# Summer arrives **URL:** \ **Category:** Image Critiques\ **Tags:** landscape\ **Created:** [June 3, 2021, 11:40am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/summer-arrives/22214 "2021-06-03T11:40:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ben\_van\_der\_Sande](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/ben_van_der_sande/32/5511_2.png) [@Ben\_van\_der\_Sande](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Ben_van_der_Sande)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 11:40am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/summer-arrives/22214/1 "2021-06-03T11:40:36Z")
![Summer arrives](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/d/c/dc994dab1fa0ca27de3a06bcf5107fb0e6ce768b.jpeg) On one of the last days of spring at 6.00 in the morning. The most silent time of the coming day. ### Specific Feedback Requested ### Technical Details Is this a composite: No ###### ---
**Author:** ![Ola\_Jovall](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Ola\_Jovall](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Ola_Jovall)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 12:02pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/summer-arrives/22214/2 "2021-06-03T12:02:31Z")
Ben, I always very much like your images, and this one is no exception. How you deal with light, colors and composition is excellent. ---
**Author:** ![Harley\_Goldman](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/harley_goldman/32/213_2.png) [@Harley\_Goldman](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Harley_Goldman)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 3:47pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/summer-arrives/22214/3 "2021-06-03T15:47:18Z")
Beautiful light and I quite like the feeling/mood created by the sun streaming in from the corner and then the highlighted leaves. ---
**Author:** ![linda\_mellor](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/linda_mellor/32/15806_2.png) [@linda\_mellor](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/linda_mellor)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/summer-arrives/22214/4 "2021-06-03T19:31:16Z")
Beautiful morning light, Ben. Looks like such a peaceful place to be early in the morning. Very nicely seen and captured. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2021, 9:37pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/summer-arrives/22214/5 "2021-06-03T21:37:32Z")
Beautiful image Ben, sure love the contrast between the sun rays streaming and the quiet morning light. ---
**Author:** ![Igor\_Doncov](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/igor_doncov/32/579_2.png) [@Igor\_Doncov](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Igor_Doncov)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 11:09pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/summer-arrives/22214/6 "2021-06-04T23:09:18Z")
The sun coming in from the corner doesn’t work for me, Ben. Otherwise, it’s a pleasant woodland image. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Greenbaum](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/larry_greenbaum/32/14487_2.png) [@Larry\_Greenbaum](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Larry_Greenbaum)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 12:12am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/summer-arrives/22214/7 "2021-06-05T00:12:47Z")
> [@Ben\_van\_der\_Sande](#): > Wonderful light. The image is all about the sun and the yellow light. Lovely. ---
**Author:** ![Tony\_Kuyper](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ac8455/32.png) [@Tony\_Kuyper](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Tony_Kuyper)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/summer-arrives/22214/8 "2021-06-05T19:14:20Z")
The sense of directional light is really strong here. I could see playing it up even more by adding some of that orange haze to the orange light hitting the leaves at the top center. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_McGovern](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/jim_mcgovern/32/6267_2.png) [@Jim\_McGovern](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Jim_McGovern)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2021, 11:43pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/summer-arrives/22214/9 "2021-06-06T23:43:19Z")
Strong composition @Ben_van_der_Sande. I agree with @Tony_Kuyper about augmenting the orange in the leaves receiving the same light as the lens flare. It might create a little more balance because as presented, the lens flare is really dominating my viewing experience. I may be alone in that interpretation however. Also, I’d be tempted to _gently_ dodge the white flowers in the foreground and decrease the green a bit, but again, my taste - not necessarily yours. ---
**Author:** ![Ben\_van\_der\_Sande](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/ben_van_der_sande/32/5511_2.png) [@Ben\_van\_der\_Sande](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Ben_van_der_Sande)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2021, 7:02pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/summer-arrives/22214/10 "2021-06-09T19:02:38Z")
@Jim_McGovern , @Tony_Kuyper , @Larry_Greenbaum , @Igor_Doncov , @joaoquintela , @linda_mellor , @Harley_Goldman , @Ola_Jovall , A good learning experience for me. I hope I did understand your suggestions. In my rework I gave the center leaves, but also the tree-trunk in the middle some more of that orange haze. Thank you all so much for your time and attention to my work. ![lichtvangers](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/7/9/798322d9af0a840cd6a131e9abf437d296d7b5f2.jpeg)