Midnight in the swamp
by fleenk

Comment by joanns:
Wow. The silouettes on the horizon are amazing! I love the glow of the moon and I believe this was just begging to be b&w, at least your version makes me feel that. Wonderful.

Skyward
by fleenk

Comment by justesme:
I see you had a very interesting idea. However, a few elements may improve the image...

Firstly, the bright white ring around the branch doesnt work for me. Try using 0 or a very small number of pixels when deleting background as you can immediately see that it was layered on. also, silhoettes do not work well with outlines.

Secondly, perhaps you could have get a few more branches? As at the moment, I do not think that the subject is interesting enough.

Lastly, I know you cannot control weather, perhaps selecting a sky area with a little more blueness. I know that a negative space is meant to be quite uniform, but this section of sky does not give the image the WOW factor.

Just some suggestions. =)

Skyward
by fleenk

Comment by Imagineer:
Image looks a bit too treated for me and the border and 'glow' spoil what would be a good, simple composition. Branch & border have too much saturation of blue & magenta making it look harsh.

Skyward
by fleenk

Comment by chalcone:
Reminiscent of ikebana. Nice composition, but overprocessed. The branches appear jagged.

Skyward
by fleenk

Comment by hortopth:
better rotated 90 degrees?

Skyward
by fleenk

Comment by kostia:
The border and the glow are perhaps a little too much post-processing. A more natural shot showing the texture of the tree bark against the clouds would have more appeal for me.

Skyward
by fleenk

Comment by jmsetzler:
the 'glow' around this limb makes it look a little strange.... it makes it look like the sky around the limb has been darkened....

Midnight in the swamp
by fleenk

Comment by Blinks:
I really like this photo, but the title bothers me. I've never seen midnight look that bright, or a swamp look so much like a desert. Either way, this is a pretty sweet shot. It's very crisp in places and I like the sillouettes.

Midnight in the swamp
by fleenk

Comment by christyrack:
Great shot! This looks like it could have been a sketch..it's so perfect!! Nice job!

Mt. St. Jude
by fleenk

Comment by pitsaman:
Very creative goat ,ilove the idea!