Kowhai, Virginia Lake, Wanganui
by kiwinick

Comment:
nice use of fill flash, I like the contrast in colors and tones it sets up. the placment of the horizon line relative to the branch seems rather random.

Dancing with Branches
by well7430

Comment:
The backroung really detracts, busy and blown out.I like the cropping

Wild Wood
by jrjr

Comment:
AAch. the dreaded tilted horizon! I have been crushed for this same flaw so you have my sympathy. To my mind a greater eror is it looks like this was edited to print rather than for the screen where the tonal range is too narrow to show off all the dark tones in the shadows. If you had dodged out some more detail it would have scored better. I like the Westonesque vibe, of course he would have closed in on one element, but the feel is similar

At the End of the Branch - One Perfect Rose
by Tuckersmom

Comment:
Here is the utra femme shot, just soft and gracefull. skirts the edge of halmarky, and I'm not sure how it responds to the challenge, but it is a very pretty shot.

A Branch of Me
by mandrade

Comment:
cutting him off athe mid calf was unfortunate, IMHO either get all of him or crop tight enough so I dosen't look like a mistake. Of course cutting out the grass would mess up he nice interplay of colors you have going on so....

..until the sun comes up over sta monica blvd...
by TapSiLog

Comment:
A very bold vibrant shot well composed. youll probably get crushed because it is my fave so far.

Northern Branch of the L & N Railroad
by rayg544

Comment:
i like the idea of this shot but the fact that much of the rail in the foreground is too colse to be in focus hurts the shot

Tree Hammock
by Barrette

Comment:
The flare in lens barrle drops the contrast and viacity of the colors. either shooting in shadow or pushing them back up in post processing would have helped. the trees on either side don't add much to the composition, did you concider a squarer crop? i like the basic line of the shot but it could have been made stronger.

Branching tracks
by timlu

Comment:
Its a shame the rails are blown out, it mars another wise fine composition.

IMG_6463.jpg
by ajschel

Comment:
I think it would have been stronger with less sidewalk and building, just the case, the guitarist and the posters. still a strong shot of a struggling player juxtaposed with tho ads for those who have made the big time.