at James Gardens

Today is a holiday in Canada. My husband is off with our oldest son who is playing in lacrosse finals, and the twins are playing ball with a friend at a nearby park. So I took myself off to James Gardens in the hopes of finding some inspiration for the new black and white challenge set by @newbank - this fortnight's theme being "gardens." That would be moi deep in the background adding some human element ;p

http://365project.org/discuss/themes-competitions/22443/welcome-to-black-and-white-fortnight-no1-gardens

[Simply Amanda]

A marvelous feel to this. Love the tones and the bit of moi. Human element rocks, I think:).

[Newbank Lass]

Lovely response. Love the dof and feel to this. Having yourself in it just completed it. Hope you enjoyed it.

[dh (delena)]

Great shot

[Newbank Lass]

Just seen tags, contrast in my humble opinion is spot on.

[Katia]

Fabulous as always! :)

[Paul T]

Nicely done :)

[Jenn]

Thank you, Queen Victoria, for the lovely holiday!! Great pov. You wouldn't have looked creepy at all if you had been spotted :)

[Laura]

Great b&w

[Kim]

Great perspective

[Lindy]

Perfect selfie and point of interest. Love the perspective and framing. Great B&W.

[Richard Sayer]

Great PoV and IMHO the contrast does not need boosting... in fact, if this had been mine, I would have increased the exposure a bit.

[Deni]

Superb image.

[Bill Fenske]

Great POV. No need to tell us it's you in the background, I figure if we can't see a face, it's yours! ;-)

[Smitha]

This is so beautiful and serene.

[Jocasta]

Oh this is brilliant! and the human element (you) is the icing on the cake. FAV

[Kerri]

Great pov

[Channelf]

Great lines & processing.

[Krista Marson]

fantastic perspective.

[Rachel Withey]

Like the POV. Nice tones too

[Sharyn's Shots シ]

Wonderful combination of elements to this image.

[Call me Joe]

Incredible capture!!

[Rik]

Nice composition!

[Karen Mitchell]

There are so many great things about this shot, the perspective the textures with the water and leaves and branches and wood, and then there is the figure for balance... super sweet shot, well done you!

[Andrew S]

Creative and interesting. Great composition!

[6plus1blurred]

Great use of lines to draw you in to the scene. The human factor is perfect here. If you were to push the contrast further, I'd suggest masking it so that it is only applied to the bench.

[CINDY JOHNSON]

wonderful

[Graeme Stevens]

This great, awesome shot

[Sue]

Great shot!

[Rachel]

This is. Dry cool, love the pov, dof, processing and atmosphere. Fv

[Penny Price]

Wonderful shot. Fav.

[Marloes]

Beautiful and intriguing pov. The person in the back makes this comp complete!

[Marloes]

FAV. Ah, so that's you there in the backgrouund .The great artist Rembrandt also painted himself somewhere in miost of his paintings :)

[Juan B.]

Brilliant POV and framing. I like the lonely person and how you have procesed the picture

[thirtysevenways]

I fav'd this yesterday but don't have much time to comment these days but wanted to come back when I had a couple of minutes and say I think this is just wonderful..there I feel happier now :)

[Paula]

I never think to add myself as the human element.....good call!

[Laurie F]

cool shot

[Bankmann]

Love this. Fav.

[David]

Great perspective and, of course, you make this shot!

[David]

PS I keep coming back to it, so I'll have to Fav it!

[Taffy]

Wonderful - fav! I love the lines in this that take me into the figure (you) in the background. I also like the forced perspective, if that is the right term, re the sizing. Just overall a really strong composition.