I made this photograph during my vacation to New Orleans with BAMartin. This was taken in the French Quarter. I have now submitted photographs from 5 states plus the District of Columbia.
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What I first noticed about this picture was the lovely contrast between the yellow building and the blue frame of the door. That is a great color contrast, and a real attention grabber. I also like how the "verticleness" of the tree and the "verticalness" of the door lead the eyes up through the frame. The vertical shape is also contrasted nicely by the diagonal "motion" of the shadows. I like how neither the door or the tree is in the center, but each is working together in the photograph.
Though the details in the sidewalk, and other shaded areas are good, it seems a bit blown out on the right, especially the trunk of the tree. The positive of this is that it gives it a "strong" look, but the negative is that it can be distracting and even painful if you look at it too long. :-)
As far as meeting the challenge, it has a tree and some shrubbery, so it does meet the challenge as far as I am concerned, even if the tree doesn't seem to be the main focus.
I like the composition and color contrast between the blue/yellow in this photo... as the title suggests, it is a very nice 'shadow' theme. Flora is present.. thus meeting the challenge... i think that flora could be a stronger element of the photo as well :) - setzler
Hard to tell that flora was the subject of this photograph. The shadows are so prevalent that the ones from the tree blend in with others on the ground. Needs to be more separation in tones here for it to be as effective as it could be.
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