Peaceful Summer's Eve

[luxborealis]

C&C welcome.

[RSL]

I love it, Terry. It reminds me of these lines from "Ubon:"

After the harvested rice is laid away, the stubble burns
and the smoke brings atavistic memories:
famine, drought,
abundance hoarded up against starvation,
peace, the certainty of life,
contentment without knowing why.

[seamus finn]

I wonder would you consider cropping out the ugly 'shed' on the right and concentrate on the two main elements - the tree and the house behind which is another tree.

[shawnino]

There are possibly millions of this type of image online and in print, but this particular image strikes me as exciting and fresh.

The colours in the sky are ethereal and a little unusual, but the field is bold and rich and familiar. The composition is well conceived. The detail pulls me into the scene. It's the type of work I can look at over and over again. Well done.

To the cropping question, I've "cropped" it by holding my hand in-between the image and my face--I think it works both ways.

[luxborealis]

I wonder would you consider cropping out the ugly 'shed' on the right and concentrate on the two main elements - the tree and the house behind which is another tree.

I see what you're getting at, Seamus. My concern is that when cropped, the house becomes too close to the right edge - not enough breathing space. I'll try de-emphasizing the shed by de-saturating it a little, combined with reducing its tonal value slightly.

[petermfiore]

The image is wonderful as is. I like your crop and rendition...Color and saturation and wonderful as is.

Peter

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

An image that can illustrate a dictionary entry for "pastoral." Or adorn a local country club. Very nice.

[dennisd]

This is a beautiful bucolic image.  The colors are are very pleasing.

The image in general - it's lovely.  However, the two large barns on the far right, in my opinion, take away from the countryside character.  They are commercial looking and distracting.  Consider cropping both but certainly the long green barn just before the last tree on the right - if nothing else.    

The third tree on the right of the house provides a wonderful, complimentary balance for the dominant tree (on the left side) as well as adding perspective. A crop slightly to the right of the third tree and the triangluar roof of the low profile building crops the clouds across the whole frame.  That seems to unify the image.  Just a thought.

In any event, nicely seen !