Little Alcove

Beautiful scene and well composed.  I like the contrasting reds and greens.

The colors are indeed very nice as a combination, and I really like this. The tree is nice, but the muted colors of the plants are so nice with the red background. Love it! The gentle s-curve of rocks and plants is a nice construction too, and clearly shows that you thought about this comp. Nice work!

Very nice, Mr. H.. I like the warm rock against the greens and blues of the plants. The little left facing corner of rock is a nice lead in to the tree. I could see pulling in the black point just a bit to see what it looks like, but this works well as it is.

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What a great find - sort of like a hanging garden. Comp is well balanced and lots of interesting details throughout. Processing looks very natural.

Just a fine image. As already mentioned the colors work very well. I also like how the smaller plants starting in the lower right and moving to the upper left form a line that moves the eye through the image. 

Pretty sweet little find, Harley.  Love the foothold the tree has found and how my eye moves diagonally from bottom to top.  Really nice.

What an amazing find, Harley.  Like a gem of life thriving amongst all the rock.  I might warm this up a tad but that is purely a personal preference.  Fantastic composition and one superb image.

Very cool gallery of plants and the tree is exceptional, a natural bonsai sculpture. Some wild forms on the ledge really add to the image. Also would like to see some darkening along the shadow lines.

Harley,

Great eye to see, frame and craft this.  Dave mentioned a hanging garden.  What comes to me is a diorama. Maybe that's not the right word, but perhaps a setting in an exhibit of a natural history museum.  Maybe that's a little out there...

But everything about this is rock solid - Ha! The framing, comp, the natural colors and processing all look great to me.

No nits. Wait... there's always something to find.  Shoot me for being picky.  The dead/gray sage underneath the cover of the rocks center - right looks a little too cyan.  I'm sure most hard pressed to notice - or care about that. See how I am?

Lon

The setting, with the shrubs and tree, against the red rocks is great, Harley.  You also found a fine comp. with the scattered blues and greens angling nicely across the frame.  Gotta love red rock country.

Excellent composition, beautiful colors with a ton of details. I like a lot this tree that looks extremely strong, it goes with the rock. Very nice work.

Wonderful desert colors Harley.  I also like your chosen composition.

Amazing colors, composition, feeling of a touch of magic found amidst the stone.