Zen Grove
by oneca

Comment by talj:
I like the composition but the 'temple' doesn't seem sharp enough to me (MHO)

Zen Grove
by oneca

Comment by LucidLotus:
This is a nice image of something zennish. The colors are good but with so much green the subject seems to blend in almost. I also find all the vegetation to be very busy in the background and that doesn't bring harmony or stillness to me as a viewer. I think if you were to have a shallower DOF that would blend the details of the bushes and trees into a nice smooth (though mottled) background that would then highlight the statue and the rock, there'd be a nice play between the softened background and the architecture of the statue as well as an interesting play between the very vertical statue and the small round rock. Those are just my impressions though. The use of natural light is good and I think the focus though improveable (seems more on the background trees than the foreground statuary) is still good. I gave a 5