Palo Blanco + rp

Very nice Igor. I like the juxtaposition of the fracturing rock and the slim sleek form of the young tree. Very nice balance of forms and colors also. 

This is very nice, Igor.  I've been trying to discipline myself to take a harder look at busier comps in my own work, with mixed results.  You have put together a compelling example of how well it can work.  Love the centered bright trunk and mixed colors surrounded by the hardness of the rocks, cliff band, and thorny vegetation.  At first, I thought that the colors might be understated, but the large view with the dark background brings them out nicely.   I'm searching for something that might improve it and the only thing that draws my eye is the dark rock top left. Not sure I have a fix for that, but I might play around with dodging and cloning a bit, if you were so inclined.  Without doing anything it is a very ice image.

The tree really pops from the background, it is set off nicely from surrounding tones.The colors are subtle and the image is more about textures, so not surprising that facebook responded that way.  I bet the sunrises go over better there. I might have tried to compose with less off the bottom, to keep the lower portion mostly the rock to match the rock background.  A crop might make this more of a square, but I guess you could take a little off the left to keep it more vertical.  I do like the tree poking in from the left.

I might have taken a step forward. The Rock is a bit prominent and a bit more emphasis on the tree would look better for me.

Excellent, Igor. Really like the color, detail and form of the large rock and main tree, both of which stand out nicely.  The very bottom seems a bit chaotic, but excellent overall.

I actually liked that brush at the bottom. Here is the suggested crop without it and I like it as well. Maybe that's because it's new and different. 

Harry - it's true that sunsets and sunrises are what people want most on a baja faceook gallery. People are also interested in destinations they can go to or where they've been. Generally, grand landscapes get far more attention than intimate ones. In that respect it's not that different here. I suppose they think ' I can just go to my backyard garden and get a shot like that'. 
 

A beautiful capture Igor.  I really liked the original but must admit I prefer the repost.  The absence of the brush takes some of the chaos out of the scene and allows the eyes to better absorb the overall scene.

Excellent job composing and making order out of chaos. The subdued colors are beautiful and the graceful lines of the tree work beautifully as a focal point. The repost is a considerable improvement, simplifying and tightening up the composition.

An extraordinary image, Igor, the balance in the design of your composition being superb.  The diagonals of the foreground rock, then the tree, and then those of the far rock face, guide the eye so nicely through the image.  I do like the larger image better with the somewhat darker background which helps to highlight the leaves and tree trunks a bit more.  While I can appreciate the simplified tighter composition of the repost, I do prefer the original post.  The brush in the foreground provides an element across the bottom that for me, helps to tie the entire image together.  Wonderful, natural color throughout.
Exquisite work.

Igor, You did an excellent job with this. The colors and textures are wonderfully natural and complement one another. I like the original comp (especially in the larger version on darker background) but the cropped repost works great as well. Not quite sure which I like best now but I'll lean towards the original. I kind of like the brush at the bottom and how it helps tie the image together. Also if it was larger like in a print I feel the original would look great. That left tree does such a nice job of framing the big rock along with the center one. Very nice work!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI.

Igor, I will echo what others said about creating order from chaos. That is an extremely difficult thing, done very well here. I prefer the original as the brush provides a nice base to the image that is lacking in the crop.

Well seen and executed. I like the original. I like the brush at the bottom. Gives the scene more context and overall interest. Excellent job of making order out of chaos. I like it. 

Igor,  I love what you've seen here, including the diversity of color, but also how you crafted the image.  

For me, I'm quite torn about the brush at the bottom.  My initial thought was that it just seems unresolved.  Not quite sure how to explain it.  While I agree it works in terms of a base, a layer, contrast in colors, etc., all those things.  On the other hand, it's just a mess dead brush, unresolved as a mentioned, relative to the clear and distinct elements of the rock and tree.

Having said that, I'm not sure the crop is better or not.  I do quite like it actually with the focus now just on the tree, rock and again colors; but now feels cut off.  Tough, I'm not seeing an alternate and of course don't know what other options you had at the scene.

I do like this quite a lot.  I guess my critique is equally unresolved though.

Igor I'm glad you are stubborn. I like this a lot.

Igor, I think I prefer the original because the cropped version looks cut off. You might consider burning down the foreground bushes a bit to put the interest on the boulder and the tree. I love the color and all the fine detail.
--P

Hi Igor,
I like the original with the tangled shrubbery on the bottom.  The comp has some nice triangular elements and the tree pops from the surroundings. When I first looked at the tiny version, I was not too thrilled about the rock.  Looking at the the large version, the rock is a dominant, but essential part of the comp.  So, I like the image as presented.  Well done.....................Jim

I think this is an image that needs to be appreciated large, and I mean really large, as in at least 20x30 inches. I think you need to really be able to see the details in the small branches on the tree, and in the rock.  Then you'd feel like you were there.....   Nicely seen. I think I like the original image better, with the bushes at the bottom.