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Andres Bonilla

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The old tree in the forest
« on: July 05, 2011, 08:35:37 pm »

I liked the contrast beetween the fallen tree and the forest in the background. Does it need more contrast between the two ?
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Re: The old tree in the forest
« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2011, 06:50:01 am »

A bit over worked for me and the sky is pretty much blown out, but I like the upturned trunk and the fact you have it along the third, so compositionally it works just fine.

Personally, I would have worked this scene for quite some time I think, as I find after a while you start to get into the image and begin to get better results. I would have then probably moved towards getting some kind of frame filling abstract from the bottom of the upturned tree.

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Re: The old tree in the forest
« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2011, 12:55:01 pm »

Andres, I think your métier is people, not trees.
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Re: The old tree in the forest
« Reply #3 on: July 06, 2011, 01:53:44 pm »

I'm with Pop on that one.
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Re: The old tree in the forest
« Reply #4 on: July 06, 2011, 04:36:56 pm »

A bit over worked for me and the sky is pretty much blown out, but I like the upturned trunk and the fact you have it along the third, so compositionally it works just fine.

Personally, I would have worked this scene for quite some time I think, as I find after a while you start to get into the image and begin to get better results. I would have then probably moved towards getting some kind of frame filling abstract from the bottom of the upturned tree.

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Thanks for the comment! When you said "filling abstract" you mean just a photo of the big tree without the background? I got a few close ups from the front, just the texture of it. It was a cloudy day so other than avoiding the sky what else could I done with exposure? I don't even think a bracketed set of photos could I helped me...and forget the controversial HDR! This is only one exposure with some shadow and highlight recovery, I am curious as why do you find it over worked. I am using Nik sharpenig and I fade to about 54%, is it still too much?

Thanks for your advice!!

Andres
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Re: The old tree in the forest
« Reply #5 on: July 06, 2011, 04:41:24 pm »

Andres, I think your métier is people, not trees.

ha,ha,ha!! I think so! The only few  public accolades of my photos came from people material. I also find out that in landscape photography my Rebel shows its age. I see this incredible sharp photos in these forums :) All I can do is keep trying, how can I not show some photos of Yosemite :)
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Re: The old tree in the forest
« Reply #6 on: July 06, 2011, 04:42:53 pm »

I'm with Pop on that one.

I know you would! I have some I will publish soon :)
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Re: The old tree in the forest
« Reply #7 on: July 07, 2011, 06:53:21 am »

I am curious as why do you find it over worked. I am using Nik sharpenig and I fade to about 54%, is it still too much?

Thanks for your advice!!

Andres

Hi Andres,

I think some of the colours (greens mostly) from under the roots of the upturned tree in particular, are a little to electric and seem to draw my eye towards them even though there isn't really anything there to linger upon - yes the whole of the upturned root is very interesting as a whole and well worth the effort, but the way you have brought out the really bright green within it, seems to demand too much attention within the image.

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