Winter Oasis

[sbalsama]

Thanks to Imageshack, it was a nice experience uploading. And also, thanks to you guys whom I hope take out some time to critique my photograph.

 

[LaFoto]

My monitor is too bad, I'm afraid, to really critique this photo, for I see too little. The dark patch in the front is almost featureless for me (it may not be so for those who have high resolution screens, which I don't have). Therefore I don't like that big, black patch and am wondering where the oasis might be. I'm sure I'd understand things much better if I saw them any better.

 

[Nytmair]

In my monitor, I see a reflection of the trees in the "black patch" which is a little puddle/pond thing.

anywho, i like it... Not sure if i like how the bottom of it is cut off a bit though :?

 

[sbalsama]

Sorry about the nasty scan LaFoto, I'm sure it doesn't help your monitor problem -- scans usually come out pretty dull and contrasty, so I don't really do them all that often.

 

[thebeginning]

i like it. what camera did you use?

 

[sdbphoto]

PoorContrast, maybe due to your scanning, the snow looks milky... has a very dark moody feel.. and dont like the crop on the bottom it leads the eye out...

 

[thebeginning]

what is with everyone's monitors? i see great contrasts. or maybe it is my monitor

 

[LaFoto]

Well, now I'm seeing this thread again, and now things have changed on my desk (I threw a party for it the other day ... and no, not the 2K-party): I have a good monitor now.
And guess what?
I see the reflection in the puddle.
I even seen now that it IS a puddle in the first place. No more black blobs. No.
A wintery wood with a puddle that is not entirely frozen. Hence the "oasis"-thing? (I doubt that sbalsama has come back between posting that photo on 1 Jan and now......)