Love those Trees

[MattNQ]

Very nice! IR? Converted camera or filter? I've shot with a filter a bit but have been thinking of getting an old camera converted.

Converted camera.

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[armand]

pine, I noticed the nest later

[MattBurt]

My dog got in on this one. The tree is an old favorite.
IMGP2839-Edit by Matt Burt, on Flickr

[BobDavid]

The dog makes the photo.

[GrahamBy]

Excellent choice of dog for the shot

[stevenfr]

Burnt Trees in British Columbia. This forest had burned three times over the years. The fireweed in the autumn turns incredible colours. I was attracted to the colour in the fireweed contrasted against the burned trees. We were ten yards from a grizzly bear in this forest. We could hear it eating berries.
I have a few other compositions from this shoot. It is a great location to shoot with high resolution cameras that bring out all the details.

Steven

http://www.friedmanphoto.com

[Bruce Cox]

Among many other things, I like the transparency of the burned forest.  It allows the picture to be frontal and show naturally receding space at the same time.

[stevenfr]

Thanks Bruce, this is a tough place to find a composition. Its chaos.

Steven

http://www.friedmanphoto.com

[JNB_Rare]

Burnt Trees in British Columbia.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com

Another attractive shot to add to the many beautiful photos of trees on your website. You mention the "chaos" that one sees in the bare branches of such a mass of trees, and underbrush. It's something that I struggle with compositionally -- it's much easier to photograph that single tree on a bare landscape. And yet, that chaos is real, and beautiful.

[stevenfr]

Thanks for your kind feedback JNB_Rare. There is so much great landscape photography. Years ago, I decided I wanted my photography to be about more than sunsets and great light and less about an iconic location. The forest is a tough place to shoot and find pattern and rythem that can make a composition. I have been photographing forests for over 20 years. You have to hike around and try and find the exact spot in the chaos. I use a viewfinder to help find my spot. You could use a framing card. If you are in Vancouver, BC. I have a show of 30 large scale prints in early April. Just email me and I can send you some info.

Steven

http://www.friedmanphoto.com

[JNB_Rare]

If you are in Vancouver, BC. I have a show of 30 large scale prints in early April. Just email me and I can send you some info.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com

Congratulations on your show. I live on the opposite coast (Nova Scotia), although I lived in Vancouver's west end for a few years in the mid 1970's. On both coasts I find myself drawn by the sea, probably because I was born inland. But I do love the forests, as well. The following pics were taken in the 'shoulder' seasons of autumn, before and then after that peak of unbelievable colour. Both are from the south shore of NS.

[stevenfr]

Beautful images. I will be on the east coast this autumn shooting.

Steven

http://www.friedmanphoto.com

[MattBurt]

The dog makes the photo.

Excellent choice of dog for the shot

Thanks guys. Good thing this was the right dog because she was the only one I had handy!

[MattNQ]

Was going to un-distort, but liked the impression that the other trees were kind of bowing in towards this one with a measure of reverence.

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

I like it.

[Harald L]

Otago Southlands (NZ)

[JNB_Rare]

Sometimes I think that trees in the urban environment are enhanced by their juxtaposition with the surroundings.

[Bruce Cox]

Sometimes I think that trees in the urban environment are enhanced by their juxtaposition with the surroundings.

Even suburban environments can try to help out.

elm

Bruce

[JNB_Rare]

Even suburban environments can try to help out.

Who are those tree-dwellers, Bruce? 

[Chairman Bill]

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