Path to Lombise Cemetary
by SnapperL

Comment by goinskiing:
Excellent perspective. I think the only thing that would make the image stronger is to do a slightly tighter crop with more of the bottom cropped off. Good work.

Just a couple of trees in a field while on dog walk. Day 7
by SnapperL

Comment by goinskiing:
I love the details of the tree here and how they do not demand so much of the eyes attention, I think this may be because the overall shot has several interesting facets, to me I notice the saturation immediately and that was very appealing to me. The composition is very good because the entire shot is not just the trees. It's amazing the things that are around you, sometimes you just need a camera with you, like when walking the dog like you did. I'm glad you did because you were able to share this shot with us.

Forged In Flame
by SnapperL

Comment by LadyK:
aah i like this. seems a bit dark, but that could be my monitor. the reflection was a good idea, the ring and its reflection remind me of the wedding photos you see of the two rings hooked together.

Forged In Flame
by SnapperL

Comment by Mal37:
Gold rings I take it? Could be a bit more obvious for the challenge topic, but nice concept.

Forged In Flame
by SnapperL

Comment by Shutter-For-Hire:
cool flames!

Forged In Flame
by SnapperL

Comment by dd1989:
Platinum, Gold or Silver?

Field of Yellow
by SnapperL

Comment by chromeydome:
Technicals, Aesthetics, etc.. Thread

A beautiful subject, and challenging lighting conditions. I gave this image a 5.

I find the dark area in the upper right to be overly dark, and it gives a very present sense of extensive post processing. There is nothing inherently wrong with that, but for me this is distracting. In the context of the brightly sunlit day, it is a bit incongruous. In the distance there are some little bright elements (roofs, perhaps?) which are also a small distraction--they don't add compositional value (as they might if recognizable objects) and the image might benefit from their removal. The dark area of the flowers along the left side appears unnatural and abrupt.

Forged In Flame
by SnapperL

Comment by Ter:
awesome one of my favs

Forged In Flame
by SnapperL

Comment by smudgeSMJ:
Reminds me of Lord of the Rings, I like the colors a lot and seems like a good pic, but something is missing for me. I can't put my finger on it. Perhaps if the ring were a little more brightly lit it would stand out a bit more against the high contrast background?

Field of Yellow
by SnapperL

Comment by Nocturnal_Delusion:
I really liked this picture, the rich colors, contrast, strong composition all drew me in. There are 3 things that bug me; the sky seems to get very colorless right before the horizon, especially on the right hand side, the super saturated top and bottom make it look awkward and out of place; there are some crazy refractions going on around the sun, not sure if its dust or just the lens but it do without; and the last is the lens flair in the bottom right hand corner, sometimes lens flare can be nice if its being used as a compositional item but this isn't adding anything to the image. Three fairly minor things, had I voted in this challenge I would have scored this a 7.

Technicals, Aesthetics, etc.. Thread