Silent Spud
by snowflake

Comment by nicoledb:
Grainy and overexposed.

Birch Curls
by snowflake

Comment by dsray:
Best 'looking up a tree' shot.

Birch Curls
by snowflake

Comment by Shelley:
Nice shot, but white balalnce is a bit blue

Birch Curls
by snowflake

Comment by Rgarcia:
Great subject for texture. I like the idea and shot. I feel that a different POV could make important improvement for composition.

Birch Curls
by snowflake

Comment by drgsoell:
The light is a bit strange, but I like the subject.

Birch Curls
by snowflake

Comment by sfalice:
I very much like the blue cast to this image and the great depth of field. Adds a bit of mystery to the Challenge subject matter. Nice.

Birch Curls
by snowflake

Comment by jonpink:
quite interesting as far as wood shots go - different to others. not keen on the blue cast.

Birch Curls
by snowflake

Comment by nosher:
i like how the blue of winter is used to show off the curls of birch. N ice combo

Birch Curls
by snowflake

Comment by e301:
Choice of colour temperature is different - and quite effective. Lends a mystical quality to the subject, makes the first perception one of a landscape rather than a detail, which I quite like - in fact I'd go so far as to say you might have cropped this to contain only the tree, and lose the sky and stuff top right of frame. DOF is a bit too shallow to really show us a breadth of texture - it rather concentrates on a very narrow area bottom third of frame, but there's still great interest there. One function of this colour that I don't like so much is the coldness it brings to the image, but that's inevitable. Intersting.

Birch Curls
by snowflake

Comment by siggi:
looks a bit too blue