I like the way you caught the sunlight filtering through the tree canopy and highlighting some leaves/ferns. The dirt of the trail has nice contrast against the green and leads my eyes along the journey. The angle of the hill adds to a sense of potential motion. The highlighted leaves on the tree at the very top left distract me though and I think the composition would have been even stronger if some of the top were cropped off. I like that there is a person in the photo, but I wish I could see a little more of him. Even with him more exposed, I don't think he would become the main subject and he would still blend in well with his camoflauged backpack.
Avery well setup photo and the clarity is right on. At first thought the saturation was a little heavy, but after looking at it, I changed my mind and it is exactly right. An extremely pleasing shot! (8)
I love the golden light and the shadows - wonderful image, and IMO perfect placing of the Waldo. In so many of the images in this challenge it seems, the waldo is just a tiny speck in the distance, and the photo just may as well have been a plain old nature shot. But this is excellent. :) Good shot.
Someone walking away with a green backpack on the path on the lower left thirds. It's not that easy to see, but it does stand out from the rest of the picture, and after a little observation becomes clear. Nice scene.
Interesting, almost painted colors here, with nice plays of light across the path and the trees. Not much going on beyond the challenge theme (searching for Waldo), and I may have tried a lower angle or something closer to the path to give some flow to the image, but that may not have worked in the circumstances of the shot.
In alot of forests like this there is a sharp harshness htat I have had a hard time mastering. you did a great job preserving the magic and soft beautify of the forest with this photograph. the one nitpicky thing is the tree on the left. it is a bright white kind of color white the rest has this brown and green mossy feeling. a little burning or cloning would have helped that. i like the way you hid waldo as well, he isnt so small hes unfindable and yet still blends in very well