Thistle Leaf
by Jean

Comment:
great stuff, (reminds me of jean's feather pic)
I would try to over or under saturate the green (?) 10

The Net
by jjbeguin

Comment:
Thanks for the almost unanimous advice. I still think this is the way I want it. The light and dark zones are nicely distributed and form a pleasing composition. The soccer event on top adds extra movement in the image. This photo also reveals that my interest for graphics and the vegetal world has never been overshadowed by a passion for sports.

Youth Soccer... best when soggy
by DiamondPete

Comment:
Nice staging. A good cadidate for B&W. would put the umbrella and the lawn in the same tonal range. this would improve the balance of the composition. Would also add a little extra mood in this fine rainy day image.

Showdown
by zeuszen

Comment:
I like the composition, the spacial awkwardness, and mystery in this one. Does one have to be Brithish to make some sense about what is goig on?

Can I Play Too?
by vonautsch

Comment:
Fine image and story.
One tip I will give you though (if you are using photoshop) is not to change the mode of your photo to grayscale but leave it in RGB. Go into the Image - Adjustments - Channel Mixer menu, select "monochrome" and start moving around the sliding cursors until you get an optimal range of grays. In this image the lawn texture and tone would be improved a lot by darkenig in the green channel.
I am sure this will eventually make sense to you.

Freedom - The Open Door
by Spanish_Grease

Comment:
Simple and adequate image. freedom without a price tag, refreshing!

Utter Neglect
by jjbeguin

Comment:
Kiwiness you would be suprised, have a look at my BEFORE-AFTER entry...

Twice Daily
by K-Rob

Comment:
Good job! I knew this one would do well.

Used tools
by jjbeguin

Comment:
Thanks to all, This one is special, my first ribbon in the open challenge !

Machinist tools
by jeeptuning

Comment:
Great choice of llocation. This picture would be great if you had set the light on the person or any other bright spot in the scene. This would make it a much darker and atmopheric picture but would show off all this great light bouncing off these machines.