Welcome To The Desert
by JSAYB

Comment by mpeters:
NIce and sharp. I would suggest a less centered crop. They cacti compete strongly with the mountain(or vice versa). Actually I think a vertical crop would be the best. Just my .02.

Welcome To The Desert
by JSAYB

Comment by boyd2000:
I would like to see the whole cactus

Welcome To The Desert
by JSAYB

Comment by smurfguy:
I find the composition here awkward. The background hill and foreground cactus overlap, the cactus is cut off (can't see the whole thing), and it's all centered.

Welcome To The Desert
by JSAYB

Comment by beamsclan:
I like the detail of the cactus, but I don't really understand what your intention is with this crop or central placement of the cactus.

Its A Tough Job But It Gotsta Bee Done
by JSAYB

Comment by cassilda_terry:
good contrast and color, more detail would be nice-macro lens. If you don't have one, get closer and zoom! crop out the background (in my opinion) its too busy. since the bee is the subject, you want our eyes to fall on it instead of searching for it.

Welcome To The Desert
by JSAYB

Comment by daboardergirl:
I like this, but I think a different angle may be better. I wish I could see the entire cactus, and that it wasn't so centered. JMO of course. :)

Welcome To The Desert
by JSAYB

Comment by pamelasue:
personally, I think that this is too centered ... the cactus is centered, the mountain is centered and the horizon is close to centered ...

Welcome To The Desert
by JSAYB

Comment by atupdate:
Back to comment: You did a nice job with the exposure and post processing of this image but the composition baffles me. You have a primary subject and a secondary subject in the image and you hide the secondary one behind the primary subject and both are dead center in the compostion. Plus, you cropped the primary subject off at its virtual waistline. Please revisit this location if you can and play around a bit with the composition. Shoot from some different angles (Example: Put the catus in the front left third of the image and the hill in the back right third of the image).

Its A Tough Job But It Gotsta Bee Done
by JSAYB

Comment by pamelasue:
not very sharp ... composition is a bit weak ... good color saturation and control of the natural light ...

Welcome To The Desert
by JSAYB

Comment by geoffb:
Good detail, and nice background detail.