I think a little more contrast would help.

It seems to me this is the equivalent of just showing speakers on a stereo.

your flash killed the shot. I get my best results using sunlight outdoors. The flash is terrible for close ups.

Nice framing. GL!

Nice one

Good effort with the phone cam

and the flash killed it.

I think this is soo pretty! My only suggestion would be to get one of those noiseware programs (most are free) and it will make the blue sky much smoother. This is a really pretty shot though

Need a little deeper DOF

Yeah, much better!

This is a really cool picture, good luck!

I think you should crop out the leaf.

I like Saranac regular beer

Great job with such an odd challenge.......Could have been printing out a mouse while the cat watched......lol GL

cool...

Not crazy about the shadow, but nice focus. I like the cat.

Nice shot..

Far from empty. The absence of humans is not the definition of emptiness. A tree, a bridge, a forest, a river, a trail. Need I say more?

What do you mean? It's full of trees, a field and a hill. The absence of humans isn't the definition of emptiness.

Should of had it print a picture of a fish or something.

very cute...good luck

Not really something I'd expect to be full

I agree

A bit too dark the bottom part of the image.

The flash really killed the shot. I'm sure you had no choice and it's on theme and all but yeah. You will find that in most cases, the flash can hurt the quality of a picture far more than it will ever help.

Nice shot but no high res?

on theme

I taught at UVM for a number of years. Beautiful area, but very expensive to live there.

You should have straitened the horizon

the lighting is either too close to the left or the flash was too close.

It's so subtle...

Its in her shirt...took me a minute too

where's the color

She is looking so happy, I'm sure she is waving Hallo., lovely shot

Love the sky in this photo the clouds and the shade of blue in it are great

Wonderful shot