Challenge:Light On White (Basic Editing III) Camera:Canon EOS-20D Location: kettlebrook golf course Liester, MA Date: Feb 28, 2005 Aperture: 11 ISO: 100 Shutter: 1/200 Galleries:Rural Date Uploaded: Feb 28, 2005
i think this is a perfect example of there being too many distracting elements. the tree is ok, the rocks are cool too, the tree's shadow is beatiful (especially contrasting the precision of the fence and it's shadow), but the construction on the left, the orange fencing - totally unneccessary.
even just croppping this shot to 514 px wide (cut off left) is a good start - although you do lose some of the tree's shadow.