My thoughts on the image: Great colors and an interesting array of textures. I like the point of view in that it provides terrific leading lines that serve well to draw me deep into the image. This does a great job pulling my eye to nearly every individual tree and leaf that I can see.
My ideas for improvement: I think pulling back on the crop would have yielded a nice improvement to the image. As it is, I do see the landscape. With more to look at, my eye would have also felt the landscape.
Where I would have/did score this entry: I did not vote on this particular challenge, but it would have most likely drawn a 5 from me. With a more open crop, I think the score would have most certainly grown.
Thank you for the opportunity to provide a critique on your entry,
Eric
This is a beautiful scene. Great for the landscape challenge. You should remember this location and reshoot with models. A lone figure walking towards the camera, a couple in a loving embrace, You know , something to hold the viewer in the shot(my 2 cents)
Nice perspective although I would have centered the photo to make it more symmetrical. Did you use noise reduction or a blur on this? It seems to have an unnatural smooth quality to it.