Initial thoughts Very interesting shot, meets the challenge, great color and contrast
Composition/ Content
As mentioned in most of your comments, the colors is what really makes this shot. I like the way you kept your horizon away from the center. I like the way you placed the trees right of center as well.
Background The absence of anything in your sky works well for you here. You certainly had a minimalist approach and the sky helps helps that direction.
Camera Work - Technical The focus on the grass is excellent. I know that the trees are slightly out of focus but the DOF seems to be fairly deep. By making them clearer, you would have lost what I believe was your original intent with the grass and the foreground.
Digital Processing - Technical One thing that may have helped the sharpness on the trees would be a little post processing. I have found that with a digital shot it is absolutley amazing what you can do after the shot. I noticed that you only used 41kb of the 150kb file size allowed in the rules. This should have really sharpened the shot if you used the full allotment. I was surprised that you didn't upgrade the saturation here. You did a great job for out of the camera. A little bit afterwards would have only improved it.
Fits The Challenge Definitely fits the challenge well.
My Opinion On The Photo I think that it meets the challenge well but can see why some folks would vote it lower. I was actually surprised that you got a top 50 shot as I didn't think the voters would recognize this shot for what it is. It could have been improved a little to finish even higher than it did. Good job, and keep up the good work.
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DougPaz
really nice and simple, i think its great! The one thing i must say is that the trees look a bit blurry, and I'd like to see more detail in the branches. 8
Well, you've defintely gone for a simplistic shot - and done quite well. It's good to see that the sky behaved and was perfectly clear for you. I love the contrast of the green and blue, and the trees add a lovely little focus point. Is it possible to sharpen the trees a fraction? Good work.
This is amazing! The colors and the hard edge between the grass and the sky makes it look manufactured but of course, it isn't. I love the two little trees just sitting on the edge. Wonderful find, wonderful photo.
This shot just jumps out of the thumbnails!! Wow, what color. Focus and clarity are great. Look at every single blade of grass. I'd love to be in an area that still had grass!! Everything's snow here. I think those 2 trees are excelent. They are placed well within the photo, and this is as simple as it gets. simple, yet very captivating. Way to get the sky so empty, not even a plane flying by. how did this look as a vertical crop? Great negative space. Lighting conditions are perfect! Great shot. Good luck in the challenge.
The one thing that captured my eye on this photo was the blue n' greens. I love how the line between the colours just sweeps over the whole image. The trees add interest as well. Excellent capture. GL.
Beautiful scape of the land, and i thank if the trees had been more in the center of the photo would have been better, I like the contrast between the blue and the green , I can see a smothe line makeing the curve ( good job)
Great colors. The trees are just a little too small. I think they should be more important to the shot so that it isn't so abstract. It is more a study of color and line as is. ahhhhh... green grass
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