Carrots, by nature, probably aren't very intelligent. Your use of them, however, is quite the opposite.
Perhaps we should ban your own self criticism, but definitely not your images. I would sorely miss them, as well as the results of your lens endeavors.
This may not be the strongest of your images, but enjoyable all the same. I love the light you arrest. Every time.
I agree, Thom, that this isn't one of my stronger images, but it has its own place and reasons. I think sometimes, one of the traps we fall into is trying to make a masterpiece every time, not unlike trying to write a piece of music that is a crescendo or climax all the way through. Portfolios need their ebb and flow, and the ebb is as necessary as the flow.....