Well......You are the proud owner of the only "10" I see this week. Sad to say but that inclueds my entry also. I love the warm rich colors and the clarity and grain of the wood. =10 syamjonimi
08-18-2002 I find I have to edit this comment....This photo is the first 10 for the week. I just voted one other picture into the 10 category.
Beautiful sunset, too bad the challenge made you put a house under construction in front of it. (I hope you took a spare w/o the house!) The wood is very well photographed, but I honestly don't like it covering the sunset. Still 9... Swash
I like this photo, although I really don't like to see the challenge name (new) used in the title... too cliche. Get out your thesaurus and crank up your imagination. Photo is really great.
great lighting... i like the sunlight but perhaps you shouldn't use the flash (make the house looks darker and i'd move the camera back a bit to capture the new house in the foreground and absorb that light, with a tripod! 7
This is beautiful. The owner of this new house is very lucky to be able to view that sunset every night. At first, I thought that the virtical post to the left was not even with the edge of the photo. As I kept looking at it, I wasn't sure, so I measured it and it is almost as perfect as perfect gets. However, I was trying to figure out why it originally looked tilted a bit, and I realized that it is because the horizon is not straight, and being a lighter color at the top, and a darker color at the bottom, it makes that particular post only appear to be crooked. This isn't a photographer error, or camera error, or any error for that matter. Just a trick on the eyes, more like an optical allusion. So I chose to ignore it. lol. This depicts new, it is visually appealing, and I think it even goes by that "rule of thirds" that is currently being discussed in the forums. Great shot! Good luck in the challenge.
This is a beautiful shot. It captures the sky and the foreground with great aplomb. DOF is absolutely top notch, it has great drama and wonderful atmosphere… (10)
Something new. Composition - very good. Evening clouds set this off. Technical Aspects - very good Meets Challenge - yes Visual Impact / Originality – high Top 5 Jim msp