The burnished bush

[mugge]

I really liked the colour combination in this scene with the bush so prominent. C&C welcome.

The burnished bush by Ole Hansen, on Flickr

[Round Tuit]

I really liked the colour combination in this scene with the bush so prominent. C&C welcome.

The burnished bush by Ole Hansen, on Flickr

I agree with you that the colours work very well in this photo. I would suggest cropping in from the left side to emphasize the bush and remove the brighter patch of grass. Something like this:

[DanK]

I agree with Andre on both counts. I'd actually crop more. I suggest you figure out what you want in the way of background to service as framing and get rid of the rest. Maybe even this much:

[lovelife65]

Really like the image Ole.
I do agree with the crop, maybe not as extreme as Dan's. Very cool topography.

[Manfred M]

+1 to both André's and Dan's comments.

A quote from the renowned photojournalist, Robert Capa, comes to mind: "If your image isn't good enough, you're not close enough". I feel that sums up the issues with your original image and how André and Dan fixed it.

[DanK]

I agree, but I also would have offered another bit of unsolicited advice: pay attention to the background! We often see photos that have an interesting core subject but that are weak images because the background is bad--too cluttered, too large, or whatever. For those of us who were glasses, this is a challenge, as it takes work to see the entire frame.

One of the benefits of using a tripod is that it give you more time to think about the entire frame.