Another try

[RSL]

Trunk Study

[digitaldog]

IMHO, better when straight: Then consider burning down the bkgnd on the right side.....

[petermfiore]

IMHO, better when straight: Then consider burning down the bkgnd on the right side.....

No...The space behind the tree in now leaning. Trees lean and Russ's original works wonderfully.

Peter

[petermfiore]

Trunk Study

Russ,

Paint worthy...

Peter

[pegelli]

No...The space behind the tree in now leaning. Trees lean and Russ's original works wonderfully.

Peter

+1, especially a slanted water surface in the background looks very strange to me in the "straight tree" version. I don't mind it leaning at all, old trees do lean and I really like the crisp textures and lines on the bark.

[RSL]

Russ,

Paint worthy...

Peter

Thanks, Peter. I thought so too, but I'm not a painter. At one time I drew and made woodcuts but I've never been much good with a brush. That was my brother, who actually was a pharmacist but sold a bunch of his paintings.

[BobDavid]

The picture has a lot of sparkle and depth. Very nice...no need to straighten the trunk.

[BobDavid]

IMHO, better when straight: Then consider burning down the bkgnd on the right side.....

No. Russ has it right.

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

I'm reminded of a thread here a few years back in which somebody complained about telephone poles in an image not being perfectly vertical.

I was astonished, as here in the Boston area I would defy anyone to find a telephone pole that is close to vertical. 5 to 10 degrees out is common, with the wires to the next pole keeping the pole from falling.

Our trees are a bit better behaved, but they certainly respond to wind and light, so they are seldom straight up.

[petermfiore]

I'm reminded of a thread here a few years back in which somebody complained about telephone poles in an image not being perfectly vertical.

I was astonished, as here in the Boston area I would defy anyone to find a telephone pole that is close to vertical. 5 to 10 degrees out is common, with the wires to the next pole keeping the pole from falling.

Our trees are a bit better behaved, but they certainly respond to wind and light, so they are seldom straight up.

+1

Peter

[RSL]

IMHO, better when straight: Then consider burning down the bkgnd on the right side.....

Andrew, were I to burn down the bkgnd on the right side I'd be arrested and go to jail.

[BobDavid]

I'm reminded of a thread here a few years back in which somebody complained about telephone poles in an image not being perfectly vertical.

I was astonished, as here in the Boston area I would defy anyone to find a telephone pole that is close to vertical. 5 to 10 degrees out is common, with the wires to the next pole keeping the pole from falling.

Our trees are a bit better behaved, but they certainly respond to wind and light, so they are seldom straight up.

That's a fact, Eric. I lived in and around Boston for 21 years. The poles are more perpendicular in Kansas. ... Now I'm thinking of Glen Campbell's "Wichita Lineman."

[BobDavid]

Andrew, were I to burn down the bkgnd on the right side I'd be arrested and go to jail.

Perhaps Andrew hasn't spent a lot of time in Florida. ... I think you captured the light as true as possible.

[digitaldog]

Perhaps Andrew hasn't spent a lot of time in Florida. ... I think you captured the light as true as possible.

Sigh... it isn't about 'truth' but composition! Not that composition has anything to do with photography....
https://photographyicon.com/line/

[digitaldog]

Andrew, were I to burn down the bkgnd on the right side I'd be arrested and go to jail.

This may improve some snapshots:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CsyS2Gd9lY

[BobDavid]

This may improve some snapshots:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CsyS2Gd9lY

Andrew, you're a technician, period. And, there's nothing wrong with that. Please let sleeping dogs lie.

[RSL]

I've been dodging and burning since 1943 Andrew. It ain't as easy in the darkroom as it is in Photoshop. But to be more specific, that picture doesn't need dodging and it certainly doesn't need burning.

[digitaldog]

Andrew, you're a technician, period. And, there's nothing wrong with that. Please let sleeping dogs lie.

That's wrong.
Want to trade photography client lists?

https://www.linkedin.com/in/digitaldog/
Scroll down bud.

[digitaldog]

I've been dodging and burning since 1943 Andrew.

How many times were you arrested doing so? 

[RSL]

Never, Andrew. I did it secretly in my darkroom. No one knew.