Canopy Branches
by newanalog

Comment:
Good idea, but the crop is too tight.

Branching Out
by bucket

Comment:
This is a very well taken and sweet shot of your little girl. But it won't get as high a mark as it would have if it were a branch she were climbing on rather than a tree trunk.

Sunset
by Bud

Comment:
Not related to the theme enough since it's a silhouette of a tree, and the odd composition with the line and shape touching slightly should be seperated.

Artificial
by Tranquil

Comment:
A nice attempt to break with the convention of tree branches, and as a nature shot it's very effective. But the wire has been lost by a combination of the strong light which has bled it away, the narrow focus which doesn't pick out any point of the wire, and the action of the birds which completely dominate the composition and rob the attention of the viewer from the branch theme. If they were all settled in a uniform line with the shallow DOF picking out something more subtle like a brid with it's head turned, or under it's wing preening it would have been much closer to the challenge.

a thick one.
by Albertmdh

Comment:
If you had moved around and ignored trying to use perspective to demonstrate the 'thick' effect, and used the contrasting thin vertical lines of the tree trunks in the background with the thick horizontal line of the branch in the foreground this theme would have worked.

Pin Cushion Branch
by Leighroy

Comment:
Too much unnecessary action in the shot with the severe tilt, and not sharply focused.

Living in the branches.
by jimsapp

Comment:
Brillant use of DOF and a great solution to the challenge. The subject placed bang on the middle of the composition loses power though, could be placed at the top and give the impression of space below the owl.

An old tree
by jmlelii

Comment:
Good contrast making a strong form, and good composition. The focus loses the potential of the texture however.

Silhouette
by quiet_observation

Comment:
Too tight a crop to be a well shot tree, and too loose to find any particular branch.

branch and berries
by U622

Comment:
I like the strong forms of the berries, and use of shape and line in the leaves and twig, but could have moved out to relax the composition more and make it a little about the berries and let them become simply an interseting decoration on the branch.