The bud is nice and sharp, but the proximity of the other stalks in the background seemed to take away some of the power of the image.

Ahhh for some of us, it's always a new beginning with photoshop. Like the concept of this shot and it is very well done technically speaking.

I never knew the name of this hairy beast. Love the precise sharpness shown however the little tree gets a bit lost in the similar looking surroundings...a vignette may help to pop him out more.

Reall nice one this,you can see a connection between the farmer and his animals

Thank you for saying that, you made my day.

I had already put up that farmer and newborn cow in the past and although I checked my profile and didn't see it there pyxleyes pointed it out to me...again I felt like an idiot. Wonder if I will ever catch on to the workings of this site. Are you going to leave TOS or when is your membership up?

Sweet. Just today on a bus I saw a young mother with her 3 month old baby and she was kissing her child's hand, so your image brought out an emotion from me and it was Tolstoy who said that if an image brings out an emotion , then art has been created. I do see that the focus is soft and does it really matter for the subject is soft...a new baby. Personally, I would have preferred the image to be sharper and stronger.