I think that this is a beautiful image. I love being able to see the sun/moon in the distance. The criss-crossing plants force your eye to move around inside the picture. I like this image a lot.

Beautiful and simple, simply beautiful...

very nice composition. The cool colors makes this feel very sombre.

Dave,
At first I was drawn to your site by the nature of your pictures - then wished I could someday become receptive enough towards the world around me [like you have in yours] to capture at least little glimpses of its beauty. But now I am also drawn to your site by your warm way of describing what goes on behind the pictures you take.
Thanks for the inspiration...

It's a strange photo for me. I find myself trying to adjust the white balance!!! I don't know, there is something in the colors that, for me, makes this look artificial. And the problem (my problem it is!) is that this probably *were* the real colors!!!

On a side note, I totally agree with DNegel. Reading your comments, even if they doesn't have anything to do with photography or the photograhpy per-se is always a good reading.

Neat. I try stuff like that and always get too much foliage in the way. :-)

I love that shade of blue in the sky. We get skies that colour round here in the evening.

Hi Dave,

I quite agree with what DNegel writes, I feel the same way towards your pictures.
The world is beautiful in all its little details, you not only see it through your eyes, but also with your heart ; in fact you do have two hearts in the place of your eyes!

Marie-Madeleine

This is very nice. It captures that time of day perfectly without being a sunset image.

very evocative image. i can't help but wonder how it might look in black and white and sepia toned.

btw, do you miss not having a faster max. aperture on the 17-40 lens? i have this lens also and often find myself wanting an shallower depth of field.

Good choice of colour.

Yawn.

And so to bed.

great colors! i love the perspective...great composition!

The photo is one of those 'I've got to try this type of shot out for myself' kinds, but for some reason, I find the the colors to be.. artificial.

I guess it'd look more artificial if you had upped the saturation. but yes, B&W might haven't been a better photo ;)

(I'm looking);-)

I agree with DNegel. Your writing is required reading for me every day.

This is a great image, beautifully composed. I thought at first it ws from the summer. Taken on the same day the rest of us have been having snow deep and crisp and even.

Just gorgeous. Everything else has already been said!

After all these comments I can just repeat that this shot is really beautiful!

For me this is your best photo in a while. A simple, calming, naturalistic shot. One problem though, I think the colour needs some correcting. It's a bit too cold...

Thanks everyone.

Rodrigo: yes, these are (almost) the real colours but I did increase the saturation and lightened the foreground somewhat, both of which have changed the image slightly.

tristan: I did try a black and white image and a toned one but both looked very flat. And when I tried to compensate by upping the contrast I lost too much detail in the foliage.

Simon C: the coldness does reflect the original scene. The sun had gone down a little while previously and, from what I can remember, this shot is a fairly accurate representation of the colour temperature at the time.

Also: thanks to everyone who mentioned they enjoy the writing on chromasia, I've written something about it to accompany tomorrow's entry.

This is indeed one of the most restful images I've seen 'round the ol' interweb in some time. The ocean is such a restorative and this shot transports me instantly.

I love this...reminds me of being a child and laying in the grass watching the clouds roll by.