Natural Pi
by tjuneau13

Comment by Sonifo:
Excellent eye!! I give you a 10 for good focus and interesting shot.

Natural Pi
by tjuneau13

Comment by lisae:
Pretty. One of the better icy twig photos of all the ones that have been posted this (northern hemisphere) winter.

Natural Pi
by tjuneau13

Comment by ursula:
Nice shot. I like the diffused background.

Natural Pi
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Comment by dsidwell:
Hey, wow, that IS a natural pi. I like this shot. The DOF is great and really sets the icy branchlet off nicely.

Natural Pi
by tjuneau13

Comment by ruthiek:
I really love this photo, though I think it becomes a bit stronger if you crop out that angled part of the branch at the top.

Natural Pi
by tjuneau13

Comment by kiwiness:
Ah the most natural of all pi's in this challenge, good capture and excellent DOF.

Natural Pi
by tjuneau13

Comment by casualguy:
Good job recognizing this! I know how these challenges get us looking everywhere for the given subject matter. Good job!

Natural Pi
by tjuneau13

Comment by helgihelgi:
Very effective DOF, and good framing. It's not the tidiest Pi symbol I've ever seen, but the fact that it's natural makes up for it. And I'll say it again: Good framing.

Natural Pi
by tjuneau13

Comment by kandyj:
ONe of my favorites. I love your lighting and the way the eye leads right to the 'pi' to meet the challenge well.

Beauty from Thailand
by tjuneau13

Comment by Natasha:
Critique Club

Firstly, I love Thailand, spent about 5 months in the country, great place to visit hey!
COMPOSITION-CONTENT
Its a gorgeous Tablet, a very beautiful image. The crop is good, as some one mentioned it is a tiny bit off center, so maybe this could have been corrected. I think that statues don't usually score really high. I have been to the Thai Pavillion, the buidlings and colors are fantastic there, I think that more of a landscape view of the temples and statues in colour would have done better. As I remember there is a lot of gold at the pavillion and this would have been great late in the day. .
BACKGROUND
As this is a close up shot, background doesn't effect the picture, however as I said previously I would prefer to have seen more of the overall view of the pavillion.
CAMERA-TECHNICAL
Focus is good, the overall sharpness works well.
PROCESSING
As you said, the contrast has been left untouched, I wonder if a bit more contrast would add more impact, but then again, I tend to use too mch contrast! I was also wondering if shooting at a different time of day would add more interesting shadows and lighting.
MY OPINION
This is a great shot, I like it. I am a great fan of Buddhist statues, so this really works for me. Hope that you had a great trip!