Luminous Landscape Forum
The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: dchew on January 01, 2010, 08:51:55 am
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I was in TN over Christmas and took a day up to Big South Fork. On my hike in to Angel Falls (not really a falls, it's rapids), this tree root was partially submerged and completely wet. When hiking back a few hours later, the water had receded a few more inches and the base started to dry out. There's late day sun coming in from the left. I was surprised at how this came out without any real post processing - only color balance and some Clarity in LR.
I'm curious if others find this interesting.
Dave
[attachment=19073:TreeRootBSF.jpg]
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I was in TN over Christmas and took a day up to Big South Fork. On my hike in to Angel Falls (not really a falls, it's rapids), this tree root was partially submerged and completely wet. When hiking back a few hours later, the water had receded a few more inches and the base started to dry out. There's late day sun coming in from the left. I was surprised at how this came out without any real post processing - only color balance and some Clarity in LR.
I'm curious if others find this interesting.
Dave
[attachment=19073:TreeRootBSF.jpg]
Nice! It has a very abstract, painterly quality, and might be worthy of going back and doing a study at various angles and distances, particularly more close up.
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Nice! I agree with Walter, and I was thinking "painterly" even before I read his post.
Well worth return visits.
Eric
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Nice! I agree with Walter, and I was thinking "painterly" even before I read his post.
Well worth return visits.
Eric
You've done a great job of capturing the subject and doing so as abstraction. I like it. I wish I had the sense of seeing forms many here do
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I'm curious if others find this interesting.
[attachment=19073:TreeRootBSF.jpg]
I certainly do: the scale isn't immediately obvious, which is pleasingly disconcerting. Have you tried it in b&w?
Jeremy
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Thanks for the comments. I immediately saw a painterly effect too, but didn't mention that because I was curious if that was just my perception. Sometimes it's hard to tell because I have the entire context in my head.
I certainly do: the scale isn't immediately obvious, which is pleasingly disconcerting. Have you tried it in b&w?
Jeremy
Here's the whole stump I shot on my way in for some context.
[attachment=19082:wholeTreeBSF.jpg]
The root is in the bottom center of this photo. The water level decreased a few inches while I was hiking and it started to dry out by the time I walked out. I actually wasn't going back to the tree for a photo; I went back to see how much the water had receded, and that's when the root caught my eye.
I did try it in b&w. Here it is. I felt it lost something, but I didn't spend much time on the conversion, so it might have potential.
[attachment=19083:TreeRootBSF_bw.jpg]
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I'm a big fan of B&W, but in this case I agree with you; it loses something in comparison with the color version.
Eric
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I'd keep the colour. At a quick glance it reminded me of an aerial view of a mountain scene with two lakes...
Mike.
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I'd keep the colour. At a quick glance it reminded me of an aerial view of a mountain scene with two lakes...
Mike.
Mike, that's exactly what I meant about the scale: it's not until you look more closely (and in particular see the leaf, which is rather a giveaway) that it becomes clear. I like that.
And I agree: the B&W doesn't work as well.
Jeremy