Greetings from the Critique Club!
Hehe, I see you got 'Lydia-rolled' in this challenge...no harm done there! I am a fan of this technique, having used it a lot myself, it's fun and effective. But I gave this a 5 in voting, I think due mostly to the relatively washy colours and lack of contrast and real composition in this image.
Mostly, I find the two thinner, lower trunks in the bottom third just look too spindly to visually support the much larger trunks above them. This, combined with a sudden blotch of light immediately below those darker, heavier trunks, probably contributed to a relatively lower placing than had those two thin trunks not been there.
Hope this helps!
Susan |