Two great images and a nice blend

great work

Thank you! The result was surprisingly pleasant

Too dark and bland in black and white, with too much dead empty space at the top.

yeah, you're right about the black and white. I'm going to keep the empty space though because I think it adds to the vast open space of rural areas.

I like the composition, but find the colour a little unnatural .

well i dunno about others but what empty space i see... i like it.. and in a contest like farm we do get empty space

When the sky is so flat without any points of interest like clouds etc then the 'empty space' doesn't do much to enhance the overall image, so I'd agree with Mossy and crop just above the tree with a little 'breathing' space just above it.

Okay, well obviously this photo is not soothing enough to the eye and something seems to be off, but I thought "empty space" meant basically nothing there. If there were clouds to look at, it wouldn't be EMPTY space.

Nice image, but I'm not sure about the cropping. I feel there is too much behind her, and that it's too tight above and in front. IMO

You may be right, friiski, but the thing is that I've already dumped the original image, so little room for amends, if any at all. If I'll try to further crop it, then I would most certainly make things worse. Thanks, anyway

Throwing away photos, never do that. Good luck

You can't do it here, but I would suggest you clone out the sticks in the lower right and print this. It would be wonderful on a wall.

Thanks, k5683. I'll give it some thought

Nice, but I would crop a little closer

Thanks Vibeke, I have cropped as you suggested.

better, but I would still crop a little more, the bits of flower on the left are distracting, as is the chain, I would crop just below the chain, and then a little off the bottom to keep the balance. This is only my opinion.

I have cropped tighter again. I left some of the chain as I rather like the peeling paint!

Fair enough, it is after all your photograph.

Poor fellah! He looks so sad!

I love the texture and the detail of this, Nice Shot!

beautiful, love the texture, you feel you want to touch it.

Love the high res, great shot!

luvly entry...

Something tells me you already had a lot of angel shots to choose from

You might be right there, jawshoewhah...lol!