# “Eggs and a Nest in the Serra do Açor” **URL:** \ **Category:** Image Critiques\ **Tags:** landscape\ **Created:** [April 25, 2026, 10:43am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/eggs-and-a-nest-in-the-serra-do-acor/50581 "2026-04-25T10:43:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![joaoquintela](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/joaoquintela/32/20552_2.png) [@joaoquintela](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/joaoquintela)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2026, 10:43am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/eggs-and-a-nest-in-the-serra-do-acor/50581/1 "2026-04-25T10:43:21Z")
![JQ_20260418_104-Edit_MASTER-copy_Flickr--500px_1300x2048_U_90.jpg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/a/f/afffe0c8f2a6f692dc3a0cce6bc8f6309f99252c.jpeg) > **Critique Style Requested:** _Initial Reaction_ > > Please share your immediate response to the image before reading the photographer’s intent (obscured text below) or other comments. The photographer seeks a genuinely unbiased first impression. ### Questions to guide your feedback How do you feel ? ### Other Information _Please leave your feedback before viewing the blurred information below, once you have replied, click to reveal the text and see if your assessment aligns with the photographer. Remember, this if for their benefit to learn what your unbiased reaction is._ ### Technical Details Nikon Z7ii Samyang 24mm TS Circular polarizer, 2 stops ND grad ### Specific Feedback . ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Fach](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/bill_fach/32/78290_2.png) [@Bill\_Fach](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Bill_Fach)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2026, 4:12pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/eggs-and-a-nest-in-the-serra-do-acor/50581/2 "2026-04-25T16:12:37Z")
Joao: I have very mixed feelings about this image. The scene itself is interesting and I really like the FG except for the rock which to my eye dominates the entire image. Instead of my eye following the leading through the frame I tend to get stuck on the rock. Perhaps decreasing the brightness of it would help. The other thing is the intrusion of the windmills on the ridgeline. Clone them away and it would be more appealing. This looks like a great environment with lots of potential. Sorry to sound so grumpy 🙁\>=))\> ---
**Author:** ![Youssef\_Ismail](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/youssef_ismail/32/486_2.png) [@Youssef\_Ismail](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Youssef_Ismail)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2026, 8:22pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/eggs-and-a-nest-in-the-serra-do-acor/50581/3 "2026-04-25T20:22:13Z")
Joao, I have to agree with @Bill_Fach about the inability to move into the photo from the prominent FG. There is no eye-line to follow into the rest of the frame. Overall it is interesting, but just lacks movement. I mean there is that one gray area just above and to the left of the main FG elements and a subtle line that leads back and to the right, but its a weak line and it takes the eye completely out of frame to the right. The only element struggling to pull the eye back in is the half lit hill on the right edge about 2/3rds of the way up. The sky is excellent. I don’t mind all the wind turbines. ---
**Author:** ![Todd\_Grivetti](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/todd_grivetti/32/75334_2.png) [@Todd\_Grivetti](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Todd_Grivetti)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2026, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/eggs-and-a-nest-in-the-serra-do-acor/50581/4 "2026-04-25T21:51:43Z")
@joaoquintela I am being presumptive in that the title of the image is more of a metaphor. First impression is that the image is offset, meaning the eye is drawn to the rock in the foreground and really cannot leave. Even when viewing the image and looking in the distance with the mountains and wind turbines, the rock is there. The distance (background) appears hazy and the light is distracting. I would suggest cropping the entire background out all the way to the top of the pointed rock near the middle of the image. That is where your image is! You have beautiful light and colors with the flowers in the foreground and then it focuses on the rock (as the egg).