Great photo Mikhail! Mean collar!

I love, color and compo, great shot :)

i feel fresh when i first see it, really nice~

Could be also posted in a photo with a story.
It has it all: the dog, sheeps, mountains, great composition with inversed triangles and there's something to look at wherever you look. Well done!

The dog bottom left really finishes off a wonderful landscape shot. I love this scene...

Beautiful job of getting the leaf and butterfly in focus. I agree with Jeff though that opening up even more to really throw the background out of focus would might add to the separation between the main subject and the background as well as simplifying the photo by smoothing out some of the extra elements that are competing for attention in the background. I also like the leaf coming in from the bottom right corner and moving along the bottom third. I have been just roughly playing with different crops on this photo (covering parts with my hand on the screen) and I really do like the butterfly dead center. Its harder to say but cropping up from the bottom to really put the leaf in the corner might be effective. Overall a nice shot, simplifying and separating the background would really bring it together.

A tighter DoF would help this a lot. It would push the background back in importance. Dodging the background a bit would help too. Looks like you may have used a diffused flash?? A wider aperture and faster shutter speed might have allowed you to use exiting light too.

I generally agree with the above comments about dof etc, but I really like the framing you have used to position the subject dead centre with plenty of space around. Great work.

Thank you for your comments! I used your feedback and did some pp, here is the result: www.vazaar.com/user:sfkp/photos/id:31869/

great detail on the butterfly! very pretty

This is a pp. See for the straight-from-cam version: www.vazaar.com/user:sfkp/photos/id:31582/

A clever interpretation of the theme.

Enhorabuena por esta fotografia. Nos introduce de manera serena en el corazon de la naturaleza. Un ambiente de paz donde se puede tocar el silencio que usted ha sabido captar y trasmitir. Felicidades. Saludos.

Nice feel and tone to this. Looks very inviting, nice job. Try making your watermark about 50% opacity and it won't call so much attention to itself.

I like the lighting and exposure on this shot and the effect of the mist and the water make for an interesting subject. For me, however, the log right across the frame seems to form a barrier and all that is below doesn't seem to add to the composition.

The myst is captured very nicely. What the shot lacks in my view is composition, something where ones eyes would linger.

Very nice Tammy, congrats!!

Thank you Beamer! Funny thing is, I didn't really think this photo was all that great!!!

good capture

Wow...what a collection of great photos! I love this one too!

Thank you! What a flattering compliment coming from someone with so many beautiful photos themselves!

I love the red backpack in the picture. Northface should buy this photo from you. I'd love to hang it in my home!

I'm currently spend some time in the high arctic at 82.3N 62.5W in a place called Alert. Up there the wolves wonder around the camp. They are not aggressive unless you do something stupid. This guy hung around for awhile checking out what I'm doing.