very nice image -- like the contrast and the composition

Beautiful photograph, but could you please assure us that it is an alleyway between houses and not a path between properties.

yes it is an alleyway between two houses that leads to another road

Thanks

A great photo no doubt. But the emphasis appears to be on the man and his dog, and the thematic "alley" is all but forgotten.

The man and his dog fit so perfectly in the alleyway. If the two of them were shop separately or the alleyway on its own, I don't think the image would have this impact.

Congratulations on 1st place, well deserved, it's a wonderful photograph.

Congrats!

Congrats on your well deserved 1st place

thank you all so much

What an interesting take on the theme, such an intriguing image.

Thank you!

Very nice... I like the DOF and backlighting

Thanks! When I took this picture, I didn't even know what DOF stands for

I like the idea of this shot, light and framing are great, but the focused area is not sharp enough.

I would agree with that, if it were just a tad bit sharper it would definitely make for a stronger picture. Thanks for the advice

what an atractive picture what a lovely place you captured ! although those plants on the walls cant be much good for the walls. it gives a very romantic picture, I dont even wanna think of all the lil critters creepy bugs that live in such places where you have all these nice lil corners where they can hide and lie lol. but the picture is just wonderful. the stones, the light, the colors and the composition

Lovely shot! I would love to live in the room above the archway. The kids walking and talking is the highlight of the photo.

Lovely shot

Very nice. Good composition

Great capture !

I want to live where you live. In Florida it's all stucco and plastic. Wonderful shot and setting.

that's a Holiday photo, this country wasn't even discovered when those house were built.

Without a High-Res, we really can't see the image properly, what we see here is a down sampled version of what you uploaded, this is why it's important to tick Also save full resolution image. You can still do this, don't even need to upload your image again.
Go to;
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find this entry and click on ;
edit entry
tick;
Also save full resolution image.
Your image doesn't need to be enormous, anything between 2.5mg and 3.5mg is plenty big enough.
Good luck

Looks like a nice shot, but a high res would be nice

Great shot, and I love the man at the end of the alley to add life to the image.