The Treehouse in the Cornfield

Taken from a country backyard in the heat of summer. Please comment.

You must be channeling the movie "Field of Dreams".  I can almost see shoeless joe climbing down from the treehouse.  I like the way you use the foreground tree as a way to frame the rest of the shot.  Just enough bokeh for a pleasant effect  in the bg and just enough of a blossum at the top of the frame to bring you in.  It's all very nice.

Thanks, Bob. That is a wonderful comment. I felt this scene was sort of "different" too.

Properly blurred for it lives more in memory and imagination than reality

Thanks, Jack, that's exactly how I feel too.

This is an interesting shot with beautiful color tones and wonderful light-effect. The unusual and creative dof has made this shot attractive. Your creative play with dof is successful in this artistic composition. Best regards.

very nice scenery bringing nice feelings, nothing to add to what was said before.

You have a achieved a very moody and atmospheric photograph with great use of sharp and blurred elements. There is as much if not more meaningful message in the suggestion of reality as there is in the reality of the image itself.

Very nice work Liz.

Kind Regards

Alf

Many thanks to you all for stopping by.

Liz: Very well done. You have given this photo a ethereal feel.  Did you do this in-camera or with post-processing?  Tom

Ah, Tom. I am pretty good at post processing, so, I'll admit this is where the strengths in this image come in. Still, I knew it was a good shot, because of the light and tones. Many thanks for stopping by.

Very good composition and DOF control!

Hi Liz,

I like the colors, the subject matter, and the lighting. 

Obviously lots of people like the shot the way you posted it, so you don't need to do anything differently, but...  IMHO it's truncated on the right side. I copied this and made a crude approximation of a compostion that to me looks better. Hope you find it useful.

 

very original work...sharp foreground and blured background work very well here...I like it...congrats.

Thank you all for your comments.

 

Chuck, I do like what you did. I'm sticking with my choice though (minus the barb in the corner) because I think the treehouse seems sort of sinister, to contrast the serenity of the scene. Many thanks for taking the time to work on it.

Liz, I was going to suggest you remove that stick on the bottom right, but I see you already are going to do that. I like your crop. DOF (real or effects) is perfect.  This has a really nice flow to it and is very well balanced.  Tranquil and interesting.

I passed this one may times - and I like it. Please accept my short comment as compressed ‘positive acknowledgement’

Thanks, Kim and El, for stopping by. This really was a magical scene.

Beautiful light and composition; I really like the feel of this one...there's an innocence to it. Very well done. Thank you for sharing. :)

Exceptional composition, intimate with great delicacy. Congratulations.

Thank you, Trisha and Vicente, for stopping by.