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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: tom w on February 01, 2012, 12:46:17 am

Title: Oaks at Los Osos
Post by: tom w on February 01, 2012, 12:46:17 am

This is my first post. I have a fascination with oaks. Just spent 2 days on the Central CA coast and found this one at a State Reserve near San Luis Obispo.

Title: Re: Oaks at Los Osos
Post by: wolfnowl on February 01, 2012, 01:19:50 am

Hi Tom, and welcome to the list!

Mike.

Title: Re: Oaks at Los Osos
Post by: tom w on February 04, 2012, 10:52:20 pm

Isaac, thanks for your comments. I found Los Osos to be a fairly difficult area in which to shoot. It is not an open environment like an oak and grass woodland. There are many trees with many branches in very close proximity to each other. So, it is difficult (impossible) to isolate a tree. The sun was just rising so it was fairly dark in amongst the trees but the sky was becoming quite bright. This was my first visit to this spot and one of my main goals was to try out a lens I had just acquired (Zeiss 21 in Pentax mount). I have made a print on Epson Hot Press Bright 13x19 which I find very pleasing. The jpeg does little justice to the print. I see my oak images as portraiture.
 

Title: Re: Oaks at Los Osos
Post by: shaunw on February 05, 2012, 05:55:23 am

Hi Tom

Youve chosen a difficult location to shoot here my friend...such a complex composition means the eye is pulled around the frame and maybe never really finds an adequate resting place/focal point? I wonder if you have considered looking at this image in monochrome and really working on the textures/detail in the glorious bark?

Bold effort and well done what you've got you've done well...but i think the odds were stacked against you at this location re gaining pleasing/balanced comp

best Shaun