Great detail and color. DoF is good too.

thank you Jeff!
I was lucky since this one was not shy at all

Wonderful. Love the detail.

Congratulations on the feature. Very interesting textures.

Very nice one!

Preciosa fotografía. Felicidades.

wow, amazing photo!

Love the golden colors.

Gracias por vuestros comentarios Agnes y Nick. Saludos.

Love the colour and the detail here, and the light is especially good. Your choice of landscape presentation is not what one might expect with this subject (to crop the head and feet), but it works really well. Well done.

Nice shot ! I really like the water frozen in time.

Fantastic. Love the splashing.

You can definitly see the motion in this picture...very nice!

Nice details.

Jon, Looks a little blue to me. Nice composition, detail and DOF.

Nick,

Very funny:-)

Cheers,
Jon

nice shot,
but the vertical portion is placed a bit wierdly according to me,
ideally if it was placed further to the right,off center it would be ideal..just my 2 cents

nice capture, but I agree with shivahuja: the composition could have been nicer by moving the vertical element on the side.

very nice blue!

Days like this are meant for hiking! The visual interest here is lacking something. I am just not sure what you want me to look at here. That bolder on the left side might be a good focal point if it was not cropped out of the frame. This is indeed empty... or maybe barren would be a better term.

nice shot, the colour of the sky is very beautiful.
did you use a wide angle ?

@Geoffery, Nikon 18-70 on D70 at 18mm which is the 35mm equivalent of 27mm. The air was very dry that day and the sky was really that blue!! This trail is @4000 feet in elevation, great January day for hiking in the Southern California high desert.

Very good. Where it is?

Near 49 Palms Oasis in Joshua Tree NP, in Southern California.

Will,

Great use of DOF. Love the colors.

Congrats!!

The seat is facing the view, the birches provide solitude-enhancing music of air rustling the leaves (if there are any...season), and the dandelions provide sunshine on possibly a dull day. A cool beer and a terrific companion would complete this idyll. Nice picture you paint, will! :OD

This says sky, or water, or boats, but not minimalism.

nick :
"About "Minimalism"
Created by Paulforrester

Create an image where your subject is the strong point of the image, but only occupying a very small portion of the image space."

i think the boats are not so big in this shot...but thanks for the comment

I think the shot would "feel" more minimal if it didn't have the cloud across the top, but it is still topical. I like the cloud coming in from the right though.

If I could suggest one change, it would be to increase the sharpness on the boats and smooth out the sky.

i like the blue of the sky and the water. the color increases the compatibility with minimalism, but there might be too much going on to be really minimal.

Great composition, whether minimalist or not. Good job.

Amazing! beautiful colors!!

Fantastic colors!!!

Love the colors. The drops of moisture add a special touch. Good work.

I agree, the guy in the hat and cane add so much to the image. Nice light and moment.

A stranger in Moscow. The way he's dressed is so different than everybody around.

good!

beautiful exposure! from the bricks to the building!

like it a lot. I am intrigued with the man in the middle..storytelling to me...