Sunset at Walnut Lake
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Comment by tanguera:
Congrats on the tt! I love the landing ducks :)

Sunset at Walnut Lake
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Comment by grahamgator:
One of my top pics; beautiful.

Sunset at Walnut Lake
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Comment by nam:

Originally posted by giantmike: Your last minute drop took you out of the 5th place spot. Boooo!

Thanks, Mike and Cory - I had my fingers crossed. But I'm very impressed with all the images that placed higher than mine so I'm smiling. The scores were quite high in this challenge which got my hopes up though . . .

Sunset at Walnut Lake
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Comment by Cory:
I like the top 5, but I'm not certain this didn't deserve to be placed higher.

Congrats on the top ten!

Sunset at Walnut Lake
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Comment by giantmike:
Your last minute drop took you out of the 5th place spot. Boooo!

Sunset at Walnut Lake
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Comment by ciaeagle:
Beautiful, serene scene. Love the natural pastels and layers of content.

Overture to Night
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Comment by mariuca:
there is on occasion a sunset to pleasantly surprise me, and you are on of it; in has a nice melody also
bump

Overture to Night
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Comment by streetpigeon:
Trees as brought out by the sun. Nice casual feel.

Layers of Springtime
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Comment by aliqui:
Ah-ha, a middle of the pack, no comment, photo!

As with what goes with the territory, nothing is "wrong" with this photo in the sense of focus or exposure. I will say the composition seems slightly off. With an image so linear, I think centered-ness is very important. The secondary leaf is nudged to the left. Thankfully, that little blossom is there to balance the weight though, otherwise it would feel pretty lopsided to me.

Also, I can't help but wonder about scale. I should just accept the photo as is, but there's something about that background leaf that makes it feel HUGE. Since I don't know the size of the foreground leaf and the blossom, I feel the need to pull back and see the full size of the background leaf.

Sunset at Walnut Lake
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Comment by illini75:
Nice colors and I like how the tree stands out so beautifully against the sky