Hi!
However, my eyes are a little troubled by the unsharpness of the bramble in the background. To my eyes, this is the point that makes the composition come together, and my eyes keep landing on it. Maybe Cotty's suggestion would have solved the issue, but I suppose it requires the mud to be hard enough for walking on...:-)
I'd agree with Jostein on this one. I also would like to see the vegetation in focus... Well, Bruce, if not 90 mm, did you have anything wider than this on location, anything at all? May be even mere 50 mm would do this...
In fact, I'd be as bold (no, not bald ;-) ) to say that this really takes a lot from the photograph.
As for the second one you posted in reply to Jostein - I like it much less than the original one. The original one has this natural contrast - water and scorched land and it makes it work...
Boris
