the top of the picture and only the middle strand stands out.. this serves to cut the image in half which spoils the composition slightly for me.
I think the picture might be strong enough to stand it though.. the white flowers and lovely green and blue tones in the shallow dof background are superb.
Bumping this from 7 to 8

Rumohra Adiantiformis
by bongo

Comment:
Wonderfully structured image and the use of backlighting makes the picture that little bit different..bumping from 7 to 9.

Fire in August
by newtune3

Comment:
Could be straight out of a Botany manual. Nicely observed and executed.

Grazing Field
by moodville

Comment:
Fabulous contrasts in this..composition absolutely perfect.
Stunning work.

Camera shy
by geewhy

Comment:
Jon..your a star..I didn`t notice that until you said..is it any better like this ?

Can't see the forest for the trees
by cwyou

Comment:
There was a lot of potential in this pic Chip....if it hadn`t been so out of focus, you would have finished much higher.
Don`t be downheartened..just keep the same level of originality and make sure you get the focus right for future shots.

Gordon

Loch Morlich
by BobsterLobster

Comment:
Yeh..I know what you mean Bob...I`m constantly having to remove stuff so that I can upload new pics.

Highland Cow
by BobsterLobster

Comment:
I like the way the backlighting has caught his coat and brought out the red hues.
They are great subjects and usually very good "sitters" as I found out for the "National geographic" challenge.

Loch Morlich
by BobsterLobster

Comment:
Lovely picture of a beautiful area...there are a few artifacts showing up on the outline of the hills..(compression?)but short of that it`s excellent.