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That other tree shot was amazing by Melville "Hats Off". I will have to go and see that one. So I want to see yours. Trees are majestic and fascinating.
I have been in love with tree since I started shooting.
Here you will see some trees that captured my heart.
The first one is my very first color image I ever shot, while standing in the cold winter waters of Mono Lake 1985.
The second one was shot in The Great Smokey Mtns 8 minute exposure shot under a full moon.
The third shot during the great flood on New Hampshire and 4th shot Pennsylvania.
http://www.galleryoftheamericanlandscape.com/ (http://www.galleryoftheamericanlandscape.com/)
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I must say that I like them all but have a very slight preference for the third one and the last one.
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They are excellent! I am partial to the second one, the spring blossoms.
JMR
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I like the first one
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#s 1 and 2 and 6 for me. The last partly because I have always found evergreens harder to photograph than deciduous trees. Maples, oaks, and dogwoods always seem to have more "personality".
Nice work.
Eric
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I am really partial to the first one, the clean composition portrays a strong sense of loneliness.
Since you want to see trees, here are a few of mine:
There is a spot along the main road through Everglades National Park where they cypress trees end and the mangroves begin. This is that spot.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3394/3622929284_2a7dfb119b_b.jpg)
This dwarf cypress is a little over three feet tall. I was amazed to find out that this tree and other dwarf cypress like it are incredibly old - some as much as 200 years old.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3345/3564265201_67d48a3d86_b.jpg)
A cypress dome I stumbled upon while walking an obscure trail in the Everglades.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3561/3563783896_586411b56a_o.jpg)
A lone mangrove tree leading the pack into Biscayne Bay.
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2427/3872232615_72d925e0b9_o.jpg)
Another lone mangrove tree at the mouth of the Rogers River, which winds through the Everglades and spills out into the Gulf of Mexico.
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2645/3981940972_089683b156_o.jpg)
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I am really partial to the first one, the clean composition portrays a strong sense of loneliness.
Since you want to see trees, here are a few of mine:
There is a spot along the main road through Everglades National Park where they cypress trees end and the mangroves begin. This is that spot.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3394/3622929284_2a7dfb119b_b.jpg)
This dwarf cypress is a little over three feet tall. I was amazed to find out that this tree and other dwarf cypress like it are incredibly old - some as much as 200 years old.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3345/3564265201_67d48a3d86_b.jpg)
A cypress dome I stumbled upon while walking an obscure trail in the Everglades.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3561/3563783896_586411b56a_o.jpg)
A lone mangrove tree leading the pack into Biscayne Bay.
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2427/3872232615_72d925e0b9_o.jpg)
Another lone mangrove tree at the mouth of the Rogers River, which winds through the Everglades and spills out into the Gulf of Mexico.
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2645/3981940972_089683b156_o.jpg)
I like what your doing. Very nice the swamp walk would be very sellable. I show my images in galleries and museums worldwide. That would sell, in galleries. Like it very much. hope to see more from others also. Tim
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Love trees... #1, 3, 4 are my favourites.
Here are some recent images...
Mike.
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I like the first one
Me too. That sun position in this context struck me as Gottlieb-esqe. I also like the clenliness of the lines and colors, and that glass-like water. Great light painting- you've combined abstraction with surrealism.
John
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Love trees... #1, 3, 4 are my favourites.
Here are some recent images...
Mike.
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Love the quote, only if people would slow down and enjoy there surroundings.
Photographers need to slow down and look through framing cards.
Love the trees, by the way where is the last one. What a hugh monster of a tree. Thanks Tim
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Ooh, Tim this is really beautiful[attachment=18612:Looking_..._Birches.jpg]
here's one from the Blue Ridge...[attachment=18613:overlook...4234_lzn.jpg]
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Yikes! How do you get the images to come out in small thumbnails? Sorry about that ...
DJ
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Yikes! How do you get the images to come out in small thumbnails? Sorry about that ...
DJ
How did you get your images to come out big. That's what I want so no one has to click on them. Like the trees and your right they have great character. Love the trunk up close with no one carved into it. Gotta love those trees. Tim
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How did you get your images to come out big. That's what I want so no one has to click on them. Like the trees and your right they have great character. Love the trunk up close with no one carved into it. Gotta love those trees. Tim
Hi Tim - I just clicked the insert image icon and put the image address from my web site into the dialog box. Long live trees!
DJ
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Going back to the original post, I really liked the ones with the autumn colours but I wasn't sure about the strong blue colour cast. On a sour note I don't think hi jacking someone's post with more images is the right thing?
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The first one is absolutely beautiful!
On a sour note I don't think hi jacking someone's post with more images is the right thing?
Agreed.
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Going back to the original post, I really liked the ones with the autumn colours but I wasn't sure about the strong blue colour cast. On a sour note I don't think hi jacking someone's post with more images is the right thing?
My apologies. I interpreted the poster's "I want to see yours" too literally.
DJ
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Love the trees, by the way where is the last one. What a hugh monster of a tree. Thanks Tim
Thanks, Tim. That big one (giant sequoia) is in Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, BC.
Mike.
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Tim, I like the first three a lot. The stark minimalism of the first image's composition works nicely with the strong colour. The dogwood is simply such a phenomenal dogwood and the choice to use lunar illumination has given a deliciously soft light that allows the tree itself to glow. In the third, I am drawn to the strong verticals and the interplay between the vertical trunks and the cascading waters. The panorama crop with the birches in your follow up post strikes my fancy as well.
I am now totally confused as to whether I am expected to share or not. I too took the OPs request to see others' work literally. But, I can see that had been met with criticism upthread.
So, here are a few of my own; however, you have to click the links. A happy medium?
Hoh (http://www.iancoxleigh.com/photos/Hoh.jpg), Fallen (http://www.iancoxleigh.com/photos/Fallen.jpg), Climb (http://gallery.photo.net/photo/7321138-lg.jpg), Alone (http://gallery.photo.net/photo/7670341-lg.jpg), Bristlecone (http://gallery.photo.net/photo/7816329-lg.jpg)
Others:
Tenacity (http://gallery.photo.net/photo/6787281-lg.jpg), Piper (http://gallery.photo.net/photo/6406371-lg.jpg), At the Edge (http://gallery.photo.net/photo/9278234-lg.jpg), Poles (http://gallery.photo.net/photo/6604699-lg.jpg), Erratic (http://www.iancoxleigh.com/galleries/Landscapes%20B&W/photos/Hope_Erratic.jpg), Transfiguration (http://www.iancoxleigh.com/galleries/Landscapes%20B&W/photos/Transfiguration_Edit.jpg), Undulation (http://www.iancoxleigh.com/galleries/Landscapes%20B&W/photos/Undulation.jpg), Tillamook (http://www.iancoxleigh.com/galleries/Landscapes%20B&W/photos/DSC_3546_Edit.jpg)
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I am now totally confused as to whether I am expected to share or not. I too took the OPs request to see others' work literally. But, I can see that had been met with criticism upthread.
So, here are a few of my own; however, you have to click the links. A happy medium?
Hoh (http://www.iancoxleigh.com/photos/Hoh.jpg), Fallen (http://www.iancoxleigh.com/photos/Fallen.jpg), Climb (http://gallery.photo.net/photo/7321138-lg.jpg), Alone (http://gallery.photo.net/photo/7670341-lg.jpg), Bristlecone (http://gallery.photo.net/photo/7816329-lg.jpg)
Others:
Tenacity (http://gallery.photo.net/photo/6787281-lg.jpg), Piper (http://gallery.photo.net/photo/6406371-lg.jpg), At the Edge (http://gallery.photo.net/photo/9278234-lg.jpg), Poles (http://gallery.photo.net/photo/6604699-lg.jpg), Erratic (http://www.iancoxleigh.com/galleries/Landscapes%20B&W/photos/Hope_Erratic.jpg), Transfiguration (http://www.iancoxleigh.com/galleries/Landscapes%20B&W/photos/Transfiguration_Edit.jpg), Undulation (http://www.iancoxleigh.com/galleries/Landscapes%20B&W/photos/Undulation.jpg), Tillamook (http://www.iancoxleigh.com/galleries/Landscapes%20B&W/photos/DSC_3546_Edit.jpg)
Well, Tim started this thread, and he said So I want to see yours. Trees are majestic and fascinating.
I wonder what part of "So I want to see yours" Stamper doesn't understand.
There is another thread which more explicitly invites viewers to post their "rocks", so I think it is reasonable to suppose that Tim was making such an invitation here. Note also that he didn't complain about Mike posting some trees.
Unless Tim objects, I plan to post some trees of my own here soon (real soon, when I get around to it).
Eric
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Well, Tim started this thread, and he said
I wonder what part of "So I want to see yours" Stamper doesn't understand.
There is another thread which more explicitly invites viewers to post their "rocks", so I think it is reasonable to suppose that Tim was making such an invitation here. Note also that he didn't complain about Mike posting some trees.
Unless Tim objects, I plan to post some trees of my own here soon (real soon, when I get around to it).
Eric
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I retract my "agreement" to it being rude to post additional images in the OPs thread. I apologize if I added to the confusion. I assumed since this was in the "User Critiques" forum that the thread should remain about the OPs images. But that is not what he said.
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Well, Tim started this thread, and he said
I wonder what part of "So I want to see yours" Stamper doesn't understand.
There is another thread which more explicitly invites viewers to post their "rocks", so I think it is reasonable to suppose that Tim was making such an invitation here. Note also that he didn't complain about Mike posting some trees.
Unless Tim objects, I plan to post some trees of my own here soon (real soon, when I get around to it).
Eric
Yes I do want you to post, your images. I think its good to share your images and styles. This website needs more posting of fine work to get more and more away from tech talk. No amount of gear or equipment or especially software can make up for the lack of shooting and composing correctly.
AND I STRESS, IF YOU CAN'T SEE YOUR IMAGE YOUR ABOUT TO SHOOT AS A FINAL PRINT THEN YOU NEED TO REFINE YOUR SHOOTING TO PRE-VISUALIZE THE FINAL PRINT. TRY USING A FRAMING CARD.
guessing and hoping to get something is not the way to create. Failure to plan, is planning to fail!!!!!!! Thanks for posting Tim
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Well Tim and everybody else, these are really great tree shots - I like them all, without exception and Tim, I agree with your last post - let's share more.
So in that spirit here are a couple of my very recent ones. The first from Somerset in November, the second from Ontario in October.
Bill
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While obviously not on par with the other photographs posted here, this tree is somehow special to me, as it is one of the first pictures I took when I rediscovered photography.
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This is the first shot I posted for critique on this site. I remain fond of it, and it seems appropriate to repeat myself...
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Jeremy
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This is the first shot I posted for critique on this site. I remain fond of it, and it seems appropriate to repeat myself...
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Jeremy
This is great this is what we need more of, sharing and people learning from each others photographs.
My professor said that you can learn more from looking at art, than you really can learn from anything else. He always said that if you can look at a photograph and ask yourself 20 questions and answer them than you then can apply what you have just learned to the next image you want to create.
Yes of course you need great equipment but they are only tools that allow you to capture what you had envisioned. Shoot it once shoot it right.
But its great imagery that keeps you inspired to see, discover create your next great image. I will be posting some thoughts about what inspires me to experience nature and my thoughts.
Its not the galleries or exhibits that keep me shooting and creating images. Its the adventure to seeing it for the first time come from the passion and love of pre-visualizing it and seeing it come to fruition. Thanks keep it up. Tim
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Thanks for starting this thread, Tim.
Here is one of my favorite trees, an enormous and ancient Olive tree in Tuscany.
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Eric
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Thanks for starting this thread, Tim.
Here is one of my favorite trees, an enormous and ancient Olive tree in Tuscany.
[attachment=18687:OliveTree.jpg]
Eric
I would love to see that tree and photograph it with a heavy bank of fog behind it. I have a thing for big trees.
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Here is one of my favorite trees, an enormous and ancient Olive tree in Tuscany.
Eric
That's a great tree, Eric...
Mike.
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Thanks, Mike and Tim.
Eric
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I would love to see that tree and photograph it with a heavy bank of fog behind it. I have a thing for big trees.
All of your images appear to have a "Velvia" slide film look. That is they all look slightly underexposed in order not to lose saturation after they are projected. A pro in the photobank industry once told me he always shot two or more copies of originals. One or more copies was intended for magazine or other reproduction use and the other slightly underexposed image for projection in shows. But no doubt, they are wonderful images.
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Well, Tim started this thread, and he said
I wonder what part of "So I want to see yours" Stamper doesn't understand.
There is another thread which more explicitly invites viewers to post their "rocks", so I think it is reasonable to suppose that Tim was making such an invitation here. Note also that he didn't complain about Mike posting some trees.
Unless Tim objects, I plan to post some trees of my own here soon (real soon, when I get around to it).
Eric
It is quite simple! Start another thread. That is what most folk do. If I want to comment on the original post and there are other posts with different trees below the original then I have to quote the original post with all the thumbnails which adds to Michael's bandwidth? It is simple etiquette?
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v146/brendanwiebe/mushrooms/_MG_2335.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v146/brendanwiebe/IMG_2319.jpg)
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That's a lot of fungi!!
Mike.
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Beautiful, Tim - and thanks for prompting me to share some of my favourite trees from the southwest of England. Mostly straight shots, but the last 4 are more recent and experimental.
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Of course not all photos have to be literal, as in the examples Lois has posted. I do both, but often lean to the impressionistic. They are simple sandwiches or composites, and many times I create such images in camera.
JMR
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Looked out my window...[attachment=18762:_DSC4536_lzn.jpg]
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Thanks for starting this thread, Tim.
Here is one of my favorite trees, an enormous and ancient Olive tree in Tuscany.
[attachment=18687:OliveTree.jpg]
Eric
Nice tree eric.
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Lois I like # 7
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I would love to see that tree and photograph it with a heavy bank of fog behind it. I have a thing for big trees.
Tim,
the water falls is beautiful
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Nice tree eric.
Thanks, Blas. I wish I could say that I raised it from a seed in my own back yard.
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Lois I like # 7
Thanks - one of my favourites too. Taken at White Wood on Dartmoor, where there are still some remnants of prehistoric (i.e. never cleared since Man arrived) oak woods, which have wonderful growths of moss and lichen. (1, 6 and 8 are also Dartmoor oak woods: Blackator, White Wood and Wistman's Wood, respectively.)
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Very nice John: until you posted the third, I was puzzled by how you could get the effects shown in camera (well, those you showed, anyway). I love the rowan (?) tree with berries - very nice to contemplate on the coldest, bleakest day of the year. And the motion blur trunks are very pleasing - I think it is an excellent way to simplify the disorder of a forest to a harmonious result.
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Very nice John: until you posted the third, I was puzzled by how you could get the effects shown in camera (well, those you showed, anyway). I love the rowan (?) tree with berries - very nice to contemplate on the coldest, bleakest day of the year. And the motion blur trunks are very pleasing - I think it is an excellent way to simplify the disorder of a forest to a harmonious result.
Thank you Lois.
The first is a sandwich of two images. So I meant they were done in-camera and combined. One is of out of focus apples superimposed on the orchard. No masking, though one day I will learn the technique.
The second is also a sandwich of one in focus and one very slightly out of focus shot of an American Ash and berries in autumn.
The third is a pan shot with a touch of unsharp mask. It acts like a high contrast application.
And here is one more; not your usual beauty, rather skeletal remains of sumac on a hill, which I think has its own beauty.
(Edited many times, other photos added)
JMR
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A couple of emails came in asking just how to shoot trees correctly. I will have to say I have not just learn this right a way. First I use a framing card to get the composition perfect. then set up my lens to mimic what I saw, by the way I carry every lens that Mamiya and phase makes for the system. You may ask yourself is that necessary to carry so many lenses, Yes. This allows me to sit back and move to get rid of obstacles out of the way like, the sky, other trees and lets me get exactly the tree in all of its glory. Then I wait for the right light. Hope it helps Tim
Thank you Lois.
The first is a sandwich of two images. So I meant they were done in-camera and combined. One is of out of focus apples superimposed on the orchard. No masking, though one day I will learn the technique.
The second is also a sandwich of one in focus and one very slightly out of focus shot of an American Ash and berries in autumn.
The third is a pan shot with a touch of unsharp mask. It acts like a high contrast application.
And here is one more; not your usual beauty, rather skeletal remains of sumac on a hill, which I think has its own beauty.
JMR
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The first image was at 4 sec while standing in the water shot 4x5 film. Second was 8 minutes shot 5:15 in the morning with film. Third was 30 sec with film. 4rth was 8 seconds with film. 5th was 30 seconds with Phase One and 6th was 15 seconds with Phase One. Yes Scott the days have to be very very still. Of course tripod and mirror lockup. Thanks Tim
That other tree shot was amazing by Melville "Hats Off". I will have to go and see that one. So I want to see yours. Trees are majestic and fascinating.
I have been in love with tree since I started shooting.
Here you will see some trees that captured my heart.
The first one is my very first color image I ever shot, while standing in the cold winter waters of Mono Lake 1985.
The second one was shot in The Great Smokey Mtns 8 minute exposure shot under a full moon.
The third shot during the great flood on New Hampshire and 4th shot Pennsylvania.
http://www.galleryoftheamericanlandscape.com/ (http://www.galleryoftheamericanlandscape.com/)
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How are you getting the trees to hold steady for so long. This is nearly impossible and with the lighting, are you doing something different. I will have to say the tree photographs are amazing better that the exhibit I saw of Eliot Porters tree collection.
Come on is that a typo, 8 minutes by the moon, seriously. By the way what is that tree all in white. JP
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No that's not a typo. I shot both a 4x5 camera and 6x7 camera side by side. The thick emulsion film saw the dark darker than the 6x7 thinner emulsion film did. They both looked great but I want to make sure I got it. By the way its a dogwood.
Thanks for the compliment I try to shoot trees and delicate and elegant as they appear to me. But its very difficult to find just the right tree, it has to have the right background and shape, and yes it takes alot of driving and hiking to find it. But when you do you have something amazing. A forest or tree holds a very wide range of light, even in low light its about 12 stops of light.
By the way I'm waiting for just the right light on very still days. I don't shoot a lot of frames just wait for the light to get right. Tim
How are you getting the trees to hold steady for so long. This is nearly impossible and with the lighting, are you doing something different. I will have to say the tree photographs are amazing better that the exhibit I saw of Eliot Porters tree collection.
Come on is that a typo, 8 minutes by the moon, seriously. By the way what is that tree all in white. JP
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Here's one I made last January... forgot about it, but it's one of my favourites.
Ancient Cottonwoods
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Mike.
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Here's one I made last January... forgot about it, but it's one of my favourites.
Ancient Cottonwoods
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Mike.
I really like this one, Mike. I think of walking through the woods, forgetting what trail I'm on, trying to figure out where I'm at and how to get back. I'm allways getting semi-lost cause I've got my eyes pointed up at those trees I love.
Matt
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Thanks. Remember, you're only lost if you've got a place to go and a time to be there. Otherwise you're just wherever you are. 'Lost' is a state of mind. I've had many times where I had no idea where I was and very little idea of where I was going, but I've never been 'lost'!
Mike.
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I can't put my finger on why, Mike, but I really do like the trees and the perspective you chose for the cottonwoods.
JMR
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Ditto on that.
This now one of my favorite threads.
Eric
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Ditto on that.
This now one of my favorite threads.
Eric
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Mike very interesting angle approach they seem to come alive. These are some very old trees, Love the postings we are getting here. Thanks guy and gals always nice to see what everyone else is doing and these great locations, Here are couple newer ones.
Here's one I made last January... forgot about it, but it's one of my favourites.
Ancient Cottonwoods
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Mike.
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Okay, just for the hell of it, a fig tree in Velvia. Vulgar and brash, just like Mama Nature.
Rob C
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Ah, Rob, you old softie. I always knew you had it in you...
Mike.
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Taken on Christmas morning in Ireland. Chilly.
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Jeremy
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Taken near sunset, Christmas day
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This image, which I've shown here in the past, is one of my favorites because my daughter really likes it. When I first showed her the picture, she said she imagined that the two large branches were the tentacles of a great forest beast, lumbering down the side of the creek. Of course, I had to name the image 'tentacles'.
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2455/3742648089_f1432f6b98_o.jpg)
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Nice, Doug.
I am a sucker for images that suggest something beyond the literal, as yours does. Your daughter has good taste.
Eric
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Taken near sunset, Christmas day
That's a great image Justan. The gold light infuses the whole scene. Did you crop it or is that some kind of stitch?
JMR
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Doug, I'm glad to see you and your daughter escaped the forest monster! Looks a lot like a hat-eating tree to me...
Mike.
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Thanks very much John!
It’s my first stitch, 3 frames. It opens the door to a lot of possibilities.
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...a fig tree in Velvia...
Rob C
Beautiful!
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JMR, very nice green or green, Not easy to make this work. By the way my compliments on your composition on that one. Tim
Thank you Lois.
The first is a sandwich of two images. So I meant they were done in-camera and combined. One is of out of focus apples superimposed on the orchard. No masking, though one day I will learn the technique.
The second is also a sandwich of one in focus and one very slightly out of focus shot of an American Ash and berries in autumn.
The third is a pan shot with a touch of unsharp mask. It acts like a high contrast application.
And here is one more; not your usual beauty, rather skeletal remains of sumac on a hill, which I think has its own beauty.
JMR
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This image, which I've shown here in the past, is one of my favorites because my daughter really likes it. When I first showed her the picture, she said she imagined that the two large branches were the tentacles of a great forest beast, lumbering down the side of the creek. Of course, I had to name the image 'tentacles'.
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2455/3742648089_f1432f6b98_o.jpg)
That is a wonderful image,Doug. Everything is just so...in place[attachment=18997:dancing.trees.jpg]
Here's 2 happy trees, dancing at Sims Park, they didn't know I was watching.
Matt
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Thanks for the kind words guys.
Mike...yes, definitely a hat eater.
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More great shots Tim: I especially like #3 - which is very reminiscent of the topography round here where you get micro-terracing on steep pasture slopes. A tree plus shadow is always a winning combination for me anyway...
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More inspiring examples: the first being my favourite - very spare but interesting at the same time.
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Lois thanks for the compliment,
Justan, I like what you did with that image. If you don't mind I would crop just a half in off the right side and it would bring the focus into the middle. But very nice glow, Really nice.
Lets keep the good work coming. Tim
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Rob I like the image very much, Dancing trees great name. They actually do look like they are dancing.
Matt very nice photograph. T
That is a wonderful image,Doug. Everything is just so...in place[attachment=18997:dancing.trees.jpg]
Here's 2 happy trees, dancing at Sims Park, they didn't know I was watching.
Matt
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Just also want to say love the title and the dancing look of the trees. JP
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Here's 2 happy trees, dancing at Sims Park, they didn't know I was watching.
Matt
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Some great "tree portaits" here ! I´ve also a tree to share with you, a "Winter Tree"
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Beautiful!
Thank you very much, Justan; nice feeling to take into the New Year with me!
Rob C
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You are most welcome, Rob!
Hope the quickly approaching New Year is a great one for you!
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> Justan, I like what you did with that image. If you don't mind I would crop just a half in off the right side and it would bring the focus into the middle. But very nice glow, Really nice.
Thank you for the comment and suggestion!
I tried a few different edits after posting. Here’s the update.
(http://explore-greenwater.com/pix/JE/SmallCreekAtDusk1.jpg)
The tree on the left has several bear claw marks on it and I wanted to preserve that. I suppose I could clone it to the next tree. Your suggestion made a nice improvement on the right side
I printed a study on hana prs and it is purrdy.
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> Justan, I like what you did with that image. If you don't mind I would crop just a half in off the right side and it would bring the focus into the middle. But very nice glow, Really nice.
Thank you for the comment and suggestion!
I tried a few different edits after posting. Here’s the update.
The tree on the left has several bear claw marks on it and I wanted to preserve that. I suppose I could clone it to the next tree. Your suggestion made a nice improvement on the right side
I printed a study on hana prs and it is purrdy.
If I was you, I would stick to your guns. Everyone has a vision and style and way of looking at things, and most images can be cropped 7 ways to Sunday. But the point is, IMO, if the critiques or suggested crop is not meant to help the author make HIS vision better known, then it is just another person's take on how the image should be cropped. While the cropped version is good, so too was the original. It's just a different format.
And Happy New year to one and all.
JMR
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I just wanted to make myself clear. I really love the image, I wanted to give just a little advice to you and no disrespect intended in anyway. I make my living selling my photographs around the world and doing exhibits in galleries and museum.
I thought it would be more sellable if just a tiny little bit was cropped off the right side. Its a great shot. Tim
> Justan, I like what you did with that image. If you don't mind I would crop just a half in off the right side and it would bring the focus into the middle. But very nice glow, Really nice.
Thank you for the comment and suggestion!
I tried a few different edits after posting. Here’s the update.
(http://explore-greenwater.com/pix/JE/SmallCreekAtDusk1.jpg)
The tree on the left has several bear claw marks on it and I wanted to preserve that. I suppose I could clone it to the next tree. Your suggestion made a nice improvement on the right side
I printed a study on hana prs and it is purrdy.
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If I was you, I would stick to your guns. Everyone has a vision and style and way of looking at things, and most images can be cropped 7 ways to Sunday. But the point is, IMO, if the critiques or suggested crop is not meant to help the author make HIS vision better known, then it is just another person's take on how the image should be cropped. While the cropped version is good, so too was the original. It's just a different format.
And Happy New year to one and all.
JMR
Thanks. I liked the effect of the crop on the right. It ads a degree of intimacy that wasn’t in the original. I considered it good feedback. But in general I agree with you that there are many ways to crop and few come down to obvious yes/no decisions.
The reason I cropped the left is related to production. The study print was about 6” x 24” so were I to print it 48” long it would be only about a foot tall. The later edit increases the vertical by about 2.5” which is a little closer to what would be ideal.
The pano will be a very fun tool to learn! It solves a number of composition related problems when shooting in the woods.
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I just wanted to make myself clear. I really love the image, I wanted to give just a little advice to you and no disrespect intended in anyway. I make my living selling my photographs around the world and doing exhibits in galleries and museum.
I thought it would be more sellable if just a tiny little bit was cropped off the right side. Its a great shot. Tim
No worries at all.
I'm after the feedback. There are a lot of talented regulars at the site. What could hurt by trying a reasonable suggestion? When you do, sometimes you even learn something useful.
~Thanks again & Happy New Year to all ~
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> Justan, I like what you did with that image. If you don't mind I would crop just a half in off the right side and it would bring the focus into the middle. But very nice glow, Really nice.
Thank you for the comment and suggestion!
I tried a few different edits after posting. Here’s the update.
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Happy New Year! - DJ
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Lets keep the good work coming. Tim
BTW i intended to mention this previously - with the foto above as an example, your work is fabulous! The treatment of color & shade is superb! I will strive to get these kinds of results.
As an aside, when doing a quote, is there a programmatic way to include links or thumbs for the original image(s)? I've seen others do it but above i tried to snag the link to the image and re-post it. but the site returned a warning stating:
THE FOLLOWING ERROR(S) WERE FOUND
Sorry, dynamic pages in the [IMG] tags are not allowed
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I for one enjoy both the original and Tim's suggestion. Here's one I took in Long Island two years ago, you might call it its spooky sister image or at least first cousin ...
Happy New Year! - DJ
Thanks very much and your foto is awesome! They are related
Happy New Year to you!
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Tim, your Mono Lake shot is my favorite... very compelling image
a few from a recent tree series
(http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/aptus_018995.jpg)
(http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/aptus_018578.jpg)
(http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/aptus_018505.jpg)
(http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/aptus_018477.jpg)
... and an 'ex' tree
(http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/aptus_018193.jpg)
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wolfnowl... #3 is my favorite... love the tones in that image. also like the later 'ancient cottonwoods' a lot!!
Lois, #5 & #8 are great. you've worked well in both color and monochrome!
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Tim, your Mono Lake shot is my favorite... very compelling image
a few from a recent tree series
Nice work! The last one not so much, but the others are great.
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Thanks I'm glad you liked it. I like what your doing here, emotional creation. The 2nd and 4rth are the ones I like the best. But love the mood on the 5th. Love what we are getting from everyone on the images. Hope to see more images. Thanks much everyone. Its this kind of participation that keeps the art of shooting and seeing alive. Tim
Tim, your Mono Lake shot is my favorite... very compelling image
a few from a recent tree series
(http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/aptus_018995.jpg)
(http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/aptus_018578.jpg)
(http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/aptus_018505.jpg)
(http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/aptus_018477.jpg)
... and an 'ex' tree
(http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/aptus_018193.jpg)
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Thanks I'm glad you liked it. I like what your doing here, emotional creation. The 2nd and 4rth are the ones I like the best. But love the mood on the 5th. Love what we are getting from everyone on the images. Hope to see more images. Thanks much everyone. Its this kind of participation that keeps the art of shooting and seeing alive. Tim
Love the mood in that second one ...
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Love the mood in that second one ...
So do I... unfortunately I really don't like those rocks in the foreground. Not sure why. Don't suppose you could have lifted them out for the shoot, Tim?
Mike.
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No actually they look very good in the original large scale photograph printed at 50 inches. I'm a fan also of rocks preferably round ones. Not sure what you mean by lifting them out. They are enormous. I could have possible cropped them out by moving forward but the forest debris on the forest is ugly. Do you like this one better. Tim
So do I... unfortunately I really don't like those rocks in the foreground. Not sure why. Don't suppose you could have lifted them out for the shoot, Tim?
Mike.
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No actually they look very good in the original large scale photograph printed at 50 inches. I'm a fan also of rocks preferably round ones. Not sure what you mean by lifting them out. They are enormous. I could have possible cropped them out by moving forward but the forest debris on the forest is ugly. Do you like this one better. Tim
I like the rocks. I like trees and rocks in general - they make good subjects
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No actually they look very good in the original large scale photograph printed at 50 inches. I'm a fan also of rocks preferably round ones. Not sure what you mean by lifting them out. They are enormous. I could have possible cropped them out by moving forward but the forest debris on the forest is ugly. Do you like this one better. Tim
Hi Tim: I was kidding about moving them. I love rocks, and I'm sure these would be great in some context... I think what it comes down to is that there are so many soft textures in the image - the leaves, the flowers, the bark, the mist, the light itself, and then there are these rocks. Now rocks aren't usually soft, and the rocks themselves could anchor the image, but in this case it almost looks like they've been softened - negative clarity sort of thing. That might just be the mist, I don't know. Anyway, for some reason, to me, they looked out of place. I'm sure on a 50" print they'd look much different.
Just a critique, not a criticism.
Mike.
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The "collom" set is a great one, I agree with mike and my favs are the #2 and #4, they brings a nice mood !
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Mike, never took it as criticism. I was trying to figure out what you mean. I believe these were left by the glaciers is why they seem soft and I'm sure the soft light makes them feel softer. This is in Sequoia and nothing is normal there. I like your analysis on the anchor, I tend to use rocks and tree trunks as a way of anchoring the shot to give some sense of scale and life to the image. but it really only works when you can get some type of falling away of the ground helps give the depth. Tim
Hi Tim: I was kidding about moving them. I love rocks, and I'm sure these would be great in some context... I think what it comes down to is that there are so many soft textures in the image - the leaves, the flowers, the bark, the mist, the light itself, and then there are these rocks. Now rocks aren't usually soft, and the rocks themselves could anchor the image, but in this case it almost looks like they've been softened - negative clarity sort of thing. That might just be the mist, I don't know. Anyway, for some reason, to me, they looked out of place. I'm sure on a 50" print they'd look much different.
Just a critique, not a criticism.
Mike.
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Tim, your pictures are amazing; I just love the second at post #89, and the one at post #92, both are very inspiring.
Now, the first one at post #89... please do not get mad at me, I know you have a very refined technique, and I am completely confident the camera was perfectly horizontal; but it looks like falling. The only visual reference I have is the shoreline, those trees and their branches go in every direction; and when I see that photograph, my mind can stop screaming "falling horizon". If this photograph was mine, even if I knew it was a perspective thing, I would have 'corrected' it; perhaps just as a favour to the viewer, or perhaps just to get rid of these pesky comments at the forums.
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I like the rocks. I like trees and rocks in general - they make good subjects
Were these taken in `The Garden of the Gods`at Manitou Springs, CO? Looks like that area.
Mike.
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This thread has been very satisfying , almost a meditation...In Tim's original post, the #3 image, "In the River's Path", quiets and focuses my thinking...what Tim refers to as pre-visualization...To me it is one that seems to break many rules but draws me in anyway...I hear it, I smell the lush breakage in the constancy of the waterflow, and yet quietly on the top of that boulder an entire history of the seasons is unfolding before our eyes...
It is not the type of image I gravitate to,yet it calms me...I think about it sometimes when I am sitting behind the camera, this weekend past with the camera and 300 on a wimberly head tied into the tree where I had climbed...I spent the entire afternoon and early evening looking through the trees...isolating by aperture and shifting light various forest shots and then as the last rays slid behind the ridgeline the "framing card mentality" caught this brief moment...I have been taking the time to seek the smaller stories within(As in Tim's where that one tenacious leaf on the trio of tree trunks alongside that boulder somehow says "awareness of place". I see it in much of Tim's work ) and hope to grow photographically on their nourishment.
Thank you to all who are placing their vision in our view...I know I will grow from this group of images and commentary...This was my last shot of the day...Patricia S.
(http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk219/psheleyimages/2010Jan01_SpringPasture300mframingc.jpg)
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Were these taken in `The Garden of the Gods`at Manitou Springs, CO? Looks like that area.
Mike.
Manitou Springs - wow, a blast from the past for me! I was there for a couple of days in '72 visiting a friend in an end-of-college road trip before going to work, but I didn't have a camera back then. They're from around the Needles District near Moab, Utah. Or so say my notes ...
DJ
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from the same series
(http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/aptus_019232.jpg)
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Patricia, thanks love the way you think and read into the images. Its the thoughts and the commentary that i was trying to evoke. I have been in the pursuit of creating images and not just shooting them. I don't believe in just shooting, everything must be envisioned and pre-visualized to create great images.
I will have to say that in the older days of B&W that everyone had to do this, since the days of digital camera's this unfortunate idea of shooting and hoping to get something has come into photography. I was taught to see the final image you want to create and make it happen. I spend enormous amount of time looking at images and art to remember what I have seen and evoke some kind of feeling. Natures perfection is all around us, we need to be able to see it and respond. I like to take pieces of this and draw my future photographs. And yes I for sure am the worst drawer in the world, mainly because I think to detailed, but it gives me references for my mind to focus onto the next time I go out. Every time I go out i look at these drawings in the night time and morning. So when I'm out looking for nature to present herself to me, what ends up happening is something from one drawing and what's in front of me mixes together and a get something even better. But then sometimes it could take 7 years to see the final drawing in a photograph. I've said it before Inspiration comes from many sources. Photograph, memories, paintings ect.
The image "In the Rivers Path" reminded me of something Paul Caponegro would have wanted to shoot. The relationship of the rock protecting the tree and the zen like water flowing around the boulder. Its very asian in thinking. They all have their place, without one of them perfection wouldn't had been there in nature.
Take the case of Dogwoods that I have been posting. I set off to create and capture the most elegant dogwoods I could photograph. So I started to draw them from things I've seen and things I would like to see. "Positive thoughts create your path".
On the composition thought, I look thru a framing card, this allows me to shoot at the focal length of what I see and then set the camera up to mimic that. I know I could not create the images i shoot without the cards.. It helps me redefine my focus and composition to a perfect as a shot as I can make it.
"There is phrase I like to say: There are no short cuts. Great photography requires understanding light and composition, vision and patience – simple discipline – simple but never easy." TW
Again thanks for the posts everyone, we can learn from everyone.
This thread has been very satisfying , almost a meditation...In Tim's original post, the #3 image, "In the River's Path", quiets and focuses my thinking...what Tim refers to as pre-visualization...To me it is one that seems to break many rules but draws me in anyway...I hear it, I smell the lush breakage in the constancy of the waterflow, and yet quietly on the top of that boulder an entire history of the seasons is unfolding before our eyes...
It is not the type of image I gravitate to,yet it calms me...I think about it sometimes when I am sitting behind the camera, this weekend past with the camera and 300 on a wimberly head tied into the tree where I had climbed...I spent the entire afternoon and early evening looking through the trees...isolating by aperture and shifting light various forest shots and then as the last rays slid behind the ridgeline the "framing card mentality" caught this brief moment...I have been taking the time to seek the smaller stories within(As in Tim's where that one tenacious leaf on the trio of tree trunks alongside that boulder somehow says "awareness of place". I see it in much of Tim's work ) and hope to grow photographically on their nourishment.
Thank you to all who are placing their vision in our view...I know I will grow from this group of images and commentary...This was my last shot of the day...Patricia S.
(http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk219/psheleyimages/2010Jan01_SpringPasture300mframingc.jpg)
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from the same series
(http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/aptus_019232.jpg)
Love this picture collum. It really draws me in. I want to step over the log, and explore what's beyond. I'll bet this makes for a nice print.
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So in order to shoot with a framing card should they be the ratio size of the chip or should they be the size of the framing material. Or should I say the size of the image to be framed. I think I will give this a try.
But what I find interesting is that you are thinking different than the rest of us. You are thinking like a painter but doing photography. Your thoughts and approach is something we can learn from, I think Patricia said it best, we all can learn from these postings.
JPPatricia, thanks love the way you think and read into the images. Its the thoughts and the commentary that i was trying to evoke. I have been in the pursuit of creating images and not just shooting them. I don't believe in just shooting, everything must be envisioned and pre-visualized to create great images.
I will have to say that in the older days of B&W that everyone had to do this, since the days of digital camera's this unfortunate idea of shooting and hoping to get something has come into photography. I was taught to see the final image you want to create and make it happen. I spend enormous amount of time looking at images and art to remember what I have seen and evoke some kind of feeling. Natures perfection is all around us, we need to be able to see it and respond. I like to take pieces of this and draw my future photographs. And yes I for sure am the worst drawer in the world, mainly because I think to detailed, but it gives me references for my mind to focus onto the next time I go out. Every time I go out i look at these drawings in the night time and morning. So when I'm out looking for nature to present herself to me, what ends up happening is something from one drawing and what's in front of me mixes together and a get something even better. But then sometimes it could take 7 years to see the final drawing in a photograph. I've said it before Inspiration comes from many sources. Photograph, memories, paintings ect.
The image "In the Rivers Path" reminded me of something Paul Caponegro would have wanted to shoot. The relationship of the rock protecting the tree and the zen like water flowing around the boulder. Its very asian in thinking. They all have their place, without one of them perfection wouldn't had been there in nature.
Take the case of Dogwoods that I have been posting. I set off to create and capture the most elegant dogwoods I could photograph. So I started to draw them from things I've seen and things I would like to see. "Positive thoughts create your path".
On the composition thought, I look thru a framing card, this allows me to shoot at the focal length of what I see and then set the camera up to mimic that. I know I could not create the images i shoot without the cards.. It helps me redefine my focus and composition to a perfect as a shot as I can make it.
"There is phrase I like to say: There are no short cuts. Great photography requires understanding light and composition, vision and patience – simple discipline – simple but never easy." TW
Again thanks for the posts everyone, we can learn from everyone.
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JP I can not speak for Tim, but one very efficient and easily kept with your gear, in your car , wallet etc is "View Catcher" You can learn a bit about it at www.ViewCatcher.com. The reason I mention your car, or bicycle or bike is because even when you don't have your photo gear along, studying composition anywhere you happen to be is so beneficial to your vision...as Tim said, once you've found your chosen composition, it is thinking out the lens that will best do that job and then studying the timing of light by season , time of day, serendipity, weather etc...somewhere I read that Tim even has a family member who seeks out possible locations...I think it is why I find a good deal of Tim's work small meditations...he puts in that intensly aware time for that shot to "happen". Everything in your personal blueprint informs your vision...Really "looking" is one of the finest brushes on the pallette... Hope this helps with your question...I guess I could have said "it's not about the crop, but rather the composition", but it really is about an instinct you are continually refining with the "control" being the view you use as a constant..Pat (and so much more that is your unique fingerprint}
http://www.colorwheelco.com/viewcatcher/ (http://www.colorwheelco.com/viewcatcher/)
So in order to shoot with a framing card should they be the ratio size of the chip or should they be the size of the framing material. Or should I say the size of the image to be framed. I think I will give this a try.
But what I find interesting is that you are thinking different than the rest of us. You are thinking like a painter but doing photography. Your thoughts and approach is something we can learn from, I think Patricia said it best, we all can learn from these postings.
JP
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Really "looking" is one of the finest brushes on the pallette
Well said Pat. Learning to see is, IME, the hardest part of photography, and we continue learning as long as we live (or if we don't, we stagnate!).
I think one of the advantages of using a viewing frame is that it frees the mind to look at the scene without cluttering the brain with technical considerations, which may be almost subconscious. And perhaps the other is that it makes it easier to visualise the result: the brain is very good at filtering out detail of less interest (which is why we get so many snapshots of Granny with a tree growing out of her head of course). The act of actually looking at the framed scene seems somehow to focus attention better than peering through a viewfinder.
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Hi Tim
I like your ideas on photography and your dedication to your craft.
I thought I would add to your beautiful tree images. These were all taken with a Horseman 617 Camera with Fuji Velvia 50 Film. I have been shooting some of these tree stands for 5 years. I have spent countless days in these forests looking for the rights set of trees to photograph. getting the right light, and waiting for the leaves to be still combined with getting the timing right for the colour takes time and dedictation. I have three viewfinders for each of my lenses for the panormaic camera and this helps finding the composition in a chaotic scene like a forest.
My prints are 23" x 69" and 30" x 90", all images are matched to the slides and none of the images are cropped.
If you want to see more of my work you can have a look at my website.
Steven
Visit My Website (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
www.friedmanphoto.com
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Great work, Steven. Thanks for sharing them!
Mike.
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Excellent work Steven, especially like your panoramas. Also peaked at your abstracts, very nice!
JMR
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Love your trees and abstracts Steven. I really enjoyed looking at your website. So many fine images!
Matt
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Very nice Steven, Love the pano's. Your choice of where you stand is fantastic. The even composition is great. JP
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John, Matt, Jamie and Mike
Thanks for the positive feedback.
Jamie - I find the use of the viewfinders I use help to make deciding where to decide in a forest.
Steven
Visit My Website (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Steven very nice selection of trees. I like the fact you actually positioned yourself so the were no holes in the trees and that you gave it some serious thought of just how you wanted your panorama to flow.
NIce very very nice. Tim
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Steven, I see that you shoot all of you images with Pano camera system uncropped and one shot one capture. For everyone who would like to shoot panorama's. There three ways I see that they can be shot.
1. Shoot them with a panorama camera system.
2. Shoot them with large camera's and crop down. A process I used to do with my 8x10 and 4x5 camera.
3. Is to stitch them, I started to shoot this style because I use my P45 Phase One camera like a old Banquet camera. Some of the images I will be posting are shot either with 3 frames up to 10 frames carefully planned and stitched to mimic what my eye saw through the framing card. This style is very difficult when shooting in a forest. But allows me to shoot everything very close to the subject and makes the images very 3d looking. Either way you try to shoot, the mixture between having the right light with the right composition, angle of camera, right focal length lens and depth of field will make or brake your shot.
Let me say every style is correct, its a matter of the way you shoot. For me I would like to shoot also with a Pano camera but since my pack weight's 65 pounds not counting a tripod. I am left with little options. Enjoy Tim
Here is some that are not on my website. I will post some later the Packers are about ready to play.
Hi Tim
I like your ideas on photography and your dedication to your craft.
I thought I would add to your beautiful tree images. These were all taken with a Horseman 617 Camera with Fuji Velvia 50 Film. I have been shooting some of these tree stands for 5 years. I have spent countless days in these forests looking for the rights set of trees to photograph. getting the right light, and waiting for the leaves to be still combined with getting the timing right for the colour takes time and dedictation. I have three viewfinders for each of my lenses for the panormaic camera and this helps finding the composition in a chaotic scene like a forest.
My prints are 23" x 69" and 30" x 90", all images are matched to the slides and none of the images are cropped.
If you want to see more of my work you can have a look at my website.
Steven
Visit My Website (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
www.friedmanphoto.com
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This is what the site needs professionals who sell their images for living showing what and how images should look. I thank you for the professionalism to show us how you do the images. Will check into what a banquet camera is and how it works. You two sure know how to shoot trees.
Can't wait to see what you guys post next. Magnificant. JP
Steven, I see that you shoot all of you images with Pano camera system uncropped and one shot one capture. For everyone who would like to shoot panorama's. There three ways I see that they can be shot.
1. Shoot them with a panorama camera system.
2. Shoot them with large camera's and crop down. A process I used to do with my 8x10 and 4x5 camera.
3. Is to stitch them, I started to shoot this style because I use my P45 Phase One camera like a old Banquet camera. Some of the images I will be posting are shot either with 3 frames up to 10 frames carefully planned and stitched to mimic what my eye saw through the framing card. This style is very difficult when shooting in a forest. But allows me to shoot everything very close to the subject and makes the images very 3d looking. Either way you try to shoot, the mixture between having the right light with the right composition, angle of camera, right focal length lens and depth of field will make or brake your shot.
Let me say every style is correct, its a matter of the way you shoot. For me I would like to shoot also with a Pano camera but since my pack weight's 65 pounds not counting a tripod. I am left with little options. Enjoy Tim
Here is some that are not on my website. I will post some later the Packers are about ready to play.
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Hi Jamie
Thanks for your note. I think you just have to decide what you want from your photography. I have always had the belief to capture images that evoke emotion and excitement and images that I want to hang on my wall. I can go away for 3 weeks or more and come back with a handful of images that have this in mind.
If you are interested I have a show of 15 prints as part of Exposure 2010 in the Calgary area next month.
Steven
Visit My Website (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Steven, I see that you shoot all of you images with Pano camera system uncropped and one shot one capture. For everyone who would like to shoot panorama's. There three ways I see that they can be shot.
Hi Tim: Just to give the Hugin pano software a workout I took my little Fuji walkaround camera and tripod up on top of Christmas Hill and shot 55 images. Result is below. It's not a great image but it turned out alright, and it does have trees in it!
Mike.
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Here are the rest of the images. I'm in morning about the Packers loss. Thanks reedited them to sRGB files, thanks Steven for pointing that out to me. Tim
Visit my website at www.GalleryoftheAmericanLandscape.com
Hi Tim: Just to give the Hugin pano software a workout I took my little Fuji walkaround camera and tripod up on top of Christmas Hill and shot 55 images. Result is below. It's not a great image but it turned out alright, and it does have trees in it!
Mike.
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Tim (and anyone else who cares to respond),
I really enjoy your work. In addition to everything else you do right, your treatment of color is superb. Can you or anyone point me to some reference materials on color treatment??
Below is my 3rd stitch…
(http://explore-greenwater.com/pix/JE/TrailIJanuary.jpg)
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Here are the rest of the images. I'm in morning about the Packers loss.
Some very good photographs. By the way, is that waterfall a (vertical) panorama, too? I would never have dared to do a panorama on a moving subject, amazing.
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I thought I would add some of non-pan images to this post.
Steven
Visit My Website (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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I not sure why you say you would not ever do a panorama on a moving object. Wether its vertical or horizontal don't understand why you think they should be shot different. Its much hard to get perfect reference for shooting stitching on vert pano. Which part are you saying is moving. The water or the dogwood. Glad you like it, I tried to shoot it like Japanese silk screen. Tim
Some very good photographs. By the way, is that waterfall a (vertical) panorama, too? I would never have dared to do a panorama on a moving subject, amazing.
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I not sure why you say you would not ever do a panorama on a moving object. Wether its vertical or horizontal don't understand why you think they should be shot different. Its much hard to get perfect reference for shooting stitching on vert pano. Which part are you saying is moving. The water or the dogwood.
My fear with moving objects is that stitching the photographs later may become painful: if some object that was near the edge in one photograph changes position before I make the next one; then I have to manually mask certain areas, or use extensive cloning, or... . I have a panorama made at Vienna where the same couple appears twice.
In this particular case, I was talking about the water, but now that I think about it, the effect of the long exposure on the water probably minimizes this issue.
Glad you like it, I tried to shoot it like Japanese silk screen. Tim
I like it, but I prefer the last one...
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Steven: One word : WOW!
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Steven: One word : WOW!
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The last one was shot in Sequoia, It was a stitch where I put 7 images together at 5.5 sec exposures. It took nearly 3 plus hours to get just the right set of clouds to moves slowly through the forest. The cloud had to be in the background and moving very slowly. I got 680 meg files from this stitch. I could have shot this with my 28mm on my Phase one system but then it would have been a sliver.
But to answer your problem of people moving is to shoot opposite of the way people are moving when stitching. If you have them overlapping then wait a bit the shoot your pano crop the images so the people only appear once. Tim
My fear with moving objects is that stitching the photographs later may become painful: if some object that was near the edge in one photograph changes position before I make the next one; then I have to manually mask certain areas, or use extensive cloning, or... . I have a panorama made at Vienna where the same couple appears twice.
In this particular case, I was talking about the water, but now that I think about it, the effect of the long exposure on the water probably minimizes this issue.
I like it, but I prefer the last one...
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I have really been enjoying this topic...I love trees and enjoy seeing what others are doing with trees. I'm working on a new series called "Beyond the Forest" shot with a Canon converted for IR use and shot into the sun but with the sun behind a tree trunk or branches. This series was shot in the middle in Houston at a sanctuary near my home.
great work everyone! Eleanor
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I have really been enjoying this topic...I love trees and enjoy seeing what others are doing with trees. I'm working on a new series called "Beyond the Forest" shot with a Canon converted for IR use and shot into the sun but with the sun behind a tree trunk or branches. This series was shot in the middle in Houston at a sanctuary near my home.
great work everyone! Eleanor
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Eleanor, beautiful image! I love the way the vignetting adds to the depth of the image, and mirrors your "beyond the forest" idea. This image gives me that feeling of yearning, and wondering what's just up ahead, and wanting to reach towards that wonder. Matt
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Yes Matt, you got the idea behind the series. I can only stay in this 3rd largest city in the US just so long and have to get out to the natural landscape (I'm primarily a landscape photographer). This sanctuary (in the center of Houston) is 7 minutes from my home...155 acres of forest and ponds and is not crowded with people. I did this series walking my yellow lab and hand holding my canon! Houston is overrun with no zoning high rise development and urban sprawl and the images in this series show the "balance" needed for such a large city! eleanor
Eleanor, beautiful image! I love the way the vignetting adds to the depth of the image, and mirrors your "beyond the forest" idea. This image gives me that feeling of yearning, and wondering what's just up ahead, and wanting to reach towards that wonder. Matt
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I have one more, not the usual stuff, but a winter beauty that reminds me of Christmas lights on outdoor trees. And a second more abstract tree; but does it matter.
JMR
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I love the way Eleanor and John are both stretching reality, but in very different directions. Both ways of seeing make me want to come back to them over and over. Thank you both!
Eric
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Just for fun - I thought I would add in some of my abstract tree imagery. I really enjoy creating these images.
Eric and Lois Thanks for your kind feedback.
Steven
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Just for fun - I thought I would add in some of my abstract tree imagery. I really enjoy creating these images.
Eric and Lois Thanks for your kind feedback.
Steven
Visit My Website (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
That's an excellent series, Steven.
JMR
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That's an excellent series, Steven.
JMR
It sure is!
Eric
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Last Autumn, head up, eyes in the sky...Matt[attachment=19500:autumn_y...4918_lzn.jpg]
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The last one was shot in Sequoia, It was a stitch where I put 7 images together at 5.5 sec exposures. It took nearly 3 plus hours to get just the right set of clouds to move slowly through the forest. The cloud had to be in the background and moving very slowly. I got 680 meg files from this stitch. I could have shot this with my 28mm on my Phase one system but then it would have been a sliver.
Are you saying that you took different parts of that over 3 hours?
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No it took 3 hours for a cloud to move into the forest that was only in the background where I wanted it that was moving slow enough to shoot it correctly. The problem with the shot is that I was shooting 160 degrees and the clouds needed to be big enough that I could finish the seven shot with the same lighting on all parts of the images. I shoot also with a Phase One camera and if you shoot for 5.5 seconds you have to wait for 5.5 seconds to write the image. so the cloud had to move so slow that it took 1.5 minutes to shoot the whole series. Hope that helps.
I could have shot this with my wide angle but then it would be a small strip of the whole frame. So by shooting this with a longer lens on the vertical shot My file size is know 860 megs. So I shoot my Phase like an old banquet camera when stitching an image, but I get to choose the focal length to fit exactly the scene. Glad you like it. Tim
Are you saying that you took different parts of that over 3 hours?
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tree, spent corn field, winter
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I really like the feeling and mood. Its amazing the stark feeling winter can play. Its either very moody or very elegant based on the kind of snow and where its shot. T
tree, spent corn field, winter
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Thanks Tim. "Moody" and "elegant" are fitting descriptions of Winter scenes, I think. Winter is one of the most interesting seasons to shoot. I really enjoy it...don't even mind the cold.
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I agree, the is just another part of the pains one go through to capture nature at its finest. I will be shooting many different places this year in the snow. I have always wanted to shoot white on white. The major difficulty is getting just the right concentration of trees that fall away at just the right distances. But like anything it takes patience and dedication to find this exact scene. Of course these days I envision finding elegant places in white, it just the style that my mind is seeing. I'm always drawing and constructing vision I hope and one day will find.
I'm glad you posted this image, it will refresh my mind to think about what I may be able to find in that stark feeling. I love what Michael Kenna has done with stark and also made them sometimes elegant. Tim
Thanks Tim. "Moody" and "elegant" are fitting descriptions of Winter scenes, I think. Winter is one of the most interesting seasons to shoot. I really enjoy it...don't even mind the cold.
You can see the rest at www.galleryoftheamericanlandscape.com
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Doug I find your image very interesting. The thought of once was there and the rebirth of spring and what might be there. A sense of emptyness. JP
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tree, spent corn field, winter
Very nice; really like the gray band at the top. Noticed you comments on winter, but you will have to agree, the exposures are tough even when you know what you are doing. The slightest nuance, either way, can overexpose or muddy the snowy elements.
JMR
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Thanks Jamie and John. I'm glad you like the picture.
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No it took 3 hours for a cloud to move into the forest that was only in the background where I wanted it that was moving slow enough to shoot it correctly. The problem with the shot is that I was shooting 160 degrees and the clouds needed to be big enough that I could finish the seven shot with the same lighting on all parts of the images. I shoot also with a Phase One camera and if you shoot for 5.5 seconds you have to wait for 5.5 seconds to write the image. so the cloud had to move so slow that it took 1.5 minutes to shoot the whole series. Hope that helps.
I could have shot this with my wide angle but then it would be a small strip of the whole frame. So by shooting this with a longer lens on the vertical shot My file size is know 860 megs. So I shoot my Phase like an old banquet camera when stitching an image, but I get to choose the focal length to fit exactly the scene. Glad you like it. Tim
I missed your comment previously. Thanks very much for this feedback.
I'm just starting to shoot panos. I'm delighted by the results but am still working out some of the details. Maintaining uniform lighting across the pan in the forest is one of the more subtle but really telling issues. I'm hoping to find a guide for some of the post photo processing used when shooting panos - do you know of any good books on the topic?
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No I find there is nothing out there to read. However I have been talking to Mac Group about doing a video on me shooting pano's. But shooting panoramas in the forest is very very difficult the forest must be perfectly spaced in order for that to place. I have been studying this at great detail to see what I can get away with. I try to think of the panoramas I want to shoot by using a antique banquet camera. Don't read the really right stuff explanation on how to shoot pano's. I show them in person that they are teaching the wrong way to shoot pano's. I hope sometime in the future of launching my workshops with Michael in the next weeks.
I started to shoot pano's because it was a way to minimize the effect of small detail far away from the camera getting blurry due to chip design. I am in the process of helping design a new head for tripods for pano stitching. The best way to shoot panoramas is to compose your image with a framing card and then pick the lens to match the scene so your perspective does not change. I hope I said that clear enough if not please feel free to call me. I'm in a major blizzard at the moment. I will be shooting some pano snow scenes when its all over. Tim 9517411674 cell home 9095841720
I missed your comment previously. Thanks very much for this feedback.
I'm just starting to shoot panos. I'm delighted by the results but am still working out some of the details. Maintaining uniform lighting across the pan in the forest is one of the more subtle but really telling issues. I'm hoping to find a guide for some of the post photo processing used when shooting panos - do you know of any good books on the topic?
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Well seen! And captured!
A couple more...
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Okay, so the last one is obviously a leaf FROM a tulip tree, but I kinda like how it turned out.
Mike.
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Well seen! And captured!
A couple more...
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Okay, so the last one is obviously a leaf FROM a tulip tree, but I kinda like how it turned out.
Mike.
Mike, I love the "skin" on the first one. What kind of tree is it?
Matt
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Hi Matt: The first (and fifth) images are arbutus trees. Keep their leaves, shed their bark. Really beautiful colours after a rain. And according to a woodturner we met recently, VERY hard wood.
Mike.
P.S. The 2nd, 3rd, 4th are garry oak. They have such wonderful shapes to them.
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here is my naked tree. brockton,ma
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> No I find there is nothing out there to read. However I have been talking to Mac Group about doing a video on me shooting pano's. But shooting panoramas in the forest is very very difficult the forest must be perfectly spaced in order for that to place. I have been studying this at great detail to see what I can get away with. I try to think of the panoramas I want to shoot by using a antique banquet camera. Don't read the really right stuff explanation on how to shoot pano's. I show them in person that they are teaching the wrong way to shoot pano's. I hope sometime in the future of launching my workshops with Michael in the next weeks.
I look foreword to seeing the video & the workshops. I'm always interested in compositional elements, and in the work flow. I never have the time to go to workshops. It’s a failing of my career path. Dealing with the varying light that always comes into play is the biggest issue. One of your most notable traits is a fine eye at bringing out subtle colors. This is another area I think many would like to learn more about – I sure would!
I'm also finding that producing panos makes for a number of challenges on the front of getting the image mounted and framed.
> I started to shoot pano's because it was a way to minimize the effect of small detail far away from the camera getting blurry due to chip design.
My entry into panos was in a large part due to that, and also because it’s an innovative way to get much higher resolution images, while using the same equipment. This brings savings and also maintains portability of the equipment. I can’t rationalize buying a MF camera and a 40 MP (or larger) back, and even if I did, this kind of stuff is too heavy for most of my outings. So stitching solves a number of problems.
> The best way to shoot panoramas is to compose your image with a framing card and then pick the lens to match the scene so your perspective does not change. I hope I said that clear enough if not please feel free to call me. I'm in a major blizzard at the moment. I will be shooting some pano snow scenes
when its all over.
Thanks! You said that very well. I'm a little jealous because we haven't gotten much snow in the valley this season. Of course, last year at this time we had nearly 5’ on the ground (and on the roofs) so I'm okay without that. But now that I'm playing with panos I want to snow shoe into some of the OG and continue to experiment! Oh well, it's winter in the mtns and the snow will come.
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I thought I would add some more of my panoramas of trees. These were taken with either a Horseman 617 or a Hasselblad XPAN with Velvia 50 film.
I hope you like these ones.
Steven
Visit My Website (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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here is my naked tree. brockton,ma
Love the clouds, and that beautiful old maple, but I could do without the pine(?) tufts on the left edge of the frame.
Mike.
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I thought I would add some more of my panoramas of trees. These were taken with either a Horseman 617 or a Hasselblad XPAN with Velvia 50 film.
Some nice work Steven. Thanks for sharing them!
Mike.
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After 6 feet of snow and about million hours of digging the cars out of the snow. I managed to get up on top of Onyx Summit. I went there for 2 days straight trying to get this very first images. By the way froze my jewels off waiting for hours upon hours to get this oriental looking ancient Juniper tree. I chose to shoot this ancient tree in the snow with a long exposure to soften the scene and make it look like its silky.
The second one is a stitch of 7 images show with the Phase p45 camera. But its really for the tourist who want Big Bear images. Tim
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Looks like you had alot of snot up there. I live in LA, these also are very nice. The first one does look asian in style. JP
After 6 feet of snow and about million hours of digging the cars out of the snow. I managed to get up on top of Onyx Summit. I went there for 2 days straight trying to get this very first images. By the way froze my jewels off waiting for hours upon hours to get this oriental looking ancient Juniper tree. I chose to shoot this ancient tree in the snow with a long exposure to soften the scene and make it look like its silky.
The second one is a stitch of 7 images show with the Phase p45 camera. But its really for the tourist who want Big Bear images. Tim
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After 6 feet of snow and about million hours of digging the cars out of the snow. I managed to get up on top of Onyx Summit. I went there for 2 days straight trying to get this very first images. By the way froze my jewels off waiting for hours upon hours to get this oriental looking ancient Juniper tree. I chose to shoot this ancient tree in the snow with a long exposure to soften the scene and make it look like its silky.
The second one is a stitch of 7 images show with the Phase p45 camera. But its really for the tourist who want Big Bear images. Tim
Love the first one, Tim! The second one's good too!
Mike.
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The work on this thread is incredible and Tim is an inspiration.
Seamus
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Mind if I jump in with some? Dartmoor is an area of high ground in Devon, a county in the south west of England. Constantly buffeted by south westerly winds, & with precious little shelter for the most part, many of the trees are stunted and twisted. Hopefully these give a flavour of this.
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Sorry about the above post - can't seem to edit away all the multiple photies, and trying to get them in a line seems to really screw things up too.
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Ch. Bill...the next to the last, with the stone stepping plank carrying one into the environs has something very nice about it..hunger for a bit more room, or info on the left..location looks prime for a serious pano...Pat
I'll tuck in a couple because they got me thinking about things I pass daily "on my way elsewhere...I seriously need to keep in practice Tim's mantra.."observation of place" Thank you for this topic Tim... it's been good seeing through others eyes...Pat
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This isn't a great image, just quick grab, but Marcia and I were quite surprised to see trees in bloom... in January. Victoria is still in Canada, after all.
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It's certainly quite a lovely forest.
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Mind if I jump in with some? Dartmoor is an area of high ground in Devon, a county in the south west of England. Constantly buffeted by south westerly winds, & with precious little shelter for the most part, many of the trees are stunted and twisted. Hopefully these give a flavour of this.
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Yo Bill, This rocks for me, I'd like to see what it looked like with the sky just a little darker....Matt[attachment=19944:Clapper_bridge.jpg]
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A couple of tree shots. One from my cabin in upstate New York where these are the only shots you get this time of year with 300 plus inches of snow. The other is the kind of place you like to go this time of year.
Sam
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Interesting tone, Bill: would you mind revealing how you did it?
Jeremy
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Some very nice images here. I will contribute with some, taken in Oman:
(http://www.paulobizarro.com/fotos/1465.jpg)
(http://www.paulobizarro.com/fotos/1573.jpg)
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Great thread and some really nice images posted!
Here's some of mine.
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Prospect Park, Brooklyn NY (Canon G10)
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Guys some very nice here recently posted. Sam very nice. Wish I had some images that I could put up. But since the movie studios own the rights I can't share. But really like this Topic. JP
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Too many to comment on, but thanks for sharing them!
Mike.
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Interesting tone, Bill: would you mind revealing how you did it?
Jeremy
I used Silver Efex Pro (30 day trial version). Can't remember the specifics & the original file has been lost (Aperture crashed & I lost recently uploaded photos).
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I used Silver Efex Pro (30 day trial version). Can't remember the specifics & the original file has been lost (Aperture crashed & I lost recently uploaded photos).
I also use Silver Efex Pro in my B&W conversions. Try it for thirty days, you'll be hooked.
Sam
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Have you guys made a large print of these images using this software, are there any digital artifacts that show up. Thanks Tim
I also use Silver Efex Pro in my B&W conversions. Try it for thirty days, you'll be hooked.
Sam
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Have you guys made a large print of these images using this software, are there any digital artifacts that show up. Thanks Tim
In a word no. Inherent in any optimization workflow be it CS4 or NIK software is striking the balance of not overworking things while ehancing to your specific tastes. All photos even unaltered ones are interpretive. That being said beyond the usual controls of contrast, brightness etc. in Silver EFX pro are other wonderful creative controls such as structure (like a super ACR clarity slider) and film effects with graininess in stylizing. With softproofing and adequate profiling I have been quite happy with prints up to 17x22 on my Epson 3800 with both luster and matte type papers.
Sam
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Thought I would add some more tree and how you can use them to give a ground to your image. I also will share a wizard like trunk that is very much like lord of the rings. Tim
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Downtown Victoria this week (a gift for those suffering through the snowstorms out east).
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Some other recent tree shots:
Gargoyle
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Looking at the Moon
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Garry Oak
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Some nice work on this thread. Here's one from Fountains Abbey, North Yorkshire, England.
Graeme
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That's quite the root system. I wonder what the local fairy population thought when someone cut that down.
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I have not visited this thread in a while and all I can say is WOW!!! There are a lot of awesome trees here!
Here's one from Sunday morning - the rays of light were a delicate gift that went unnoticed until I got home and loaded my photos onto the computer.
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Lovely!
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Looks like it has been beaten by storms, its very stark surroundings. Like the openness of the shot. JP
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Here is one from Saturday morning in Big Cypress National Preserve:
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The fallen logs in the lower right and the fallen branches in the lower left lead the viewer into the scene very nicely. Another good one!
Eric
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The fallen logs in the lower right and the fallen branches in the lower left lead the viewer into the scene very nicely.
This is why I am a big fan of returning to the same places over and over again at different times of the year. A couple of months ago, those logs and branches were mostly submerged. The bases of the tree trunks were also further submerged, and it really made for a totally uninteresting photo. While we may not have the strong contrast of winter & summer like up north, the contrast between wet season and dry season can be quite dramatic.
This next spot was easy to get to now, as the ground is dry. I expect it will take real effort slogging through the water to get here 90 days from now. If I can stand the bugs, I'll try to photograph it again then.
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This is why I am a big fan of returning to the same places over and over again at different times of the year. A couple of months ago, those logs and branches were mostly submerged. The bases of the tree trunks were also further submerged, and it really made for a totally uninteresting photo. While we may not have the strong contrast of winter & summer like up north, the contrast between wet season and dry season can be quite dramatic.
This next spot was easy to get to now, as the ground is dry. I expect it will take real effort slogging through the water to get here 90 days from now. If I can stand the bugs, I'll try to photograph it again then.
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4006/4449480566_0ee52d88e6_o.jpg)
Lovely! (And I didn't have to fight the bugs to see it, thank you very much!)
Eric
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Went fishing this morning, but this was the Catch of the Day.
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Went fishing this morning, but this was the Catch of the Day.
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very nice - good "catch"
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Very nice. The tree looks delicate and alone, a survivor. The expanse of sky really reinforces the way I see the tree.
JMR
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You should always post them the idea is share, lessons, ideas and visualization. We are all in this together and should be inspired by your own work and others. Its a learning process, if you look at an image and can't learn something then your mind is closed. I often think about many things I have seen from what is posted here to mages, paintings and what I have seen being out and reflect upon those to construct my drawings ( which are horrible drawings) but it allows me to remember things that have awakened something in me and compose beautiful images. Great ideas and photographs are the gifts from the gods and must not be taken lightly but must be acted upon. No differ, than waiting for just that perfect intimate light that brings your image to new level. You must be able to pre-visualize what you want. I'll share with you a image I waited for 2.5 hours, Its not trees, but spring in California I wanted these beams to illuminate the hills and bring a dramatic effect to what would be a typical landscape otherwise.
By the way, Like the tree you shot. Alone and On the Edge were my favs.
Tim, I like the first three a lot. The stark minimalism of the first image's composition works nicely with the strong colour. The dogwood is simply such a phenomenal dogwood and the choice to use lunar illumination has given a deliciously soft light that allows the tree itself to glow. In the third, I am drawn to the strong verticals and the interplay between the vertical trunks and the cascading waters. The panorama crop with the birches in your follow up post strikes my fancy as well.
I am now totally confused as to whether I am expected to share or not. I too took the OPs request to see others' work literally. But, I can see that had been met with criticism upthread.
So, here are a few of my own; however, you have to click the links. A happy medium?
Hoh (http://www.iancoxleigh.com/photos/Hoh.jpg), Fallen (http://www.iancoxleigh.com/photos/Fallen.jpg), Climb (http://gallery.photo.net/photo/7321138-lg.jpg), Alone (http://gallery.photo.net/photo/7670341-lg.jpg), Bristlecone (http://gallery.photo.net/photo/7816329-lg.jpg)
Others:
Tenacity (http://gallery.photo.net/photo/6787281-lg.jpg), Piper (http://gallery.photo.net/photo/6406371-lg.jpg), At the Edge (http://gallery.photo.net/photo/9278234-lg.jpg), Poles (http://gallery.photo.net/photo/6604699-lg.jpg), Erratic (http://www.iancoxleigh.com/galleries/Landscapes%20B&W/photos/Hope_Erratic.jpg), Transfiguration (http://www.iancoxleigh.com/galleries/Landscapes%20B&W/photos/Transfiguration_Edit.jpg), Undulation (http://www.iancoxleigh.com/galleries/Landscapes%20B&W/photos/Undulation.jpg), Tillamook (http://www.iancoxleigh.com/galleries/Landscapes%20B&W/photos/DSC_3546_Edit.jpg)
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Tim, I have to say that image is amazing the way the light came down in little beams. I find it amazing seeing the level at which you keep shooting. I can't wait for the next workshop I get to take with you. Your lecture was fascinating and hope to see you soon on one of the classes.
Did you actually shoot that as you wanted to see it or pre-visualized it. Seems hard to me that you envision it and wait for it to come to light, excuse the pun. You sure are shooting at a different level. This is the best thread yet. Jp
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Hey I forgot to ask are the flowers at peak yet. I think I'll have a few days off coming soon and want to get out and shoot some of the cal blooms. I've heard that it was going to be a great year but have you noticed a difference. JP
Tim, I have to say that image is amazing the way the light came down in little beams. I find it amazing seeing the level at which you keep shooting. I can't wait for the next workshop I get to take with you. Your lecture was fascinating and hope to see you soon on one of the classes.
Did you actually shoot that as you wanted to see it or pre-visualized it. Seems hard to me that you envision it and wait for it to come to light, excuse the pun. You sure are shooting at a different level. This is the best thread yet. Jp
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Jamie, I'm going to start a new thread on spring bloom. So please lets move the spring to another site and keep this about Trres. Thanks Tim
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Jumping in a little late here. Some absolutly fantastic photography.
My shot with 10.5 fe is from the north woods of Pennsylvania.
Not a very good technical photograph,just a cool tree.
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Dan very interesting tree. I think you could make something out of that if there was some heavy fog. But what a unique tree. Tahnks for posting it. Tim
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I left the house at 5 am to visit a spot I'd been to before. It was worth it, I think.
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Well worth it! (But you won't get me up at that ungodly hour.)
Eric
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Not a very good technical photograph,just a cool tree.
Now that's a tree that wouldn't give up! Would make a good inspirational poster.
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Here is one from Saturday morning in Big Cypress National Preserve:
This is one of my favorite spots in the preserve. If you get there by sunrise, you hear all the critters waking and starting their morning chatter. Kind of spooky.
Definitely worth it in this case! Here's another (http://www.wolfnowl.com/our-stories/mikes-stories/gatineau-park/) (dawn story, not photograph).
Mike.
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Two more from Dartmoor, both near Wistman's Wood. The first is a set of three Rowans, the second a dead oak, typical of the stunted, wizened oaks in the area, constantly battered by SW winds.
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Two more from Dartmoor, both near Wistman's Wood. The first is a set of three Rowans, the second a dead oak, typical of the stunted, wizened oaks in the area, constantly battered by SW winds.
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These both fit well with Dartmoor's reputation as a spooky place. Nice!
Eric
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Found this tree on the edge of the Grand Canyon. After spending most of the day when the light was ugly, I walked along the edge with my hatred of heights keeping me from totally enjoying what I was experiencing. But as the hours went on my fear lessoned but still respectful of them I managed to find this beautiful bonsai looking tree that faced the right way for sunset. Enjoy. Hope life finds you all well. Tim
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Hi Tim: I would say it was worth the leap! (of faith, that is)
Mike.
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Thanks Mike, yes I had some tourists asking me if I could take their photo but when I see their kids within 2-4 feet of the cliff. My stomach was very sick and I could not photograph them and chewed them out.
But I did finally fall in love with the Grand Canyon. Will be going back to find more of these trees hanging there with grace. Tim
Hi Tim: I would say it was worth the leap! (of faith, that is)
Mike.
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Saw this snapshot taken a few years ago while looking at old files. Reminds me of a young "Ent"
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Some Infrared Trees...
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(http://www.timgrayphotography.com/galleries/20100411-highpark/content/bin/images/large/100228_6120_high_park.jpg)
(http://www.timgrayphotography.com/galleries/20100410-parrysound/content/bin/images/large/100402_6176__parrysound.jpg)
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those infrareds are stunning!
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OK, the tree's only a part of this one, but it is a tree!
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Some Infrared Trees...
(http://www.timgrayphotography.com/galleries/20100411-highpark/content/bin/images/large/100228_6092_high_parkAnd2more.jpg)
Tim...exquisite...ravishing bowstrokes of the viola da gamba...Sainte Colombe, Marin Marais...this cold and rainy night kept at distance by the tenderness, even as I look away...a flowing meditation, Patricia
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A trip on Sunday to Bicton Botanical Gardens Gardens, in Devon. Home to some fantastic trees & shrubs, including: a camilia that is normally a shrub, but this one has grown as a tree; the oldest wisteria in the world; the tallest Grecian fir ever recorded. Anyway, here's a selection of three photos. One just seemed to lend itself to a sepia treatment, but otherwise, my usual B&W.
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All I can say is I'm really glad I found this thread. Why are trees such good subjects? Here's one I took in Winnipeg in January. It was the first time I'd experienced such temperatures and seen hoar frost like this ...
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I wish I could take good forest shots like some of the previous posts. Mine seem to be flat and confused in comparison. Better keep trying I guess!
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It was the first time I'd experienced such temperatures and seen hoar frost like this ...
Terrified of catching whore frost, I have tended to live my life out of the jungles and in the sunshine.
Rob C
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Just back from a Texas workshop. Here is a tree sitting by all of his friends on a hillside. Tim
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Just back from a Texas workshop. Here is a tree sitting by all of his friends on a hillside. Tim
Now if only those trees could speak to the trees here in Ontario, we could have Spring meadow festival. Great shots. Love those billowy clouds.
JMR
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John, I always say to everyone who takes my workshops or travels with ask for it and will it to happen. But this is a tall order. I wish I could but I also had to leave the mountains of Southern California. I went to Texas who I'm working with on a very large project, they kept saying that I wouldn't get what i wanted which was these puffy white clouds with no wind and I kept saying I will, will it to happen and we did get it.
If you have never been there the old oaks are amazing. The flowers this year were great and very abundant nearly everywhere. Here are a couple of other tree that you will like. Hope things improve its cold back here on the mountain. Tim
www.galleryoftheamericanlandscape.com
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Those trees are amazing. You must be tree crazy, did you shoot anything but trees. They are sure nice images look forward to seeing more. JP
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Many of the wonderful shots on this thread seem so show the triumph of an individual tree over time and/or the elements. This tree, which I shot a number of years ago, had a different outcome. It conjured up a long and ultimately sad story for me when I came upon it on a street in San Francisco. Ironically, across the street was the panhandle of Golden Gate Park. But for a few feet of difference in where it was planted, it would have met a very different fate.
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Here's a tree that I think someone cut down. However, the tree refused to accept retirement.
I believe it is an Olive tree, on the grounds of a church in Tuscany.
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Eric
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Here's a tree that I think someone cut down. However, the tree refused to accept retirement.
I believe it is an Olive tree, on the grounds of a church in Tuscany.
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Eric
I feel for the tree in its retirement: just as with myself, the less the hair the more it stands out. But, can the tree tie a ponytail?
On another matter, 'they' tell you that you should never let the principal subject sit bang in the middle of a composition. You know what - 'they' are sometimes wrong: it really works.
Rob C
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That's some serious coppice growth you've got growing there. None of those branches will produce fruit. Trees need leaves for photosynthesis to survive, so it's send out these shoots to maximize exposure to sunlight. Interesting image, though.
Mike.
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Here's a recent one - Canada Plum, I believe.
Bill
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Not so much a tree as a bit of a tree - blossom on our (UK) native gean (cherry)
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Spring is here, but I'd like to share a winter view of some trees.
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Ronny
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Spring is here, but I'd like to share a winter view of some trees.
Ronny
Gorgeous shot, Ronny. Love to see a nice big print of this one.
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Gorgeous shot, Ronny. Love to see a nice big print of this one.
Likewise.
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Likewise.
It's wonderful...I left it up on one of the large monitors while I was editing and kept looking back at it to rest my eyes...the focus keeps changing almost as if I were out in that luminous (cold?) light...and trees appeared as I changed my gaze...I really like this one a lot for many reasons...Pat
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It's wonderful...I left it up on one of the large monitors while I was editing and kept looking back at it to rest my eyes...the focus keeps changing almost as if I were out in that luminous (cold?) light...and trees appeared as I changed my gaze...I really like this one a lot for many reasons...Pat
Thank you all three for the comments. It's was indeed a cold day, -16 degrees C, and the light was constantly changing because of the fog. "Bad" weather usually gives interesting photographs.
Ronny
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Thank you all three for the comments. It's was indeed a cold day, -16 degrees C, and the light was constantly changing because of the fog. "Bad" weather usually gives interesting photographs.
Ronny
...looking at this one again this morning...am I the only one for whom the various trees seem to come into and out of focus and central draw as you allow your gaze to float around in this image...it's the most interesting experience....now I like it even more because I am unable to rationalize what is happening...Pat
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...looking at this one again this morning...am I the only one for whom the various trees seem to come into and out of focus and central draw as you allow your gaze to float around in this image...it's the most interesting experience....now I like it even more because I am unable to rationalize what is happening...Pat
I'm in the process of putting together a folio which contain this image. The folio is not finished yet, but the PDF presentation is more or less finished and have images of higher resolution. So if anybody want to see the image in full screen mode, it can be seen in this PDf file (6.4 MB):
Gjømlevatnet PDF (http://www.ronnynilsen.com/Folios/Gjomlevatnet/Gjomlevatnet.pdf)
The other images in the folio is also mostly trees, so it's sort of on topic.
Ronny
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Thanks Ronny. Best I've seen in a while. A very calming effect, which is rare.
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Thanks Ronny. Best I've seen in a while. A very calming effect, which is rare.
Yes, the sun is trying to break out. Orange-white hues and frost, a wonderfully captured combination.
JMR
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Verdant green, part of spring!
JMR
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Trees are one of my favorite subjects and this thread is a tree photography heaven... lots of beautiful work. This is a link to my series of trees shot at night:Nocturnal Botanica (http://www.bernardwolf.com/nocturnalbotanica.html)
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I'm in the process of putting together a folio which contain this image. The folio is not finished yet, but the PDF presentation is more or less finished and have images of higher resolution. So if anybody want to see the image in full screen mode, it can be seen in this PDf file (6.4 MB):
Gjømlevatnet PDF (http://www.ronnynilsen.com/Folios/Gjomlevatnet/Gjomlevatnet.pdf)
The other images in the folio is also mostly trees, so it's sort of on topic.
Ronny
Ronny,
Your folio is absolutely gorgeous. Congratulations!
Eric
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Trees are one of my favorite subjects and this thread is a tree photography heaven... lots of beautiful work. This is a link to my series of trees shot at night:Nocturnal Botanica (http://www.bernardwolf.com/nocturnalbotanica.html)
That's a fascinating series.
Eric
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Ronny,
Your folio is absolutely gorgeous. Congratulations!
Eric
Thank you! Putting a folio together is more time consuming than I believed when I started some months ago.
Ronny
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Thank you! Putting a folio together is more time consuming than I believed when I started some months ago.
Ronny
Ronny from a tree shooter to you. Very nice image, looks like Thayer painting. Who I love and study alot to shoot my photos. Tim
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I usually find that I have more success with dead trees, which is rather unfortunate. Here's one from my last short trip.
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Cheers
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(http://www.justan-elk.com/Images/Forest/TimeLapseInMay.jpg)
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One from Moddershall, Staffordshire, UK taken 3 1/2 years ago.
Graeme
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I thought I would add some new tee images taken recently with a Horseman 617 camera and Velvia 50 film.
I hope you enjoy these images.
Steven
Visit My Website (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Some nice work, Steven. Thanks for sharing them!
Mike.
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Hi Mike
Thanks for the kind feedback.
Steven
Visit My Website (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Some nice work, Steven. Thanks for sharing them!
Mike.
Yes, nice work.
Eric
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Stevenf,
Some amazing photos there, I'm particularly impressed by those of the tree on the lake. I have shot this same tree (though not in autumn yet) more than once and these photos you show completely blow away anything that i managed to get out of the water. Very inspiring... the same can be said with so many other shots from this thread..... thanks all for sharing.
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Steve good to see your new photo's. One day the two tree photographers will have to go shoot together. Well you know which ones I like. Let's chat soon. Tim
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Hi SteveButel and Tim
Thanks for the kind feedback. I printed the first two for a show 23" x 69" - the jpegs don't really do them justice as you already know. I have printed some of my previous posted tree images 30" x 90" and for one client 43" x 129". When the prints get larger in size you really feel like you are in the forest.
Tim I have been swamped with printing for shows. I should start to be free sometime this week - I will try to give you a call.
Steven
Visit My Website (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Great detail in the B&W, but I prefer the second one. The OOF leaves in the background remind me remind me of a flock of birds lifting off from the water in a flutter of wings.
Mike.
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Oh heavens, I've only just discovered this thread. My excuse is that I've been out photographing rocks.
Apart from some wonderful photographs here, there are some profound lessons in the art of photography.
If I may come and play too, here are some of mine. I see some colour shifts in the conversion to srgb (or perhaps to jpegs), so please excuse those.
Like many things in the world, trees can be beautiful, but sometimes beauty can be unsettling, and in one or two of these images I've tried to bring this out. And in some I've just had some fun.
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Oh heavens, I've only just discovered this thread. My excuse is that I've been out photographing rocks.
Apart from some wonderful photographs here, there are some profound lessons in the art of photography.
If I may come and play too, here are some of mine. I see some colour shifts in the conversion to srgb (or perhaps to jpegs), so please excuse those.
Like many things in the world, trees can be beautiful, but sometimes beauty can be unsettling, and in one or two of these images I've tried to bring this out. And in some I've just had some fun.
Some wonderful shots - I particularly love the first and second.
Your shepherding skills (#2) are quite remarkable, as well: you must have a hell of a sheepdog :-)
Jeremy
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I'd completely forgotten that about this photo. Taken December 2006, Moddershall, Staffs, 20D, 1/20 sec, f5.6, ISO 3200, handheld, camera shake, noise and probably out of focus. Quite pleased with it.
Graeme
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Some wonderful shots - I particularly love the first and second.
Your shepherding skills (#2) are quite remarkable, as well: you must have a hell of a sheepdog :-)
Jeremy
Thank you Jeremy. I have something better than a sheepdog: I have a virtual sheepdog courtesy of Adobe :-)
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At Holden Arboretum, I thought this tree was coming after me![attachment=22916:walking....5225_lzn.jpg]
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At Holden Arboretum, I thought this tree was coming after me!
A good Hallowe'en shot for sure! And David, some great work. The way some of those trees are bent, it's a wonder you weren't simply blown away while making the images!
Mike.
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David some very weird images you shot in a odd place. But I like them. Would like to go there and see what I could do with a place like that. Thanks for posting them. T
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David some very weird images you shot in a odd place. But I like them. Would like to go there and see what I could do with a place like that. Thanks for posting them. T
Thank you for taking the time to look Tim. I was visiting a friend in Wales recently and we went out shooting locally all day, and he knew exactly where to be and at what time to get some really nice landscapes. I have been wondering if I could do that here and what is truly iconic about New Zealand landscape. I find it really hard to see with new eyes what is around me all the time. Anyway, once I got past sheep, my answer to what is iconic here is spooky windblown macrocarpas. So I am combining the two. I was originally going to call the series “The secret lives of sheep”, but some images are turning out weird enough to stand alone I think. The first one is at davidsutton.naturescapes.net under “Symmetromania”. I haven't been there for a while and need to delete the also-rans.
The first two and numbers 5 and 6 were shot around Slope point in the Catlins and the west side of Invercagill. Number six I straightened the trees a little, as in print they didn't look believable. I need to get back there again, as you never know with farmland whether the trees will still be there if the farmer has had extra orders for firewood.
David
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I'd completely forgotten that about this photo. Taken December 2006, Moddershall, Staffs, 20D, 1/20 sec, f5.6, ISO 3200, handheld, camera shake, noise and probably out of focus. Quite pleased with it.
Graeme
I like it, flaws and all. The arrangement of the three bands really helps to brings out the almost delicate-like isolation of the tree in the context of the colour haze and fog.
JMR
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Matt, I like the person looking tree. I recently was down in Texas and shot some trees that look like a fantasy elephant, rooster and a pelican. I will post them when I get some time. I just moved the first green gallery in the world. After being in one place for 10 years it was a monster job. Tim
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A couple of winter evening shots, Seven Sisters, Quantock Hills. The 'Seven Sisters' were seven (surprisingly) beech trees that stood on a prominent hill. Age has reduced their number & a new stand of trees is now growing, though somewhat more that seven this time.
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A couple of winter evening shots, Seven Sisters, Quantock Hills.
Some nice work Bill. The first one seems to me to be a little too dark in the foreground - missing detail and not a silhouette, but somewhere in between. Love the second one though.
Mike.
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I'll have a fiddle. With the photo, obviously. See what I can do about the foreground
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here are some more photos of trees.
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Really like the first one, Tim. It says 'Northwest' to me, and, well, that's where I live!
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What I find interesting is that you shoot for elegance. Its a bit hard to understand the way you shoot but its not like anything I've seen. Everything is so perfect. Hard to imagine you find these. Is there anyway you can break this down for us. I've shown these images to directors and they say you see differently and they are highly thought out to create this effect. Can you elaborate. The first is elegant and romantic was this planned. The second is bold yet interestingly elegant in the soft light and the third is warm, soothing and very has a quiet feeling. Can you tell me these are all planned and how do you do this.
I just saw your new gallery in Big Bear, its amazing the images are printed to such perfection its hard to believe. Bt the way who taught you to print. JP
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The first one was shot at 30 seconds to create a heavier than normal fog. My goal was to create a very elegant and romantic feeling. The dogwoods create the elegant feeling because they glow in almost any kind of light. THe light on the tree was very low and the background was nothing to jump up and down about. The best thing about fog is you can wait until it blocks out what you don't want to see and create the mood and effect you want. Hope that helps will elaborate on the others later. Tim
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The dogwoods image is one of your best, IMHO.
Eric
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Evening light on a pair of oak trees
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Really nice Bill. One could probably invest a lot of time in this and get no better result, but I'd be tempted to darken the clouds a bit behind the left tree and maybe bring out a bit more detail from the mountain...
Mike.
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Just posted some tree photos on my blog and I realised once again that they were dead trees. Oh well here's four of them.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TIR6ZSuqfAI/AAAAAAAAAfU/giGcikwic7A/s1600/windamere_01.jpg)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TIR56BDnCNI/AAAAAAAAAes/W8SenYJroxI/s1600/windamere_05.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TIR51yVLS8I/AAAAAAAAAek/HjPqAQ8VCbM/s1600/windamere_06.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TIR5_aBLVTI/AAAAAAAAAe0/uaahOhx2zAo/s1600/windamere_04.jpg)
Cheers,
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Interesting work, Tom. The first if my favourite, although if I was going to be VERY picky I'd clone out the shadow at the top right edge. YMMV!
Mike.
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Then there always is my virtual exhibition Dead trees at sunset which can be seen here:
http://www.tombrown.id.au/landscape2/dead_trees/album/index.html
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Eric, Glad you like the images.
Chairmen Bill. I would love to see the shot taken from farther to the left and get rid of the sky but keep the lighting. I can't help but get lost in the structure of the trees, but the sky pulls my eyes up and a way from the magnificent trees.
If you ever get the chance would love to see it. That's a rare scene and backdrop. Tim
Here is few more that were shot last year. T
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Tim, love #2 and #3.
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Here is few more that were shot last year. T
Tim, I like the second a lot but I wonder if it wouldn't benefit if it were cropped at the left-hand side. There's a large area of white there which (at least in the jpeg) has no or very little detail and seems to me to detract from the lovely colours and the wispy mist.
Just a thought...
Jeremy
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The first one doesn't do much for me either, but I like the second and third. Not sure about the crop... it is a lot of 'empty space', but at the same time it leaves one wondering what's out there across the water.
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The whitish with a hint of blue on the left hand side allows the images to have a start and a finish to it. I always compose my images with a start and finish. Something I believe allows the viewer of my exhibition images to feel they can walk into one side and travel thru to the other. Mike you absolutely right it makes you wonder what's out there. All to many times photographers crop to tight and lose that mystery. A photograph must have room to breath and communicate with the spectator.
This new one is also stitched. I waited until the fog blocked the uglier trees in the background. So it would feel very romantic. The image was scouted to days before so when the fog came in I canoed across the pond and set up for the fog.
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Boab Prison Tree, Western Australia. Said to be about 1500 years old it was used as a temporary prison for aboriginies whilst they were being transported. Oh, and it's not dead.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TJlEyenOjMI/AAAAAAAAApU/5Azdg2Q2b2E/s1600/prison_tree.jpg)
Cheers,
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I'm on a trip in the White Mountains and Maine. Will be posting some more new ones very soon but here is a older but recently got around to printing the image.
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A couple from last week, Quantock Hills, Somerset.
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Weeping willow with crow:
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Sony A700 + CZ135/1.8
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Some very inspiring images in this thread. Steven Friedman's in particular. Thank you
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Hi Nass
Thanks for the kind words. Here are some new images taken in late August with a Horseman 617 camera with Velvia 50 film.
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Here are a few more and a rainbow just for fun.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Ya call those trees?!?!?!?!? ;D Ya I know, I've worked up north myself. Been a while since I used Velvia. Really does push up the colour. Some great work, though!!
Mike.
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The dwarf birch and bear berry were very red for about two days of our sixteen day trip. It was amazing to see.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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And now for something completely different. Elephant trees, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TMYQ5K1ojZI/AAAAAAAAAuY/kBbnAgQXhJ4/s1600/topiary.jpg)
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What an ugly effing place, Tom!
It happens like that often: home sweet home turns out much better than you thought.
Rob C
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Winter winds have stripped the leaves from these Beech trees on Dartmoor. In more sheltered spots, the leaves will survive the winter, only falling when the new buds forces them off.
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I like it. Bleak and desolate but quite beautiful.
Eric
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Some dead trees at sunset, Yarrawonga-Mulwala and Kununurra.
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TMpLImDo2UI/AAAAAAAAAwQ/NAhjRc2hN5I/s1600/dead_trees_07.JPG)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TMpLomyLlOI/AAAAAAAAAwY/OsZX0vf67UU/s1600/dead_trees_09.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TMpLO8HfUgI/AAAAAAAAAwU/a0g7Ya_UHes/s1600/dead_trees_08.jpg)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TMpLxX49vlI/AAAAAAAAAwc/xHhBVjb-1R4/s1600/dead_trees_15.jpg)
Cheers,
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Really like the abstract shapes and subtle tones of the first one...
Mike.
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I just hope nobody gets mad at me for resurrecting this old thread... with a bush.
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It's too bad the right foreground is OOF, but I love the roots and the textures of the needles in mid-frame to background.
Mike.
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It's too bad the right foreground is OOF, but I love the roots and the textures of the needles in mid-frame to background.
Mike.
Yes, now that you mention it, I cannot get my eyes out of that OOF zone...
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(Responding to the initial post) The Mono Lake image at the top is very cool. The color is just amazing.
I'm sure you and others have thought of this, but I think you have two images in one.
The driftwood and it's reflection could be cropped and work really well as a stand-alone. You could crop the
shot so the driftwood isn't centered, perhaps more to camera right.
the background looks a bit soft - did you intend that?
David Saffir
GuruShots Photo Critique (http://www.gurushots.com)
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Yes, now that you mention it, I cannot get my eyes out of that OOF zone...
No, no, no, NO!
That's a psychological stance akin to working with one arm tied behind one's back! Differential focussing is a fine art (?) and it works very well; it's the roots that are the subject, not the irrelevant but unremovable shrubs in front of them! The blur's very lack of obvious detail instantly leads the eye to the main subject.
The only reason you can't avoid seeing the out-of-focus thing now is because you have been made conscious of it as a fault, which to me, at least, it most certainly is not. I never read a photographic law or principle that stated thou shalt render all crisp, from the far reaches of heaven to closest hell!
It works just fine!
Rob C
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Rob C, while I agree with you in principle when I look at the image the thing that "bothers me" is not so much that the lower branches are out of focus, but the contrast between the lower ones being out of focus and the ones above being in focus. Obviously in the given situation not a lot can be done about it, and indeed the roots as the main subject have a very pleasing structure and texture.
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NO I really believe its perfect the way it is. Remember your judging a Jpeg.
This image was scouted the night before, to be shot if the sunrise with the high cirrus clouds were to create the color. This image was shot in 1985 with 4x5 camera with a 90 super wide 90mm lens while standing in the water in the middle of winter. Since I had to stand there without movings or creating a ripple. You only get one shot to do it right. I believe it plays very well in the middle. I saw it, studied it and drew it as it was captured. The only thing I play with is the cropping at the bottom. If you crop in a little on the branch it makes your eye go upward and if you crop with lots of room your eye travel around the image. They both play well, and I have shown both worldwide.
To answer the focus its tack sharp in the back. But I'm glad you liked it. Its my very first color image I ever shot and looks great in B&W also. Thanks Tim
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NO I really believe its perfect the way it is. Remember your judging a Jpeg.
This image was scouted the night before, to be shot if the sunrise with the high cirrus clouds were to create the color. This image was shot in 1985 with 4x5 camera with a 90 super wide 90mm lens while standing in the water in the middle of winter. Since I had to stand there without movings or creating a ripple. You only get one shot to do it right. I believe it plays very well in the middle. I saw it, studied it and drew it as it was captured. The only thing I play with is the cropping at the bottom. If you crop in a little on the branch it makes your eye go upward and if you crop with lots of room your eye travel around the image. They both play well, and I have shown both worldwide.
To answer the focus its tack sharp in the back. But I'm glad you liked it. Its my very first color image I ever shot and looks great in B&W also. Thanks Tim
I agree with you Tim. It's the interaction between the driftwood and the distant shore that makes the composition. Separating the two into different images would give you two weaker images in place of one strong one, IMHO. Beautiful!
Eric
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The "Leaning Trees" of Greenough, Western Australia get their characteristic lean because of constant strong southerly winds.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TOxGzOL6zPI/AAAAAAAAAyE/Z8TTC6UzzqI/s1600/leaning_tree.jpg)
Cheers,
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The "Leaning Trees" of Greenough, Western Australia get their characteristic lean because of constant strong southerly winds.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TOxGzOL6zPI/AAAAAAAAAyE/Z8TTC6UzzqI/s1600/leaning_tree.jpg)
Cheers,
That's not leaning, that's genuflecting. Or rather, groveling! Amazingly obsequious tree!
Eric
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One sees trees like that in the high arctic, only much smaller - basically anything that pokes up gets frozen or bitten off by the wind.
Nice shot, BTW!
Mike.
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The trees are very close to the WA coastline which faces the Indian Ocean. The next land is way across to South Africa. To give a clue as to the strength of the winds, it takes 5 hours to fly Sydney to Perth and 4 hours to fly Perth to Sydney.
Cheers,
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No, no, no, NO!
That's a psychological stance akin to working with one arm tied behind one's back! Differential focussing is a fine art (?) and it works very well; it's the roots that are the subject, not the irrelevant but unremovable shrubs in front of them! The blur's very lack of obvious detail instantly leads the eye to the main subject.
The only reason you can't avoid seeing the out-of-focus thing now is because you have been made conscious of it as a fault, which to me, at least, it most certainly is not. I never read a photographic law or principle that stated thou shalt render all crisp, from the far reaches of heaven to closest hell!
It works just fine!
Rob C
The fact is that this time I intended to separate the roots from the leaves using the luminosity, not the depth of field; so that OOF zone is somehow a failure (¿or perhaps an "unintended success"?). But I agree with you: the image works for me too, and that is what counts; I still consider it "a keeper". Thanks.
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The trees are very close to the WA coastline which faces the Indian Ocean. The next land is way across to South Africa. To give a clue as to the strength of the winds, it takes 5 hours to fly Sydney to Perth and 4 hours to fly Perth to Sydney.
Cheers,
Tom, is that taking time zones into account?
Rob C
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Yep, taking time zones into account. The last time I flew to Perth the plane flew almost to Melbourne to get the best winds before it flew west. That is about 1000 km and an hour flying time.
Cheers,
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Yep, taking time zones into account. The last time I flew to Perth the plane flew almost to Melbourne to get the best winds before it flew west. That is about 1000 km and an hour flying time.
Cheers,
What is needed is a cabbage diet and afterburners. Cut through any pesky outer winds like a Sabre jet!
Rob C
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It's late spring and the jackarandas are looking stunning. I pass a row of about a dozen trees as I walk to work. I keep being tempted to take a shot. Unfortunately the sight of a middle aged man poking his camera over the fence of a girl's high school is frowned upon for some strange reason.
The only image of a jackaranda was taken in Newtown after I visited the Blue Moon festival. The festival was a mixture of goths and halloween.
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TO7gUCC1bbI/AAAAAAAAAyg/Q9Z2vWef_5g/s1600/jackaranda.jpg)
Images from the festival can be seen here:
http://www.tombrown.id.au/eclectic/halloween/album/index.html
Cheers,
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tom, your shot brought back memories of an old one from me (April 2006) in Clinton NJ.
After I looked it up it's completely different, but still:
(http://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/200604/PEG00034320060423LR/311940368_tR8PA-O.jpg) (http://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/200604/5154193_chTnt#311940368_tR8PA-A-LB)
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Here is one from last winter, I like this a lot, but are unsure if it works for anybody else.
(http://)
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Here is one from one of my workshops that we shot. What I tell everyone take some time out to look at what other are doing who exhibit there work. Look for composition and structure to the trees and landscape. Trees must have a style like a bonsai. In most cases. Look for a beginning to your shot and ending. Find a balance, let the force flow. Tim
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Last year was my first winter in Victoria. It snowed one day in March, for about 10 minutes in the afternoon. This year we got hit with an 'early' snowfall of a few cm. I put 'early' in quotes because in some places I've lived we had over a metre before Hallowe'en.
Anyway, one of my favourite local sites is a place called 'Christmas Hill', so I went up there for a walk yesterday:
Christmas Hill
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5209/5210520299_c58986fbdc_b.jpg)
Sentinel
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4154/5210522359_c422dbde7b_b.jpg)
Arbutus (Pacific Madrone)
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5245/5210524353_7d0e20ae61_b.jpg)
Mike.
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Mike, I do quite like number 2.
Here's one of mine
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That's a real beauty Chairman Bill, I really like how you've "caught" the light in there!
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We've had snow pretty early this year. These from this afternoon,
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Great light in that first one, Bill!
Mike.
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Thanks for the comments. Some from this afternoon - Quantock Hills, a spot known as The Seven Sisters. The original seven are now reduced to three (see the B&W), with a new circle of trees planted to replace them. Rather more than seven this time around. I wonder if the name will change? The odd-one-out was taken on the walk up.
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And one more,
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Lovely bunch, Bill, and great light.
Eric
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I was creating a collection in Bridge of my city images when I came upon these shots. Taken in the Botanical Gardens the lumps look like fruit however they're not.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TPW1Gi01VvI/AAAAAAAAA0w/txnp-F26zeA/s1600/flying_foxes_01.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TPW0_SPtxhI/AAAAAAAAA0s/ZyqEKHTJiMg/s1600/flying_foxes_02.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TPW05eNpj4I/AAAAAAAAA0o/1zTFK9_E6Mc/s1600/flying_foxes_03.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TPW00SL4C3I/AAAAAAAAA0k/v4jwAm5q9dk/s1600/flying_foxes_04.jpg)
Yes of course they are flying foxes which have taken up home in the gardens by the thousands. It's a sight to see them leaving the gardens around sunset.
Cheers,
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The Cazneaux Tree. The original photograph of the tree was taken by Harold Cazneaux in 1937. It's good to see the tree was still standing 70 years later.
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TP7W7bJNJkI/AAAAAAAAA1A/uSbpVdrq6eA/s1600/caz.jpg)
Cheers,
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Looks like an interesting tree! Would be nice to see all of it...
Mike.
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I've just had a job transfer so things have been a bit unsettled.
The full view of the tree looks like this…
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TSZI62JHVcI/AAAAAAAAA1k/nTVfZHk2l9g/s1600/cas2.jpg)
The original image looks like this…
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TSZIcOnAGSI/AAAAAAAAA1g/zB7q9dsb7ck/s1600/caz_mem.jpg)
Cheers,
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Yup, that's a great tree!
Mike.
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Yup, that's a great tree!
Mike.
+1
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I finally read the memorial and was surprised to see that Dick Smith was his grandson. Dick had a series of shops the equivalent of Radio Shack in Australia. He is also involved with Australian Geographic. I recently picked up a copy of a book celebrating 25 years of Australian Geographic, scattered throughout the pages of the book were images by LuLas Nick Rains. I mention that because when I had a look on his web site there was an image of the Cazneaux Tree. Here…
http://www.nickrains.com/index.php?option=com_phocagallery&view=category&id=2:landscape&Itemid=28
Unfortunately he has spelled it incorrectly, Nick?
Cheers,
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I just heard today that trees on the local hills (Quantocks & Exmoor) are infected with Sudden Oak Death, caused by a fungus, Phytophthora ramorum. Massive tree clearances are now under way. It's believed that an imported US plant introduced the fungus, kicking off in Cornwall & blown here by the prevailing SW wind. I just hope there'll be some trees left to photograph.
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We've been dealing with SOD for years in Texas. Fortunately, it doesn't seem to kill all of them. Genetic diversity or luck i guess.
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I just hope that the local beeches escape unscathed
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The SOD you refer to is that the disease killing the Oaks in Texas. Been seeing alot of that over the past few years and spreading. Do you live there. You have a magical spring bloom. I'm doing the 175th anniversary book for Texas and exhibit. T
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Good image, Bill. Really like the 'almost' symmetry you've captured here.
Mike.
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Thanks Mike.
Tim, no, not Texas. I live in Somerset, SW England. It's suspected that the SOD originated from an imported US plant though
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from NPS site -
It is believed, although not confirmed, that the pathogen arrived on ornamental plants from eastern Asia via the international nursery trade [1, 2].
http://www.nps.gov/redw/naturescience/sod.htm
http://www.suddenoakdeath.org/
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Well, where ever it came from, I wish it would sod off back home
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+1
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I slowly getting around to the fall images that I shot last Autumn. Here is a couple new ones. I have been waiting 3 years to shoot this set of trees. Finally weather, wind and peak fall came together to shoot this nice set of trees. Tim
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Great colours, Tim. I'm sure the small .jpg files don't do them justice.
Mike.
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An oak in Paris Texas. Bruce
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Tim, those colours are beautiful.
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Here is a recent shot of mine, from Southwest Portugal. I was going back home after an afternoon of some great photography on the beach, when I spotted this one.
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Obviously, an invitation to plant one of mine.
However, it's probably older than I and certainly has seen more of life walking past... I base that assumption on its look of absolute depression. It was shot on flm - probably HP4 Plus - some many years ago, and one of the last films I tried to push through the soup in Spain. Or anywhere else, for that matter. It's still doing its best to come alive every year, but sea air and vandals don't help much.
I wonder why it reminds me of Avedon's rural American People saga, even thought there isn't a roll of Colorama in sight...
Rob C
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I thought I would post an article I recently wrote for Pro Nature Photography with 12 panoramas of trees. I hope you find it interesting.
Steven
http://www.pronaturephotographer.com/2010/12/profolios-steven-friedmans-wide-world-of-panorama-s/ (http://www.pronaturephotographer.com/2010/12/profolios-steven-friedmans-wide-world-of-panorama-s/)
My Website:
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Amazing work, Steven! Thanks for the link!
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I'm usually hangin' around lurking, but I've finally decided to make a post and share one of my tree images with you all. This image was taken this past Fall, at a forest preserve near where I live. I consider myself an Architectural and Corporate photographer but have always loved landscape photography.
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Hi Glenn, and welcome to the list! Looks like a beautiful place to be...
Mike.
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Thanks Mike, glad to be here!
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Love the gnarly shapes of garry oak trees...
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5020/5393677126_9257743ea9_o.jpg)
Mike.
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Wonderful Images Tim! I'm not normally drawn to color images, but yours are different. It was an absolute joy to scan the images from your website. Someday I hope to have a portfolio with the depth of yours.
www.jhemphillphotography.com (http://www.jhemphillphotography.com) www.jhemphillphotography.com
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James, thank you. I think most photographers don't understand just how hard it is to find nature in its most intimate beauty. I have shot Black in White forever and still do. But my website has not been updated in some time. But soon will be redoing my website and try to make it right. I have long struggled to find perfection in chaos. Nature always will throw a curve ball. Color is like facing a slider, curve ball and a riser in the same pitch. Because usually if the composition is great the color sucks. I always say a great color image is a great black and white images in disguise.
I find there is an amazing amount of preparation needed to execute every image the way I pre-visualize it. If I get down in your neck of the woods I give you a ring. Tim
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This is a great thread. Thanks for starting it and for the stunning images contributed so far. Here is my contribution. All and any feedback very welcome!
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Some nice work - thanks for sharing them!
Mike.
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Allstair, like what you have done here very nice. T
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Allstair, like what you have done here very nice. T
I agree. I particularly like the second, although in my usual misanthropic way, I'd like it more without the people in it! Where did you ake these?
Jeremy
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I agree. I particularly like the second, although in my usual misanthropic way, I'd like it more without the people in it! Where did you ake these?
Jeremy
Thank you Tim and Jeremy. These were all taken within walking distance of our home in Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire. The one you like is of the Tring Resevoirs and the people are fishing. I love the delicate winter treeline in this one.
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Nice shots Alistair and Mike. Don't know why I never get motivated to shoot trees unless its winter in upstate NY.(http://samwardphoto.com/p570634999/e1b24df29)(http://samwardphoto.com/p570634999/ef789361)(http://[http://samwardphoto.com/p570634999/e39d9d63)
Sam
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Sorry meant to post as links and not images. Maybe to much bouncing around on snowmobiles in freezing temps to get these shots.
Sam
http://samwardphoto.com/p570634999/e39d9d63 (http://samwardphoto.com/p570634999/e39d9d63)
http://samwardphoto.com/p570634999/ef789361 (http://samwardphoto.com/p570634999/ef789361)
http://samwardphoto.com/p570634999/e1b24df29 (http://samwardphoto.com/p570634999/e1b24df29)
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Well, I thought I will add one of mine as well :) - shot a few days ago near home...
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5256/5394039596_b9d3784506_b.jpg)
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I like it alot. Very nice. Love the big open space. It gives it alot of room to breath!!!!
I would only make one little point remove those weeds in the lower left and light line near the bottom.
Others needs to see this use of space, all to often I see too many images cropped to tight. Kudo's
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Thanks tim. Prior to cropping, I thought long and hard about those "weeds" on the bottom left. I left it for two reasons - a) The scene is mostly white - from snow. While there is a bit of texture on the land, it is hard to see with all that white all over. I left the "weed" to give that sense of land, and that the trees are not just floating...in the middle of nowhere...
b) To add perspective - to establish near-far & indirectly a sense of distance to the trees based on our knowledge of how tall the grass naturally is....
But I see your point. In the sense of minimalistic artistry - the weed is "clutter". I will possibly have a version 2 of this with and without for the sake of zen & michael kenna :)
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I love Kenna's work thinking the same thing. But I have shot dunes for 20 plus years and have the same issue. If it moves your eyes away from the magic let it be gone. T
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Nice shot! I agree with many of the others...I would eliminate the weeds. I would also consider taking out the line below the trees and cropping a good deal of the bottom out leaving an even bigger expanse of sky. Just a thought.
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@Alistair, fantastic images, I love them all. In particular, I love the second image and think the person in it adds a nice touch, kudos to you!
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I've just started a new job in Woolloomooloo which is a twenty minute walk from the CBD in Sydney.This will provide me with plenty of opportunities for street and urban landscape photography. These images are from the Royal Botanical Gardens on a very hot day, we're in the the middle of the hottest week in Sydney for a while. I've got just over two years to get to know the area and I'm looking forward to the ample opportunities that this area offers.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TUm3tpd19aI/AAAAAAAAA3o/ItqKSo2hZZ8/s1600/trees_01.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TUm3mV2d8wI/AAAAAAAAA3k/pxtUwFzf7Zs/s1600/trees_02.jpg)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ffdIOaF8Hrg/TUm3e9OSC9I/AAAAAAAAA3g/iYqyAQ0WoBo/s1600/trees_01.jpg)
Cheers,
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Wow, Tim, I love that tree in the 1st and 3rd image.
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Even though I love landscape photography, I don't have a lot of landscape images, let alone a whole bunch of trees...just thought I'd throw out another one of the few that I do have. Thanks!
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2737/4540540871_a8a4536d8c_z.jpg)
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4041/4541174302_ac2feae02f_z.jpg)
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A veritable forest of good tree photos here recently! Thanks for the treats.
Eric
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Whoa, Chairman Bill...first image, GREAT shot!!! Reminds me of something I seem to forget too often...to look UP!!
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I've started noticing something since trying to find tree images for this thread...my tree images all seem to look like they have the same vantage point/perspective to me. I definitely need to change it up...thanks to all of you for posting your images and giving me inspiration!
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Some very good work here, folks. Thanks for sharing them!
Mike.
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...from Trentino (Italy):
#1
(http://web.mac.com/frieri/img/L1000224px.jpg)
#2
(http://web.mac.com/frieri/img/EPS0336p.jpg)
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This is really a great thread - fabulous trees from all over the world.
Here are a few from my favorite patch of the earth, the Everglades.
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5137/5421046037_d96495c6f6_o.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/msmambo/5421046037/)
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5136/5417029555_95ff93859f_o.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/msmambo/5417029555/)
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5091/5417028753_796ae8d993_o.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/msmambo/5417028753/)
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Really like the B&W one with the Spanish moss hanging from the branches.
Mike.
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I do not know how I missed this thread for so long, but here is my modest contribution:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3013/3099832585_2e161e857c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/slobodan_blagojevic/3099832585/)
Grand Teton (http://www.flickr.com/photos/slobodan_blagojevic/3099832585/) by Slobodan Blagojevic (http://www.flickr.com/people/slobodan_blagojevic/), on Flickr
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3584/3357417288_a7e65a8622.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/slobodan_blagojevic/3357417288/)
Yellowstone (http://www.flickr.com/photos/slobodan_blagojevic/3357417288/) by Slobodan Blagojevic (http://www.flickr.com/people/slobodan_blagojevic/), on Flickr
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Hi,
No reason to be modest, great pictures!
Best regards
Erik
]I do not know how I missed this thread for so long, but here is my modest contribution:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3013/3099832585_1298e4520a_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/slobodan_blagojevic/3099832585/)
Grand Teton (http://www.flickr.com/photos/slobodan_blagojevic/3099832585/) by Slobodan Blagojevic (http://www.flickr.com/people/slobodan_blagojevic/), on Flickr
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3584/3357417288_a7e65a8622_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/slobodan_blagojevic/3357417288/)
Yellowstone (http://www.flickr.com/photos/slobodan_blagojevic/3357417288/) by Slobodan Blagojevic (http://www.flickr.com/people/slobodan_blagojevic/), on Flickr
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The good stuff just keeps on coming!
Great pix, everyone.
Eric
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I'm with Eric - great work!
Mike.
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I do not know how I missed this thread for so long, but here is my modest contribution:
Not modest, Slobodan. The first in particular is a cracker!
Jeremy
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@TokenGirl, you've got some really great work...really interesting!
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@Slobodan, Really interesting images...I really like the second shot.
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Here are a couple of my favorite tree compositions.
(http://marcshaffer.net/portfolio-2010/Winter-Canaan-Mtn-30d_0021-l0034-light-FLAT-SMALL-ver003_1.jpg)
(http://marcshaffer.net/portfolio-2010/Eastern-Neck-WR-30D-2665-2714-2x17%2b1-b%26w-cropped2_1.jpg)
(http://marcshaffer.net/portfolio-2010/ferns-in-woods-pano-2x12_1.jpg)
(http://www.marcshaffer.net/portfolio-2010/sugarloaf-sky-cropped_1.jpg)
(http://marcshaffer.net/portfolio-2010/Sedona3-50D-100-1629-Pano-burned-trees-bw_1.jpg)
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I like them all but the fourth one, and that one only because the wide angle lens creates an unnatural bend to the tree trunks. The last one looks like it was made post-forest-fire; would be interesting to make another image there six months or a year later.
Mike.
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More trees!
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I like them all but the fourth one, and that one only because the wide angle lens creates an unnatural bend to the tree trunks. The last one looks like it was made post-forest-fire; would be interesting to make another image there six months or a year later.
Mike.
all of those are panoramic/mosaic stitches, including the one looking straight up at the trees above. The last one was taken above Sedona on a plateau where there had been a forest fire two years before, so things weren't recovering very quickly. I still loved seeing the black gnarly trunks against the clear blue sky. Thanks for the comment.
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fike - on an odd whim, some captions came to mind -
#1 "cocktail party of strangers"
#2 " The dance" - reminds me of some dance party shots from college
#4 " Druid circle"
nice compositions!
frank
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Some more from the domain.
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GXsbTZ4J_GM/TVRmeuCnUDI/AAAAAAAAA34/qDMSRR0yp0o/s1600/trees5.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1APpEuZ0BFQ/TVRmRJ40LWI/AAAAAAAAA30/ucoJ2zoLuuA/s1600/trees4.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y2GHi72Hmwc/TVRlz0YncXI/AAAAAAAAA3s/TNFxFhYIxaA/s1600/trees6.jpg)
Cheers,
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Whoa, those are some amazing trees! Tom, where are they?
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They are Moreton Bay Figs and are in the Domain which is very close to the Sydney CBD. There was an uproar when they chopped down 5 trees a half a dozen years ago. They are very big trees though and they can drop branches which can be very big and heavy as shown by the mature tree shown below. Note the two missing branches on the tree which probably are a result of preventative measures.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Bv9WHP3xHq0/TVS7AG8J9JI/AAAAAAAAA38/zULTVuPxh2M/s1600/trees7.jpg)
The flying foxes love the figs and unfortunately distribute the seed all over the place. I ended up having one growing in my backyard and it cost quite a bit of money to get rid of it.
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Beautiful trees. They remind me a little of the live oaks growing in the southern US. There's an old tree at the Alamo in San Antonio that has metal plates and cables to keep some of the branches from breaking off...
Mike.
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Really love those images Slobodan, stunning in all ways. Thanks for sharing!
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Something a bit different from my usual dark, moody, b&w landscapes... a bit of impressionistic influence:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3276/3100667944_f6a1d6ddfe.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/slobodan_blagojevic/3100667944/)
Aspens I (http://www.flickr.com/photos/slobodan_blagojevic/3100667944/) by Slobodan Blagojevic (http://www.flickr.com/people/slobodan_blagojevic/), on Flickr
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Snag......
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Timo,
It's nice to see your work here on this thread, which is one of my favorites.
These are very different from your usual landscapes, but I like them a lot.
Eric
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Timo,
#1 and #2 rotated 90 degrees clockwise powerful for me...these snags just keep giving, and in many ways are every bit as much alive as the breathing trees...like them!
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Here are some images from last fall from a Horseman 617 camera using Velvia 50 film.
I hope you find them interesting.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Here are some images I took on the way home from work yesterday. They are from just outside the Royal Botanical Park, Sydney.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VrgapCp5eUI/TVjQX2JyB_I/AAAAAAAAA4I/pmmSQQjGMEo/s1600/trees_11.jpg)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eLk3BrU9ZL4/TVjQOFad06I/AAAAAAAAA4E/PjlKkOqpMLE/s1600/trees_12.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hp9mfiWx1ow/TVjP_2F6d-I/AAAAAAAAA4A/lp4_hIKoAAQ/s1600/trees_13.jpg)
Cheers,
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Hello! I like this thread because I find that trees are often challenging to isolate and photograph clearly.
In the first three pictures I took advantage of the environment to isolate the trees. In the last picture I just went for the complexity.
Criticism welcome!
Scott
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I will be spending some time in Texas this year releasing my new book and doing lots of book signings. Here are just a few that are in the book. Trees with a beautiful canvas to accompany them. The first image is the cover. The third image is the one that Pres George H. W. Bush chose and the fourth was the one Roger Staubach chose and wrote quote for me. Tim
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That's a nice set of trees, Tim.
Congratulations on the new book. I hope it does well.
Eric
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Tim...I love that in the "Funky Tree" image at first glance the tree itself appears to be a single leaf floating over the field...
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Tim's sea of flowers tree images make me long for the shad to start running, and crocus to dare rise in discreet sunlit soak....
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Patricia that is a wonderfully toned image -beautiful.
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Thanks guys here are some more from my new book. This is the one that Lance Armstrong chose to adopted for my book. This happened after ten inches of rain. The second is the one that is the one Lyle Lovett chose.
The third is the one that Bruce Mathews from Oilers chose Hall of Fame Linemen.
The fourth is the one that Nolan Ryan chose. If you have not been to Texas, you should. It great in the spring. If you want to see the website I believe it just went live. Each one of these and many others including 2 presidents wrote quotes for me. LoveofTexas175.com
Tim
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Not that high quality work here but still trees :)
One from Arizona, an older local one (when I used to shoot just jpeg), and a couple from this weekend.
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Some trees and rocks from a trip to Victoria.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2hQW4wnQ4U4/TXvQ0MdTf-I/AAAAAAAAA5o/Ym58fFQCn8w/s1600/trees_vic_03.jpg)
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Ow3e22dehk8/TXvQru5SRhI/AAAAAAAAA5k/9ETDTDCAzbU/s1600/trees_vic_02.jpg)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-BpEhxvR6BAs/TXvQkMbNH7I/AAAAAAAAA5g/INnrTAinEE0/s1600/trees_vic_01.jpg)
Cheers,
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Interesting trees - thanks for sharing them!
Mike.
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I like the second one especially. Tree eating a boulder, or the other way around?
Eric
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Some great trees here, I'm currently in Canada on a trip and there are so many trees!
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Looking at some of the images posted here, I feel the need to go shot trees in the mist; thanks!
Now I just need to convince myself to wake up early.
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Jason, those are some beautiful images! What is the second pano? Is it a pano detail of the bark? I like most people, love the misty, fog shots...what can I say.
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Thanks Glenn, yes it is the detail of the bark, although some people have said it looks like multiple trees all lined up, it was a beautiful tree!
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Fortunately I didn't have to wake up early for any of these! Just very misty days.
Here is another one, although not as misty.....
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I also have a thing for shooting trees like this......
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Some nice work, Jason - welcome to our little corner of the earth!
Mike.
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Thanks Mike, i've never taken so many tree pics other than here! I see on your flickr site that that is mainly your subject here too, which I find funny. I took this great shot on whistler peak the other day. I will be amazed if I take a single shot here without any trees.
I'm going to be here for a few months traveling around, I would love to hear any recommendations of places to visit from another photographer.
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It's been a while since I visited this thread, and I see that I have missed a lot. Fantastic work here.
Jason, the panos are terrific - were these all taken with the Fotoman?
Here is a photo of a couple of tree stumps from this afternoon's walk in Big Cypress National Preserve. I was at this spot four weeks ago and the water was up to my knees - how quickly things change.
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5019/5544943883_125e9f142f_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/msmambo/5544943883/)
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I like it! And not just because it has tracks from at least five different bird species... that's just the biologist in me coming out... ;D
Mike.
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Some trees and rocks from a trip to Victoria.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2hQW4wnQ4U4/TXvQ0MdTf-I/AAAAAAAAA5o/Ym58fFQCn8w/s1600/trees_vic_03.jpg)
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Ow3e22dehk8/TXvQru5SRhI/AAAAAAAAA5k/9ETDTDCAzbU/s1600/trees_vic_02.jpg)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-BpEhxvR6BAs/TXvQkMbNH7I/AAAAAAAAA5g/INnrTAinEE0/s1600/trees_vic_01.jpg)
Cheers,
Love the sedcond one: a Sarah Moon hat shot.
Rob C
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Here is a photo of a couple of tree stumps from this afternoon's walk in Big Cypress National Preserve. I was at this spot four weeks ago and the water was up to my knees - how quickly things change.
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5019/5544943883_125e9f142f_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/msmambo/5544943883/)
What can I say Claire? The lusty scents and soft sounds are always astounding in your obviously much loved and well studied location...I always love seeing what you'll share next...
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What a great thread ! So many tree photographers, so much marvelous work !
I wanted to contribute a favorite of mine taken on a fall afternoon in a shady grove at the edge of a local reservoir.
The trees were backlit by the afternoon sun.
I debated for a long time whether to print in color or b/w, but this was the more compelling shot.
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Thanks Clair, unfortunately only the misty tree pano and strand trees were taken on the fotoman as I've only had it 8 months, great camera though.
Great picture of the tree stumps, everytime I see a b&w shot I want to see it what the colours looked like.
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It's been a while since I visited this thread, and I see that I have missed a lot. Fantastic work here.
Jason, the panos are terrific - were these all taken with the Fotoman?
Here is a photo of a couple of tree stumps from this afternoon's walk in Big Cypress National Preserve. I was at this spot four weeks ago and the water was up to my knees - how quickly things change.
Ah, so modest... you forgot to mention the perfect balance of those stumps within frame!
Toke, you're something special.
;-)
Rob C
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Yup - this thread is completely awesome.
I love it - hard to mention anyone special - too much excellent work.
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Yup - this thread is completely awesome.
I love it - hard to mention anyone special - too much excellent work.
+1.
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A couple taken recently
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It is not always easy to love the local juniper, but we try.
Bruce
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The other part less photographed of the trees. Same scene, 2 cameras, 2 different moments of the day, different angles.
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Two from Cheddar Gorge today
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These two work well together. The delicate and vital tree against the blasted rocks, and then the blasted tree against the delicate and sublime sky, keep the duality from seeming simple. I find the second one more powerful, though I wonder about the space on the right. If the branches didn't close the ground off from the sky by reaching the edge of the frame would that fore-ground have more continuity with the land on the left? I don't know how good a thing that would be or what other complications would fallow, but I wonder.
Bruce
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I only recently discovered this thread - so much wonderful work here, it's a bit intimidating to to post one of my own, but in the spirit of participating, rather than just looking, here goes. Critique is welcome!
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Jamie, very, very nice atmosphere and rendering of the falling snow!
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Here is a shot I think I posted a while ago. But I chose not to have the snow look like snow. By choosing a longer exposure I wanted it to look like fog, but by using snow that was drifting thru the scene I could choose where and how I wanted it to look. But over all nice scene. Tim
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Thanks for your comments Tim and Slobodan. Some atmospheric elements you can't control, like fog, but snow is different. Tim, you've chosen to blur it to look like fog - in my conception of this image I had chosen a shutter speed to blur it enough to create the diagonal streaks, hoping to show how this tree has stood, and stands, up to the elements, first fire, then ice(snow). Its also a graphic element which I like, taken from a theme in some japanese wood block prints, and a device to give some depth and layering to the image. Couldn't use light and contrast to get the tree to stand out from the background, but the snow helped do the same thing.
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Both trees very nice pix, Jamie and Tim.
Eric
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A couple of fall aspen shots, moody and melancholy
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second one:
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I like this one, but I wish the foreground was more interesting.
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Here are a couple of images just taken in Patagonia Chile.
Steven
Hasselblad H4D-50 100mm lens
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Too many good images here to comment on them all, so I'll just say thanks!
Mike.
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Burn at Twilight
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What I call the alligator tree, first snow in the Yosemite Valley, last November, Cathedral Beach.
(http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af71/tanngrisnir4_5/Yosemite%20First%20Snow%202010/P10000531cshbl.jpg)
Same tree, B&W, with more trees from across the bank in reflection broken up by ice.
(http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af71/tanngrisnir4_5/Yosemite%20First%20Snow%202010/P10000551BWcshcrop.jpg)
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The color casts in #1 just make me keep looking. i would enjoy seeing a glossy large print - something like the Japanese landscape calendars i see occasionally.
All those "legs" on the gator remind me of the Heathrow Express train when it comes into the airport station. The side lighting makes it look like a giant millipede running into the station. But i digress.....
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Yes... the almost complete desaturation and the composition in #1 are very good, and I saw the 'alligator' before reading the text. Second one is okay but I prefer the first.
Mike.
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This past year I've captured a distinctive tree in spring, autumn and winter. Just got to get it with green leaves, has any else done this and want to share?
I found it quite fun to see the changes. (from roughly the same spot).
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Yes... the almost complete desaturation and the composition in #1 are very good, and I saw the 'alligator' before reading the text. Second one is okay but I prefer the first.
Mike.
Thanks! That is exactly how it looked that morning, with no color adjustments at all in PP. If you look to the back of the pic, you can see some faint yellow and green bits in bushes that had not yet been completely covered up in snow. The colors were really great that morning, and the ever-changing valley ceiling conditions really put on a show. To give an idea of how variable it was, this is from the same morning, of that famous elm (I think) out in the middle of Cook's Meadow.
(http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af71/tanngrisnir4_5/Yosemite%20First%20Snow%202010/P10000151lcshblcrop.jpg)
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Nicely done...
Mike.
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Here are some that I might be able to follow with the changing seasons as I am often in their vicinity, all on a hill in Western Massachusetts.
The tree in the second photo is the same as the left one in the first photo. I can't decide whether I prefer it in color or B&W.
Eric
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In this case I'd go for the colour. It's subtle, but important.
Mike.
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The tree in the second photo is the same as the left one in the first photo. I can't decide whether I prefer it in color or B&W.
Eric
In this case I'd go for the colour. It's subtle, but important.
Mike.
Not without a little trepidation, I'll disagree with Mike. I think the B&W brings out the overall structure and the textures of the wood, which lie at the heart of the shot. For me, the colour is merely what I'd expect: it adds nothing.
Jeremy
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Thanks Mike and Jeremy. I guess this reinforces my own indecision, having two such discerning critics disagree.
Eric
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Trepidation, Jeremy? Why? You're certainly welcome to your opinion! (however wrong it may be... ;D )
Sorry, couldn't resist.
Mike.
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Trepidation, Jeremy? Why? You're certainly welcome to your opinion! (however wrong it may be... ;D )
Sorry, couldn't resist.
Mike.
That's OK. I know my place: hence the trepidation.
Jeremy
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You guys remind me of the old codger at the political debate.
After the first pol spoke, codger turns to his neighbor and says, "By golly, he's right!"
After the second pol tore apart the first one's arguments, the codger says to his neighbor, "By golly, he's right!"
Neighbor then says, "But wait: they can't both be right."
Codger thinks about that a moment and says, "By golly, you're right, too!"
;)
Eric
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My favorite of the group is _021cBW.
Bruce
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You guys remind me of the old codger at the political debate.
After the first pol spoke, codger turns to his neighbor and says, "By golly, he's right!"
After the second pol tore apart the first one's arguments, the codger says to his neighbor, "By golly, he's right!"
Neighbor then says, "But wait: they can't both be right."
Codger thinks about that a moment and says, "By golly, you're right, too!"
;)
Eric
By golly, you're right!
Jeremy
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I thought I would add some from Florida. Before I had ventured to the swamps of Florida with the Alligators and snakes. I had plenty of time to think of what I was hoping to see and Capture. For many years I have been wanting to capture these elegant Cypress trees. But if you have never been there nor no anybody who really knows the area and has special boats to get around, let me just say adding some difficulty to shoot.
You have to find the trees by boat, and of course shooting them from an unstable platform adds many problems. So you ask yourself what to do. Well of course you hop into the swamp with the alligators and snakes. I said before I left that I wouldn't do this but I've done crazier things. To view them from all angles and truly scout the tree to get the right angle at the right time of day. The odds of getting the perfect shot gets harder and harder. If you don't know the area the spanish fog is amazing and elegant. But very difficult to shoot the slightest wind and they move.
So I found some of the most amazing trees but the fog did not happen due to the fact a fire broke out less than 2 miles from where we wanted to shoot. So I will return, in Nov and capture the trees when the trees and fog happen together. Anyway here are some scenes from there, but no really what I would have liked to have shot.. Tim
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That's a good beginning, Tim.
I think a project like this in a new environment will take a while to really get what you want. But I'm much happier letting you crawl around with the snakes and alligators than I would myself.
I really look forward to what you get next November.
Eric
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Just found this (http://www.fractionmagazine.com/artist/michellebates) relevant portfolio - I enjoyed it.
Of particular interest was the camera used - the Holga -in my opinion certainly achieved her desired result.
Trade in my Pentax? Not yet. But still impressed me.
Bob.
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Here is what it looks like on the other side of the mountains where I live. Spring is very very late this year. I really love the challenge of shooting dogwoods in the forest. The delicate blossoms are very difficult to make them elegant and luminescent. Have fun spring has sprung. T
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Thanks for sharing them, Tim!
Mike.
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Thanks for sharing them, Tim!
Mike.
Yes! Those are lovely!
Eric
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The third one in particular is nice. I'd like to see a monochrome version, or might that be too Ansel Adams-ish?
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Glad you liked them. Here are some others.
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a couple from Pennsylvania
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Here are some new images. Horseman 617 Velvia 50.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Love those trees… they taste great!
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zWsVGturcvQ/Tfri4RhZ05I/AAAAAAAAA8k/7dD-wTmdkvw/s1600/sheep_tree2.jpg)
Cheers,
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Nice work, Steven!
Mike.
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One of mine
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This Marula tree in the Umfolozi Game Reserve has taken on a special meaning for our family.
We scattered some of the ashes of our son, who spent many happy days in the park, under the tree.
It is also a very typical African Savannah-type tree, which also makes it special.
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This works well in colour, except for the light spilling through the gaps in the leaves/branches, which somewhat spoils the effect. A B&W conversion & a little yellow filtration, et voila! You don't notice those gaps anymore.
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An alternative take on the last one. I'm kicking myself for not taking this one in this format & having to rely on a crop. Hindsight, eh?
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Sometimes a crop gives the best results. I like this one.
Eric
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Sometimes a crop gives the best results. I like this one.
Eric
Me too!
Mike.
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The prevailing SW winds over Exmoor can leave trees pretty twisted & bent - as in this case. Strangely, the trees along the side of Badgeworthy Water are mostly oak, beech, hawthorn & rowan, but this lone willow sits atop a hill.
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Here is an odd one. Just went out to test the new IQ180. Wanted to see it in action, give it something hard to handle. Very sharp resolution. But no to plug them. I thought you all would get a kick out of the tree. Although it plays a very small role in the shot it does however give it balance. Tim
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Very nice exercise in (almost) abstract design!
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A couple from Dartmoor, SW England
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Nice ones, Bill. They really evoke the sinister mood of everything I've ever read about Dartmoor (never been there yet).
Eric
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The first one really illustrates the power of the wind!
Mike.
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We get a predominantly SW wind in SW England, and trees in exposed areas (south-west facing coastlines, high ground etc) get pretty battered at times. In parts of Cornwall, trees almost seem to grow horizontally.
As for Dartmoor being sinister - well, it's difficult to navigate at times, with lots of blanket bog (jump up & down & the ground wobbles beneath your feet) & mires, it's very exposed with precious little shelter anywhere, & prone to fogs, which adds to the aesthetic, or makes the place look a bit scary. But it's a wonderful, fascinating & beautiful place, with a higher concentration of stone age & bronze age archaeological sites than anywhere in western Europe. Worth a visit if you're in this part of the world.
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Saw this image when I was looking for my Castle Rock shots. Some more sheep and a wattle tree from South Australia.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J_uNgxhv6kg/TiUr9Q04WwI/AAAAAAAAA-o/wqvdG_AyZDU/s1600/wattle_tree.jpg)
The countryside was quite green while I was there but as you can see it's never lush.
Cheers,
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A line of beech trees on the edge of Alderman's Common, Exmoor, SW England
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(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5263/5648383061_eb0b1d374a_z.jpg)
Australia VIC
/Dahlmann
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A line of beech trees on the edge of Alderman's Common, Exmoor, SW England
Those trees huddled together for a scrum, Bill? :D
Mike.
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Again, a few winter photo on the trees as an object
(http://)
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Those trees huddled together for a scrum, Bill? :D
Mike.
Exactly! I keep waiting for a football to come shooting out from one side or the other.
Nice one, Bill.
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Two shots from a recent trip to the Cairngorm National Park in Scotland. The first one has small Scots Pine saplings poking through the heather, future replacements for the older trees behind. The natural Caledonian forest has take a battering over the years, not least from the hundreds of red deer that eat the seedlings & saplings. Extensive culling has reduced their numbers considerably, & now we are seeing a significant increase in Scots Pine regrowth.
The second shot contrasts mature Scots Pines with a couple of standing deadwood trees. Ironically, the latter probably support more life than the living ones. Without the deer cull, the ratio of dead to live trees would increase.
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I went to the Chinese Friendship Garden in Sydney recently. Since it is winter here the garden was a bit bare but I took a few snaps of the bonsai.
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-l0S61memd2U/TliSJZuaAwI/AAAAAAAABBc/amLYDJf9gZc/s1600/bonsai_01.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-H8SH-g9nPPE/TliRvQ6Zn3I/AAAAAAAABBU/0qklVRdX2Rg/s1600/bonsai_03.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IcC50sQRwIU/TliR4o6i73I/AAAAAAAABBY/Lati_-YJglY/s1600/bonsai_02.jpg)
Cheers,
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(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6084/6084626229_d3aacdd260_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lexrasta/6084626229/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lexrasta/6084626229/) by Daniel Dahlmann (http://www.flickr.com/people/lexrasta/), on Flickr
/Dahlmann
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Intriguing work! No comments at the moment, but I may come back to it...
Mike.
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Mr Dahlmann I love your work!! Very moody, great atmosphere, fantastic job.
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Excellent!!!
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Tnx guys..
I shoot this one to day..
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6080/6099002337_e2a664fe82_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lexrasta/6099002337/)
Cloudlight (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lexrasta/6099002337/) by Daniel Dahlmann (http://www.flickr.com/people/lexrasta/), on Flickr
/D
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(http://justan-elk.com/Images/Forest/FS-74-Tree-Panorama1.jpg)
Link to larger image (http://justan-elk.com/Images/Forest/FS-74-Tree-Panorama1.jpg)
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Tnx guys..
I shoot this one to day..
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6080/6099002337_e2a664fe82_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lexrasta/6099002337/)
Cloudlight (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lexrasta/6099002337/) by Daniel Dahlmann (http://www.flickr.com/people/lexrasta/), on Flickr
/D
Excellent.
Jeremy
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great work Dahlmann, love the graphic elemets
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Indeed!
Mike.
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I arrived in Canberra with about 10 minutes of light left…
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5eyhItTN-Hk/TmsfFz5vYaI/AAAAAAAABCA/utvZ0FxkMGo/s1600/ltt_02.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Yln_UBtJOIc/TmsfegvoreI/AAAAAAAABCE/7uo2voXnbqs/s1600/ltt_03.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-J7RZShIYEBo/Tmsewp43toI/AAAAAAAABB8/OjGc6iU2kJI/s1600/ltt_01.jpg)
Cheers,
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Taken yesterday in the grounds of Dunster Castle
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Great light, Bill.
Mike.
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Approximately three and a half billion images posted on Facebook since the last post in this thread. Time for a bump.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CwScRVek8zI/TqziLOvc5-I/AAAAAAAABCo/DNu8g6AJ0Kc/s1600/trees.jpg)
Cheers,
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The current front page image certainly fits in here. A definite 'Wow'.
Mike.
(http://www.luminous-landscape.com/articleImages/MR18/Central-Park-Snow.jpg)
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/1photo-pages/central_park_storm_8.shtml
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Wow! Just about covers it.
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Wow! Just about covers it.
+1.
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I took the attached photo a couple of days ago. The trees are trimmed, watered [record drought, as we have had, does show some], and suburban. They are live oak, with an understory of redbud and a little mountain laurel.
Bruce
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Nicely done! Thanks for sharing it.
Mike.
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This is my first visit to this thread and what a great selection! This is a picture I took at Avebury in Wiltshire about 15 years ago on my old RB67. It is the site of an ancient stone circle and so the whole area has a wonderful feel to it. These roots seemed to suit the feeling I had that day.
Jim
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That's a winner, Jim!
Eric
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Thank you Eric! It seems a very long time ago now - even the memory of using film seems distant. I remember I had recently joined a camera club and we had a competition coming up. Three days after shooting the picture I looked at the contact sheet and thought I would print one up for that evening's comp. It only took five minutes in the darkroom. One test-strip to assess exposure, then the print with a bit of burning in at the top right. Dried with a hair drier and hurriedly mounted to 16x20". You are right though - it was a winner. 1997 I think.
Jim
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Nicely done. Thanks for sharing it!
Mike.
Here are a few:
These are HDR images made at Ross Bay Cemetery - Victoria's oldest cemetery:
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6054/6306889760_a29f1a9363_o.jpg)
Mask
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6227/6306366771_381b3e0076_o.jpg)
Sycamore
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6115/6306364609_9e8acca374_o.jpg)
Protector (my favourite of the set)
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6222/6306363945_b7f2dd0b73_o.jpg)
Crossroads
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6225/6306362355_c9c4328dc5_o.jpg)
Tree-lined
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6229/6306360755_7204135cf0_o.jpg)
Lone-Pine
from Beacon Hill Park
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6038/6248997314_050e3cf926_o.jpg)
Dreams of Trees
I don't know that these two qualify, but t'is the season. Also from Beacon Hill:
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6232/6248998360_8bf7ab8887_o.jpg)
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6117/6248995842_5f030c1af0_o.jpg)
Mike.
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(http://richowens.smugmug.com/Flowers/Flowers-and-plant-life/DMy-Documentsuploadsoldoak/89270924_z7CvF-L.jpg)
(http://richowens.smugmug.com/Other/Around-Town/walnutsandmustard/90496243_8hdDt-XL.jpg)
(http://richowens.smugmug.com/Nature/UC-Davis-Arboretum/DSC6405/695281864_smYyu-L.jpg)
Enjoy
Rich
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I did.
Thanks
Alan
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I love the last one, Mike.
Jeremy
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A local shot from last weekend
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(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6214/6329783461_67d095e9d0_b.jpg)
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/41811370@N02/6329783461/)
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Autumn in Colorado and Maine. Just thought I would post a few. What a hard fall shoot in Maine. The storms were relentless. Here is some that I shot while standing in 4 ft of water from Maine.
The first is a 7 piece pano stitch to get the right perspective. And last one is a 5 piece stitch pano. T
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Intriguing. Someone really needs to cut off the ivy at the base though.
Mike.
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Intriguing. Someone really needs to cut off the ivy at the base though.
Mike.
If you're referring to the photo I posted I must tell you that that tree is on "public" land and therefore not likely to be very well cared for.
Ive seen ivy virtually choke trees to death btw.
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Another 500 Cat shot from the terrace; this damned lens is taking up too much of my free time.
Oh well, as I didn't have to travel, I suppose it isn't quite in the ARAT genre, but dangerously close. Mustn't offend Walter!
;-)
Rob C
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From Sunday's bimble on the local hills (Quantock Hills)
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Autumn in Colorado and Maine. Just thought I would post a few. What a hard fall shoot in Maine. The storms were relentless. Here is some that I shot while standing in 4 ft of water from Maine.
The first is a 7 piece pano stitch to get the right perspective. And last one is a 5 piece stitch pano. T
It's always a pleasure to see some of your works!
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This is a color version of my previous tree.
Bruce
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Outside their natural habitat... trees in Chicago:
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Thanks for sharing your images, folks!
Mike.
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Thanks for sharing your images, folks!
Mike.
+1. This continues to be one of my favorite threads.
Eric
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Thought I would add some more images. "Everything we see, everyone we talk to influences our thoughts and visions!!!!" TW
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A lone Yellowstone tree (or whats left of it):
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A lone Yellowstone tree (or whats left of it):
I like it.
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Slobodan, great image...I'm lovin' the quality of light. I can't put my finger on it, but I'm just diggin' this shot a lot!!
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I like the way the clouds seem to be racing away from the tree.
Nice one, Slobodan.
Eric
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Gorgeous tree photographs from many fine photographers. Thanks for sharing; I feel inspired just scanning through the posts. Here are my offerings...
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Beautiful series, Terry!
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Beautiful series, Terry!
Yes, a lovely set. Welcome to the forum.
Eric
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Yes, absolutely wonderful series!!
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Terry
Yes indeed, welcome.
Looking at the slideshow on your site, I have to agree with Russ's dictum that it's the hand-of-Man thing that makes pictures within the landscape (loose definition!) idiom special. I think that holds in your case too.
Of course, this might simply be a reflection of my own, personal, proclivities, but the inclusion of such things in your work makes some of the images rather special to me. Perhaps it's partly something to do with the balance/compositional possibilities that such things offer: that old barn near the beginning of the slideshow, for example, provides a 'main' subject, the finding of which usually defeats my eye in most of the landscape work I come across.
I must state that landscape ain't my thing - but that doesn't mean I can't appreciate it when it looks good to me!
Nice work.
Rob C
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(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7163/6422228961_b9ec9eb184_z.jpg)
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/41811370@N02/6422228961/)
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Michael, I like the b&w version a bit more...it had just the right touch of abstract that b&w inherently has.
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Same tree different exposures on different days. I thoroughly agree on the monotone "treatment being the way to go.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7155/6426162751_f7851803cf_z.jpg)
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/41811370@N02/6426162751/)
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The third one is really beautiful
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(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7030/6465228157_a43eafdb36_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lexrasta/6465228157/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lexrasta/6465228157/) by Daniel Dahlmann (http://www.flickr.com/people/lexrasta/), on Flickr
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Lone Tree in the Sea.
Off the coast of Fraser Island, Queensland.
Shot on Velvia 50, 4x5 camera with 6x12 Rollfilm back.
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Interesting colour choices. Not sure if I like it, but it intrigues me.
Mike.
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(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7021/6411869685_29b0edf0f8_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/6411869685/)
#2 Oaks in Sunrise Fog, Cathy's Valley, CA 140 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/6411869685/) by tanngrisnir3 (http://www.flickr.com/people/87368247@N00/), on Flickr
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(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7021/6411869685_29b0edf0f8_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/6411869685/)
#2 Oaks in Sunrise Fog, Cathy's Valley, CA 140 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/6411869685/) by tanngrisnir3 (http://www.flickr.com/people/87368247@N00/), on Flickr
Ooh! Ooh! Love it!
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Ooh! Ooh! Love it!
Thanks! It's from sort of a 'last hurrah tour' w/my LX-5 before the Xmas GH2 came.
I'm always amazed at what the tiny little thing is capable of.
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From North Hill, near Minehead, Somerset.
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Bill, that is a lovely capture! The only nitpick, which would probably become a bigger problem if printed bigger, is chromatic aberration (red/cyan) in the branches.
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Slobadan
yes, a bit of a problem with my 18-35 at the 18mm end. I'm still struggling with Aperture's CA reduction tool though.
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Nicely done indeed!
Mike.
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Here are four panoramic images from last fall. Camera Horseman 617, Velvia 50 Film, Schneider 180mm Apo-Symmar L Lens.
I have uploaded over 30 new tree images to my website.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Thanks for sharing your work!
Mike.
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I have really enjoyed seeing all these tree photos. I have been in love with trees (and wood) for all my life. This is my first post of a photo on LULA so it is with some trepidation that I present here one of my tree shots.
This is an Eastern Oregon Pine grove. This is a chrome 4x5 that I shot with my Crown Graphic and have scanned and processed in ACR and Photoshop.
I have only moved to digital in the last few years and it has re ignited my passion for photography. I now have a digital SLR and the Canon d10 (it shoots underwater!) and am re learning exposure etc. It has been quite a journey.
Thanks for taking a look and thanks to everyone who shares their photos and techniques so readily here.
Sincerely,
Michael
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STEVE AND TERRY, very nice as always. Just thought I would say Kudo's to you. Here are a few others.
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An alternative view of Uluru.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OcKkmFIB6w4/T0LhpJQSKPI/AAAAAAAABEA/ad4cLiqEkXY/s1600/trees_CA.jpg)
Cheers,
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I just posted my first post as a new thread then saw this thread and felt this was a better location to put my shot from tonight.
(http://www.studioido.net/hood-river-photographer-1.jpg)
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That's a fine candidate for this thread.
Welcome to the forum!
Eric
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(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7199/6950819629_df7688f83f_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/6950819629/)
Stoneman Bridge, looking east, Merced River (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/6950819629/) by tanngrisnir3 (http://www.flickr.com/people/87368247@N00/), on Flickr
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A lovely scene, well represented.
Mike.
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(http://www.studioido.net/forum/cloud-cap-inn-mt-hood-river-photographer.jpg)
Cloud Cap Inn Mount Hood Oregon Trees.
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Zion National Park - trees and rocks, what more can you ask for?
http://www.broschek-photo.com (http://www.broschek-photo.com)
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Something different for me. Camera Hasselblad H4D 50.
Hopefully it has some interest.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Mjollnir - that's a beautiful image
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Mjollnir - that's a beautiful image
Thanks! Here's the view looking west, simply by having turned around on Stoneman Bridge. Processed through Silver Efex 2. First time I've ever used it.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7054/6826887168_d75277f80e_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/6826887168/)
Stoneman Bridge, looking west, Merced River (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/6826887168/) by tanngrisnir3 (http://www.flickr.com/people/87368247@N00/), on Flickr
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Something different for me. Camera Hasselblad H4D 50.
Hopefully it has some interest.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
That's a very appealing picture, Steven.
Rob C
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Something different for me. Camera Hasselblad H4D 50.
Hopefully it has some interest.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
Great shot. I checked out your work at your site, as well.
Love the wide angle/pano effect on many of your tree shots.
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Nicely done! Thanks for sharing it!!
Mike.
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Mjollnir
Thanks for the kind feedback. Beautiful image of yours from Yosemite. I prefer the first image if you want my take on them. Well done
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Choctaw pecan in early spring.
Bruce
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Hello everybody!
This is my first post here and while I love reading all areas of this site, I really wanted to say that I am absolutely loving this thread. There are some very talented artists posting some amazing images here. I would like to thank you all for sharing your work as it provides me a level of both technical and artistic quality to aspire to.
Here is a recent image that I feel has a lot of potential. For this particular shot I took it wide open hoping that vignetting would help frame the milky way as it explodes behind the tree.
Adam Johnson
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Hi Adam, and welcome to the list! That tree does appear to be reaching for the stars.
Mike.
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Ditto to what Mike said.
Amazing variety in this thread!
Eric
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Yes, indeed! Incredible images from incredible photographers...
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Hi folks,
some time ago I found this hundred-year-old chestnut and I thought I could have shared it in this thread.
Cheers
(http://www.marcocarmassi.com/workshop/chestnut.jpg)
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Yup, that's a great tree!
Mike.
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What about more abstract interpretations?
Any comments appreciated!
Regards,
Holger Broschek
www.broschek-photo.com
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In "tree abstract 1.jpg" the blue of the sky is leaking out of the frame to the left. Though, if you whitened the sky on the left edge it might be too much to bear; the clarity of the composition is already extreme.
Bruce
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Just got back from Yosemite. Here is a couple wild looking tree shots with snow. More to come. Although they are not exhibition images I thought they were interesting none the less. Just wish they were sitting on a nice scenic cliff. T
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Also just got back from Yosemite, for last weekend's monster snow dump. I was a wee bit more successful in getting cliffs in the shot.... Third one processed from a .jpeg i/o RAW. Still not totally happy w/the color.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7227/7002921615_c4e06f4b8c_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/7002921615/)
Royal Arches, Snowy Morning (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/7002921615/) by tanngrisnir3 (http://www.flickr.com/people/87368247@N00/), on Flickr
(http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6230/6998891523_2ecdc097f6_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/6998891523/)
Upper Yosemite Falls, Winter (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/6998891523/) by tanngrisnir3 (http://www.flickr.com/people/87368247@N00/), on Flickr
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7235/6996701631_98c48c3256_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/6996701631/)
Lower Yosemite Falls, Winter (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/6996701631/) by tanngrisnir3 (http://www.flickr.com/people/87368247@N00/), on Flickr
(http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6097/6852790586_2904cbe4c4_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/6852790586/)
Merced River Valley, from Crane Flat Road (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/6852790586/) by tanngrisnir3 (http://www.flickr.com/people/87368247@N00/), on Flickr
(http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6031/6999802861_593d4935d4_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/6999802861/)
Rostrum & Merced River Valley (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/6999802861/) by tanngrisnir3 (http://www.flickr.com/people/87368247@N00/), on Flickr
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Here is a few that I shot in between the storms. T
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Here is a few that I shot in between the storms. T
I not a big fan of icons, T, but, as such, your #4 is fine.
"Fine" as in really good.
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I not a big fan of icons, T, but, as such, your #4 is fine.
"Fine" as in really good.
#1 is my favorite: it immediately stands out and grabs my attention.
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Here is some finals from Yosemite.
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Okay, somebody has to revive this thread, so why not me? Some more trees but without significant rocks - as far as I can make out.
Lluch, Mallorca, Islas Baleares, Spain.
Rob C
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The flowering trees have started to come alive as well as the wildflowers here in the west. With so many great places to shoot its hard to decide where to go and create. Here some images. Some of these are the mixture of trees and flowers but what I love about the trees they ground the shot. They give substance, and complete the scene. T
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À propos of not much, other than overexposure, a word of warning to all D700 users.
I was surprised to find some burned out highlights on a few files made the other day during a shoot along with Chris F; I had secretly wondered whether he was electrostically charged, or something, and had affected the camera's innards, but no, I think I discovered the problem: when doing vertical shots, it turns out that it's terribly easy both to hold one's index finger in the vicinity of the shutter release and inadvertently press the exposure compensation button near it at the same time, whilst scrolling the control wheel at the rear of the camera with the thumb in order to change the shutter speed. Ironic, really, as I was using an electronic cable release. I was exposing everythng at +1 (no, not that +1).
This never happened to me before; I hope it doesn't again.
Rob C
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Okay, not La Seine, not even a river, just the Med; but the idea remains - I hope.
Rob C
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(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7054/6854894961_9040c26e00_o.jpg)
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One more.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7142/6613334605_6ddb046090_b.jpg)
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Both nice, Chris. Especially the first.
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Indeed!
Mike.
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One more from early January
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7237/6974172798_c5255df69a_o.jpg)
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One more from early January
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7237/6974172798_c5255df69a_o.jpg)
If you would turn this counterclockwise 90 degree you'd have an image of a funny guy with a moustache .... :)
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I always find that an open mind improves opportunity; that would make an effective, if brief, A.S.
;-)
Rob C
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It was getting a bit cold and I was hurrying home.
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It was getting a bit cold and I was hurrying home.
Ooooh Ken! Ray won't like those bright branches! And especially without a fuzzy monkey or two.
;)
Rob C
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Nicely seen Ken, and processed with restrain.
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in NM
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A nice marriage of organic and inorganic shapes, textures and materials...
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8012/7124312473_b8aed6572f_o.jpg)
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I just can't get enough of them trees...
Here are some more from my monochrome photo library.
Regards,
Holger
www.broschek-photo.com
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Thanks for sharing your work, folks!
Here are a couple of images Marcia shot with her cell phone back in March - both taken at Butchart Gardens (I pushed them around a little in LR4)
Mike.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7188/6977282668_be81583722_o.jpg)
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7177/7123358947_cc289d56b3_o.jpg)
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Marcia's second one is quite spectacular!
Whilst 'pushing them around' you might have taken off the gnome's hat!
;-)
Rob C
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I can imagine a really nice B&W reworking of that second shot, with a fairly strong vignetting to really pick out the tree
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Thanks, folks! I think the gnome was camera shy and took it on the lam, Rob. Bill, I hadn't considered B&W but it might be worth it.
Mike.
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From the balcony of 45 Trafalgar Road (http://g.co/maps/648vs), looking towards the water.
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(http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6019/6276039365_db4e1a6e4f_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/6276039365/)
First Direct Sunlight, Leidig Meadow #3 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/6276039365/) by tanngrisnir3 (http://www.flickr.com/people/87368247@N00/), on Flickr
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Thanks for sharing your work, folks!
Here are a couple of images Marcia shot with her cell phone back in March - both taken at Butchart Gardens (I pushed them around a little in LR4)
Mike.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7188/6977282668_be81583722_o.jpg)
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7177/7123358947_cc289d56b3_o.jpg)
Crazy trees... Just love them !!!
Julie
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I just can't get enough of them trees...
Here are some more from my monochrome photo library.
Regards,
Holger
www.broschek-photo.com
Love the last one Holger. It has such a dynamic feel to it.
Julie
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Crazy trees... Just love them !!!
Julie
Thanks for saying so! I'll pass that along to Marcia.
Mike.
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Lovely shot of the meadow - the light just shows one everything that is good about it.
Regards
Tony Jay
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Indeed! Russ would disagree ;) but I'd remove about 1/4 of the foreground off the bottom as I don't think the green grassy area adds much but I like the stalks that fall behind that.
Mike.
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A couple of recent works. The top one is a bit of cell phone camera fun. I did a similar one a while back of a different garry oak, and the scene here suggested a similar treatment.
The bottom one is from a local park that I've been meaning to visit for a while. We were there yesterday. It's not a great image, but the white flowers belong to what is by far the largest rhododendron I've ever seen. By comparison, the fence is about 3' 6" (just over 1 metre). Truth be told this isn't one tree but about six or seven. Still, it's quite impressive.
Mike.
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I like the top one; it's a treatment that makes photography something more than just a record of what's there and, better, makes it something twice as interesting. Oh well, it's still early... but I do like the photograph!
Rob C
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The top one is interesting. If you rotate 90 degrees clockwise, it seems you are about to be in a gunfight....draw... ;)
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The top one is interesting. If you rotate 90 degrees clockwise, it seems you are about to be in a gunfight....draw... ;)
How odd: I just followed your instructions, and what I saw was a suspender belt.
Are you sure you're not on sedatives or, more damaging yet, beta-blockers?
Rob C
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:D i was ignoring the contrails ;)
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I'll agree with the rest: number one is very nice... and proves again that the photographer is more important than the tool.
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Thanks, folks! I like to think the photographer and the camera work together. ;D
Mike.
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I love birches and larches and (fanatically...) the Valtelline valley.
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Thanks for sharing your work. Perhaps ironically, I'd prefer the first one w/o the bright yellow tree taking up half the foreground, and only a quiet greenspace of firs with the occasional dab of yellow from the birch in the background and the light. YMMV!
Mike.
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Thanks for your analysis. I have the same feelings as yours about this image of some years ago... What does it mean "w/o" and "YMMV!" ?
Excuse my poor, barbaric English...
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w/o = without
YMMV = Your mileage may vary (in other words, you might not agree)
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Thanks, Bill. I forgot that not all members have netspeak as a first (second, third...) language.
Mike.
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w/o = without
YMMV = Your mileage may vary (in other words, you might not agree)
Ah! Then I don't agree, let's put the thing so: we agree at 50%... :D
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I love birches and larches and (fanatically...) the Valtelline valley.
They're all good. I see Mike's point about the first. My favourite is the second, though.
Jeremy
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Yosemite Valley Ponderosa Pines
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Trees from the Eyre Peninsular.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8SK3yYWBTZU/T_zv5giLAuI/AAAAAAAABGE/oQUd62vuZZk/s1600/trees_03.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MQsMBmhNNlw/T_zvnRPpOoI/AAAAAAAABF8/h0xQLpdF7z0/s1600/trees_02.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bLEBxiQuiDE/T_zvd5JlhmI/AAAAAAAABF0/OmlBm77dCRo/s1600/trees_01.jpg)
Cheers,
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You might find this of interest:
10 Most Famous Trees in the World (http://www.touropia.com/famous-trees-in-the-world/)
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In a class of their own, Tom.
Rob C
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You might find this of interest:
10 Most Famous Trees in the World (http://www.touropia.com/famous-trees-in-the-world/)
And to think that they forgot the Tree of Hope, the most important tree that there is after the chemical saviour genre.
Rob C
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You might find this of interest:
10 Most Famous Trees in the World (http://www.touropia.com/famous-trees-in-the-world/)
lulz. I grew up with #6 which, while beautiful, is more famous for being a corporate logo than anything else.
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I would have thought the Bodhi Tree (http://www.sacred-destinations.com/india/bodhgaya-bodhi-tree), Bodhgaya would have been on the list.
Cheers,
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Thanks for the link!
Here's a shot from Marcia and one from me. Both bigleaf maples, both processed with an 'orton effect'.
Mike.
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Just not sure if I like the processing on this one or not; it's a B&W convo, and one of about 30 I took of this beautiful sandbar in the Merced River just 200m west of Swinging Bridge. It's too 'something'.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7246/7556108414_94b152efa0_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/7556108414/)
Frozen Beach, Merced River (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/7556108414/) by tanngrisnir3 (http://www.flickr.com/people/87368247@N00/), on Flickr
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These were my very first tree portraits... :-)
http://juliestephenson.net/trying-something-new-my-first-tree-portrait/ (http://juliestephenson.net/trying-something-new-my-first-tree-portrait/)
Julie
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Love the first one, Julie!!
Mike.
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Love the first one, Julie!!
Mike.
Thanks Mike.. that's my favourite !!! :-)
Julie
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These were my very first tree portraits... :-)
http://juliestephenson.net/trying-something-new-my-first-tree-portrait/ (http://juliestephenson.net/trying-something-new-my-first-tree-portrait/)
Julie
The Australian Outback has many beautiful species of trees.
Julie's portraits attest to an individual who has a great love and appreciation of the Outback.
Regards
Tony Jay
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The Australian Outback has many beautiful species of trees.
Julie's portraits attest to an individual who has a great love and appreciation of the Outback.
Regards
Tony Jay
Thank you for your kind words Tony. Yes.. I do most definitely have a great love and affinity with the OUtback.
Julie
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Certainly had the appearance of being a cold and lonely place to be.
Mike.
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Dead tree, Pierce Point
Fantastic communication of atmosphere.
I can almost taste that wet chilly mist.
Regards
Tony Jay
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Fantastic communication of atmosphere.
I can almost taste that wet chilly mist.
Regards
Tony Jay
+1.
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Here are some more tree portraits I took recently on our trip to Karijini in the Pilbara. After my first tree portrait.... I sort of caught the bug!!! :-)
http://juliestephenson.net/trees/ (http://juliestephenson.net/trees/)
This is just one of the 5.
Julie
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Dead tree, Pierce Point
BRRRRRR... love the mood and simplicity and suggestion of isolation.
Julie
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Julie, you already know my opinions.
Go for it.
Regards
Tony Jay
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Julie, you already know my opinions.
Go for it.
Regards
Tony Jay
:-)
Julie
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Julie,
Your trees have real character! Great!
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My Tree. Well, one of 'em.
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Here are some others I thought I would share. T
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Here are some shot in some of my favorite locations. Maine, New Hampshire, Yosemite in B&W
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Here are some shot in some of my favorite locations. Maine, New Hampshire, Yosemite in B&W
The others are good too, but since I have a soft spot for symmetry I really like the second image.
Mike.
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The others are good too, but since I have a soft spot for symmetry I really like the second image.
Mike.
My thoughts exactly, Mike, although the first has a lovely serenity about it.
Jeremy
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I can see a sleeping lamb or rabbit in the first (maple bark) Mike - and now I can't unsee it and enjoy the textures and shapes. The brain is quite fixed in its ways, it seems.
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in Ohio, some years ago
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Here are some others I thought I would share. T
Tim, i love the second one.... I feel like sort of dancing in the woods! hehehe... And I seem to recall also having a very similar photo of the one at the Grand Canyon, (but I think from memory yours works better than mine did).... which I will have to search through a whole drive of uncategorised, files for. .... Perhaps on a quiet rainy afternoon I shall manke that my mission. Thank you for posting the image to remind me to get that task done. :-)
Julie
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(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8282/7765237364_3565cbc5e0_o.jpg)
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Here are some tree panoramas.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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^^^What a marvelous collection!^^^
Thanks for the post!
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Love #3!
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Here are some tree panoramas.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
Have seen your work and along with these, it is outstanding.
JMR
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Here are some tree panoramas.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
Crap, this is depressing. I don't see the light at the end of tunnel for me when I look at them. Oh well, I might as well enjoy them.
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Here are some tree panoramas.
Steven
Very impressive! Although to describe the last (perhaps my favourite) as a "tree panorama" is stretching a point.
Jeremy
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Thanks all for the kind feedback. I guess I agree the fourth image Patagonia Sunrise stretches the "tree panorama". It took two trips to Patagonia to get the light that I had on the morning of this image and about 12 days of trying. I have added an image of the same tree three years before the panoramic image was taken. As I was shooting this tree with a Canon 1ds mk3 a Puma came out from the grasses and stood beside the tree and looked at me like I was dinner.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Great work, Steven - thanks for sharing them!
Mike.
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Big tree tentacles...or fingers...or branches overhanging. Violette's Lock, Maryland.
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I like the lane into the sky effect very much, as well as the trees and light.
Bruce
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Thanks all for the kind feedback. I guess I agree the fourth image Patagonia Sunrise stretches the "tree panorama". It took two trips to Patagonia to get the light that I had on the morning of this image and about 12 days of trying. I have added an image of the same tree three years before the panoramic image was taken. As I was shooting this tree with a Canon 1ds mk3 a Puma came out from the grasses and stood beside the tree and looked at me like I was dinner. Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
Did it eat you, then?
I'd like to introduce it to the pair of lunches making my white backdrop...
Like the picture though, hungry pumas or not.
;-)
Rob C
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Rob
It stared at me for a few minutes and than walked away through the grasses.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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This was a long while ago, but I remember clearly how the trees struck me as a natural alignment from young, old, to dead.
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This was a long while ago, but I remember clearly how the trees struck me as a natural alignment from young, old, to dead.
Really like that shot.
Rob C
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Well, on the poetic basis that a tree's a tree for all that, here's another.
Rob C
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Having the "tree" keyword in Lightroom helps a lot :)
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Your second shot is striking, Paolo, and I like it a great deal.
Jeremy
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Your second shot is striking, Paolo, and I like it a great deal.
Jeremy
Thanks Jeremy. I was on a deep fog in a forest near some constructions. The light is coming from a street lamp.
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This tree was down by the banks of the River Charles.
Bruce
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"and I love that dirty water..."
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I think they are both some subtypes of Fagus, although I might be wrong.
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And few more
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All good but rest.jpg is my favourite for two reasons - the rows and rows of saplings crowded together creates an interesting visual, but the picnic tables really make the shot for me because of the horizontal planes they add - so unexpected when you get to them.
Mike.
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(http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6038/6248997314_050e3cf926_o.jpg)
Something about this tree I just love every time I pass it. So many stories to tell...
Mike.
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All good but rest.jpg is my favourite for two reasons - the rows and rows of saplings crowded together creates an interesting visual, but the picnic tables really make the shot for me because of the horizontal planes they add - so unexpected when you get to them.
Mike.
I went around those trees there several times as towards the end of the day the contrast and light between those tightly packed pines are very appealing, but I wasn't really able to get something that I was happy with. I didn't see the potential of this one when I shot it initially. But fast forward a couple of years and I realized that the right crop could make the image much stronger. Sometimes you just need some time away so you can come back with a fresh perspective.
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Armand, I particularly enjoy the #3, Rest. It has a certain Andreas Gursky quality (this is meant as a compliment).
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Armand, I particularly enjoy the #3, Rest. It has a certain Andreas Gursky quality (this is meant as a compliment).
Well, one thing is for sure. The size of this print won't be even close to what he does, maybe 2-3% at most (although I would be thrilled if somebody will be willing to pay 2-3% of what Gursky is getting paid ;) )
PS. you seem to have an interest in Gursky these days
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A bad storm in 2006 caused the exposure of the roots of a good number of trees around the edge of Derwentwater, English Lake District. Here a Scots Pine has collapsed into the water
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How the mighty have fallen! ;)
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Fallen, yes, but still growing
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I wondered about that. If the fall doesn't bust the tap root, the tree will continue to grow for years. They're kind of like spinal cord injuries, only part doesn't work right anymore while the rest regoups and figures out how to survive.
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So I tried printing that "rest" shot at a larger size (roughly 12"x18"). At normal viewing distance, such as 4 feet or so it looks very nice however on closer inspection it was significantly less sharp than I expected. A look at the metadata made me realize that it was actually shot with my old Nikon D50 and with about 1/3 cropped out it is a little stretched at that size. This might not be the best place to ask, but have you had any success with uprezing/upsizing the photos and then printing them again? Do they look any sharper?
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and a couple more
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From Ormiston Gorge…
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6YbqPDH_QU0/UFbI5CS4JHI/AAAAAAAABHc/e3IeoREQ2OE/s1600/ormiston_gorge_01.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6WQFcpTGogQ/UFbJG1YbqoI/AAAAAAAABHk/P51WIjpoLT4/s1600/ormiston_gorge_02.jpg)
Cheers,
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Looks like a wonderful and rather unique place to be! It's a wonder those trees (especially the second image) hang on when there are spring floods.
Mike.
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Ormiston Gorge is in Central Astralia.
Most rain in Central Australia is the result of summer monsoon activity that brings large volumes of rain to northern Australia as well as tropical cyclones that originate off the north-west coast. In both instances it is the frequency and degree that the monsoon troughs or cyclones penetrate south and inland that determine the amount of rain that falls.
Nice video of the Gorge here (http://www.nt.gov.au/westmacs/places/ormiston-gorge).
Cheers,
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Purdy...!!
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Just returned from Colorado and heading to Maine. Here are some from the high country. T
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Here are a few more from Colorado. What a beautiful fall countryside.
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Country that was logged around 50 years ago.
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I love it Ken,
It is a fine focus for meditation along with the spirit of Kev Carmody.
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Just returned from Colorado and heading to Maine. Here are some from the high country. T
I really like the looking to the middle best
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'New from old' had me looking and contemplating life for a while, so thanks Ken.
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Country that was logged around 50 years ago.
Hi Ken. What a great document. Romanticly I want it to be the Sycamore remembering his majesty and returning to pass that beauty forward to new younger generations...to change that something has not died, but is, simply different. Most certainly a fine meditation image.
Could you tell if this had grown over the duff and remains, or from a portion of cambium that survived? Wow, I'd love to see this up close and personal. The new growth forest, is it sycamore?
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Could you tell if this had grown over the duff and remains, or from a portion of cambium that survived? Wow, I'd love to see this up close and personal. The new grroth forest, is it sycamore?
Hi Patricia
I think it had grown over the duff and remains. I am pretty sure that the tree itself and much of the regrowth forest is corymbia maculata (http://www.florabank.org.au/lucid/key/species%20navigator/media/html/Corymbia_maculata.htm), the coastal spotted gum, a heart-rendingly beautiful tree that grows in our southern coastal forests. You should come and see them for yourself - I am sure that the many other Australian LuLa members would second that invitation.
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Thanks Ken. It was completely off my radar. Checking a little (as I wondered how it related to Eucalyptus in Hawaii) found this: http://www.nationalregisterofbigtrees.com.au/listing_view.php?listing_id=548
"Old Blotchy" on the Au. National Register. Thank you for the travel!
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"Old Blotchy" stands about 20km north along the coast from where I took my shot.
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..down the track past "New from Old".
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Thoughts?
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Tree Tunnel, Inverness Ridge Trail, Point Reyes
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Quite the tunnel indeed!
Mike.
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Tree Tunnel, Inverness Ridge Trail, Point Reyes
Nice and dark. good modulation of wide dynamic range. reminds me of a fairy tale.
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reminds me of a fairy tale.
Fike,
I must confess I did look among the tree trunks for Disney-esque faces lurking in the bark.
It is a wonderful pic.
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A few more from colorado.
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Tree Tunnel, Inverness Ridge Trail, Point Reyes
Im just down the road from that location next door to Ross and need to get there asap.
THanks
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Im just down the road from that location next door to Ross and need to get there asap.
It's only about 40 minutes from you. Just head west on Sir Francis Drake towards Point Reyes, go though Inverness, bear left towards the Point Reyes Lighthouse and turn left on Mt. Vision Road. Go all the way up to the end and park your car in the parking area near the locked gate. You'll have to walk the last bit. The Inverness Ridge Trail is about a quarter mile trek up the road. Follow the sign at the top of the hill, directing you to the left.
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A shot from yesterday afternoon's stroll
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Oddly enough we didn't have much fall colors this year, then finally the past two days everything turns bright yellow but also immediately sheds. Well, I don't like the fall anyway, so no loss there, but ended up taking some pictures nonetheless. I suppose they belong in the category "trees" more than they do in the category "fall colors"…
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From today's walk on Exmoor
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Interesting perspective, Bill. It's almost as if the wind is blowing the clouds from the tree like lost leaves.
Mike.
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It was a case of positioning myself to get that perspective. I got a little damp doing so, and couldn't quite get the road out of the picture even then.
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It was a case of positioning myself to get that perspective. I got a little damp doing so, and couldn't quite get the road out of the picture even then.
Worth the effort, I think - and cloning out the road shouldn't be too tricky, if you can be bothered.
Jeremy
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bare tree, tonight
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A tree inspired by sign language.
Finally!!! A landscape worthy of Russ' attention! ;D
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Finally!!! A landscape worthy of Russ' attention! ;D
Okay, I have no idea what to make of that but thanks for the response.
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Okay, I have no idea what to make of that but thanks for the response.
Sorry, did not notice you are (relatively) new here. That was kind of an inside joke among older members. We have our friend Russ (posts as RSL), who believes that most landscapes are not worth much unless they contain a "hand of man," i.e., a sign of human presence: a house, road, farm, etc. Well, your photograph couldn't be a better example of a "hand of man" in landscape. :)
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(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8061/8177739540_c1f14ae324_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/8177739540/)
The End of Fall, Yosemite Chapel (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/8177739540/) by tanngrisnir3 (http://www.flickr.com/people/87368247@N00/), on Flickr
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Beautiful patterns and atmosphere. Just a tad over-sharpened.
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Excellent, I wish I had taken it. Not even sure you could make it better.
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Don't know if this quite works as intended, but I thought it was mildly funny when I saw this scene: Envy
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That's a funny looking tree. Really!
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Taken back in the summer. Must have been a Wednesday afternoon. It rained the day after summer & has been raining pretty much ever since.
This is on Burrow Mump, on the Somerset Levels (aka Sedgemoor), very prone to flooding. A few hills dot the landscape, and two of them, Glastonbury Tor & Burrow Mump, have ruined chapels dedicated to St Michael on their tops.
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iPhone + LR ...
(http://thepaynes.dlinkddns.com/web/shore.jpg)
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iPhone + LR ...
Nicely seen and has all the resolution it needs.
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Resaturated.
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Earlier in the season this persimmon has good fruit.
Bruce
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Did you eat any of them? I have a lot of them around my place, but they're way too tannic to enjoy, no matter how ripe they get.
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Did you eat any of them? I have a lot of them around my place, but they're way too tannic to enjoy, no matter how ripe they get.
They are sweet, if messy, when ripe and the birds get their share. It may be a grafted tree; new growth from the roots is not so good. The photo was taken standing on the roof of one story.
Bruce
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A line of beech trees forming a field boundary on the local hills
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The shadows seems a little blocked up, but I`m sure that`s just the .jpg. Other than that it looks very good!!
Mike.
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Fog among the trees
Slowly lifts to make things clear
The sun finds it's way
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Oak?
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Oak?
Yes
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Here are four new tree images from my recent fall shoot in the rockies. Horseman 617, Fuji Velvia 50 film.
Hopefully you find these interesting.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Here are four new tree images from my recent fall shoot in the rockies. Horseman 617, Fuji Velvia 50 film.
Hopefully you find these interesting.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
"Hanging on" has a tiny bit of a blue cast to it. I like that. It works.
Very nice.
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Even though the composition of "harmony" is seen a lot, I like your take on it. A lot.
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(http://pcdn.500px.net/17081447/129baabf48f1c5f4830f0e1881673bc6ace1ba63/4.jpg)
(http://pcdn.500px.net/17081449/f31a8c343662814d058fcae3b2476fc6eedd33cf/4.jpg)
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Night Trees
Illuminated by a portable floodlight from a balcony. The sea is in the darkness behind.
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Three from Majorca - the olive tree is from Banyalbufar (sorry for the accents) - this one did probably see a few centuries passing by!
The pine trees in the 2 others were just by my hotel in Peguera.
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Night Trees
Illuminated by a portable floodlight from a balcony. The sea is in the darkness behind.
Ghostly. I like it.
Jeremy
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Three from Majorca - the olive tree is from Banyalbufar (sorry for the accents) - this one did probably see a few centuries passing by!
The pine trees in the 2 others were just by my hotel in Peguera.
That middle one would have some stories to tell!!
Mike.
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(http://pcdn.500px.net/9728203/596c1ffefa6484be38e3bdcb677247320c857d09/4.jpg)
(http://pcdn.500px.net/6782285/fdc849d5dc299ba07d7cae50f4566426ec6897d8/4.jpg)
Climbing trees.
I miss how long the after noon light lasts in the summer time.
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Above the Lac du Bourget in front of Aix les Bains, Savoie, France.
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Above the Lac du Bourget in front of Aix les Bains, Savoie, France.
Niko, this is interesting for me.
I feel very little about your Mallorcan stuff, either for or agin, because, I suppose, I’ve been here for 31 years and counting and every guy doing local stock has masses of the same material buried somewhere.
By contrast, your Savoie picture really does appeal to me.
So, what’s going on here, in my head? Am I incapable of seeing the local wood for the trees (groan!) or is it that distant grass is always greener, and that we are condemned to base all of our judgments on the measure of our own experiences and find it impossible to be objective in matters of taste?
I don’t live in the States, and have never set eyes upon the Big Split, the Grand Erosion, but I have seen so many images of it that it has utterly stripped away any curiosity and I have not the remotest wish ever to visit it in reality.
This same ennui must, I imagine (never asked a medic to confirm), affect doctors as it does model photographers regarding the female body. After so much looking and pretty impersonal observation, is there a dulling of the erotic sensitivity when it comes down to personal relationships? As I’ve never been anyone but myself, I have no personal means of telling: can’t run the same race twice. I guess neither can a doctor. Not much point in asking, I suppose.
But it makes one wonder.
Rob C
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is it that distant grass is always greener, and that we are condemned to base all of our judgments on the measure of our own experiences and find it impossible to be objective in matters of taste?
I'd rather bet on this one - after all, the desire to profit from that elusive distant grass must have somehow grown hardwired into us as an evolutionary advantage, as might have been the male awe and female envy for a young female body with nice round hips (meaning better chances to survive a pregnancy?).
Being able to add value to those personal seeings, something that might add another level of significance, is just a ethereal ideal - even though a few of Ansel Adam's photographs actually do make me want visit the Grand Canyon (but I fear I may only see the ordinary stuff).
Being neither a medic nor a model photographer, I cannot answer your other question.
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I don’t live in the States, and have never set eyes upon the Big Split, the Grand Erosion, but I have seen so many images of it that it has utterly stripped away any curiosity and I have not the remotest wish ever to visit it in reality.
That's silly, Rob.
I've seen a good number of images of the crack in the ground, too ... and I can assure you that there isn't an image out there that truly captures the full glory of sunset at the Grand Canyon live and in person ... or hiking into and out of the canyon ... or looking over the edge ... or rafting down the Colorado ...
If you think you've "been there, done that" simply because you've seen some images of the place, you have short-changed yourself.
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If you think you've "been there, done that" simply because you've seen some images of the place, you have short-changed yourself.
I've been to GC once, after having seen countless excellent photographs of the place. Jeremy is right: No amount of studying pictures beforehand repared me for the real thing, which was indescribably awesome.
The same goes for a number of other places I've been to, such as Canadian Rockies, Death Valley, ...
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I've been to GC once, after having seen countless excellent photographs of the place. Jeremy is right: No amount of studying pictures beforehand repared me for the real thing, which was indescribably awesome.
The same goes for a number of other places I've been to, such as Canadian Rockies, Death Valley, ...
Well Zabriskie Point has a certain elegance...
However, it'll all remain out of reach now, as nobody will give me travel insurance anymore at realistic rates. Ironic, really, because if I could afford that pesky M9 then the insurance would follow!
But I have flown over the African version and I think it's even deeper...
;-)
Rob C
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That's silly, Rob.
I've seen a good number of images of the crack in the ground, too ... and I can assure you that there isn't an image out there that truly captures the full glory of sunset at the Grand Canyon live and in person ... or hiking into and out of the canyon ... or looking over the edge ... or rafting down the Colorado ...
If you think you've "been there, done that" simply because you've seen some images of the place, you have short-changed yourself.
Once, I had a PR client who booked me to do a shoot with him in Port Glasgow, on the Clyde. I'd imagined it was just a building, and it was, but the job consisted of going up in one of those lifts that are stapled to the exterior of the shells of new highrises. I've never been so petrified in my life. I detest heights except when flying, and I once had the pleasure of the combination of window seat and beautiful weather that let me see the world beneath me from Glasgow to Palma de Mallorca; tried to guess where in France we were, but it was quite impossible to tell. Still a beautiful experience, though. We have some pretty tall sea cliffs here; I avoid them too when I can, which is mostly unless there are visitors.
When we first came to live here I went to catch a sunrise on the headland from the top of Formentor; my son was with me and apart from the seagulls sussing us out it was absolutely silent. But it didn't feel good, however beautiful it was; just felt that we shouldn't really be there, that we were intruders into another world where we didn't belong.
Rob C
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tried to guess where in France we were, but it was quite impossible to tell.
I've used a GPS, with built in maps, on flights. Flying is a little more enjoyable if you can identify what you're seeing out the window.
I agree with the comments above about the Grand Canyon and other landscapes. No matter how good a photo I capture, or other great photos I've seen, none of them come close to capturing the beauty and awe of the real thing.
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That's silly, Rob.
I've seen a good number of images of the crack in the ground, too ... and I can assure you that there isn't an image out there that truly captures the full glory of sunset at the Grand Canyon live and in person ... or hiking into and out of the canyon ... or looking over the edge ... or rafting down the Colorado ...
If you think you've "been there, done that" simply because you've seen some images of the place, you have short-changed yourself.
I also add to this, even if you see pictures or documentaries until it's in front of you you don't fully realize the scale.
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Four more panoramic images from my recent shoot in the Rockies. All images taken with a Horseman 617 with Velvia 50 Film.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Outstanding work. Some of my favourites ever, on here.
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Four more panoramic images from my recent shoot in the Rockies. All images taken with a Horseman 617 with Velvia 50 Film.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
I like the first and the last the most
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Armand
Thanks for the feedback, I am just in the decision process for print choices for a show as part of a photo festival.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Bagni di masino beech forest, 1 november.
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Bagni di masino beech forest, 1 november.
Love it, makes me feel I'm actually there! And I do want to be there ...
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Love it, makes me feel I'm actually there! And I do want to be there ...
The forest isn't very large but really primeval. There is also a lovely ancient spa with hotel ( XVI-XVII cent.). Masino Valley is very beautiful and quite unspoiled (no ski resorts) with wonderful granite mountains. See also Mello Valley, the small italian Yosemity...When you want... tell me...
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Lovely forest, nice colors. In the shot, not sure about so much sky - it demands more attention that it deserves (with acknowledgment to a comment by Tim Walcott on one of my images).
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Bagni di masino beech forest, 1 november.
All the ingredients for an image magnifique are present in this composition but I feel inclined to agree with Ken that the sky just has slightly too much prominence. Some of the foreground also has some dead space.
This is an excellent effort though and should provide a lot of inspiration for the future.
Tony Jay
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Ken it deserves more attention, but more important needs a ladder and heavier fog. This would eliminate more of the sky and bring the attention to the forest and trees. But give it a better composition. I often carry a ladder with my ridiculously heavy camera bag out. Its very painful but nothing is worse than not getting the shot you really want. Its like running a 400 meter race and letting your guard down at the end. Never say never. And yes I used to run professionally.
The third ones was shot from a ladder in Maine during a storm.
Been away, here are a few others. Tim Wolcott
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Tim, maybe you are the man to talk to with regard to shooting in a rainforest (there is plenty around my locale) but I have always had a lot of problems capturing the essence of the rainforest.
Other types of scenes appear much easier to achieve really good compositions.
It is true that I have pursued several ideas with some success but have yet to have to really nail the concept.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Tony Jay
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I often carry a ladder with my ridiculously heavy camera bag out.
Great shots as always Tim.
Ever since you first mentioned that ladder, I have been looking out for you. I have seen men with camera bags, and men with ladders, but so far no man with a heavy camera bag and a ladder. I am beginning to think we just don't hang out in the same forest.
Have a great xmas. Everyone else too.
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Tim, maybe you are the man to talk to with regard to shooting in a rainforest (there is plenty around my locale) but I have always had a lot of problems capturing the essence of the rainforest.Other types of scenes appear much easier to achieve really good compositions.
It is true that I have pursued several ideas with some success but have yet to have to really nail the concept.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Tony Jay
Tony, that's a simple condition to cure, don't even need an antibiotic: just stop looking at the forest and see the wood.
Just like this: not a forest in sight, just wood, Kodachrome and red mud. Season's greetings to you.
;-)
Rob C
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Tony
Here are four of my rainforest images, I hope you find them interesting. Camera Horseman 617 Velvia 50 film.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Tony, that's a simple condition to cure, don't even need an antibiotic: just stop looking at the forest and see the wood.
Just like this: not a forest in sight, just wood, Kodachrome and red mud. Season's greetings to you.
;-)
Rob C
Thank you Rob - and a Merry Christmas to you too.
You are not wrong in your assertion: it is difficult to see the forest properly - all those damn trees keep getting in the way.
My photography has grown out of a love for the outdoors in general and so far most of the things that I really care about I have managed to get portfolio-grade images or approaching that standard.
The glaring exception so far is the rainforest. Rainforests fascinate me, yet, photographically at least, I am not seeing and capturing anything more than what I would characterize as slightly above average pics at best (One or two recent images may stand the test of time - we will see).
So, I am not trying to shoot subject matter that I am indifferent about, and I am not bereft of ideas, but it is becoming somewhat apparent to me that there may be technique issues that have escaped me.
On a completely different note - Thank you for your kindness and guidance through the course of the year. It is very much appreciated.
Your friend
Tony Jay
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Steven thank you for your interest in my predicament.
I have gone back through the thread a little way and had a look at several of your contributions.
Beautiful images all.
Your 'Aspen glow' has the visual impact for me of the finale of the 1812 Overture - a true tour de force.
I am not completely conversant with your equipment but if memory serves your Horseman is a dedicated panoramic camera.
Either that or you really like that particular aspect ratio for your panoramas.
Come to think of it does shooting with a particular aspect ratio in mind (easier if your Horseman is indeed a dedicated panoramic camera) help with visualizing the outcome? The answer may be self-evident but perhaps there is a bit more to this than I realize. I would appreciate any comments that you have.
As already stated I thoroughly enjoyed reviewing your image posts.
Those four rainforest pics remind a little of the forest architecture of what would be termed wet sclerophyll forest in Australia. The Eucalypts may possibly be a bit taller though.
The tropical and subtropical rainforest that I shoot in seem to be much denser (although I admit that I have never shot in the temperate rainforest that I assume is somewhere in North America - perhaps Oregon or Washington State?).
I am interested to know whether if that is the case, and not just my interpretation, would that change your approach in any way?
I will post a couple of images in the next day or so to show images that I believe are passable.
Any comments in general and critiques of the images would be appreciated.
A Merry Christmas to you Steven.
Tony Jay
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Hi Tony
Thanks for the kind feedback. Autumn Glow is a big seller for me, just sold one this week. the images are from Moss Ferns and Maples British Columbia and the other three are from Rainforest on the south island of New Zealand. The Horseman 617 is a dedicated film panoramic camera with a three to one ratio, none of the images are cropped. It makes it easier for the galleries that sell my work to have consistent image sizes. I use the Schneider lenses, each one has a viewfinder. The viewfinder is key to locating imagery in the forest. You could use framing cards, hopefully Tim will join the discussion he believes in using framing cards. I had the pleasure to meet Tim and shoot around with him last fall. Tim is a great guy and very passionate about his work. Forest imagery is a real challenge given how chaotic the forest can be especially the forests you mention. I will look for your posts and comment. Here is a recent magazine article from F11 Magazine on my photography that may have some interest. Thanks again for your kind feedback. Happy holidays, got to run, I am cooking dinner.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
http://www.f11magazine.com/site/pdf/f11%20Magazine%20-%20Issue%2017%20-%20DecemberJanuary%202013.pdf
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Steven thanks for the links.
I read the article in f11 magazine in full.
Very interesting.
I think what stood out for me was the issue of time.
This is something that for me is in short supply generally.
Often I only get a single day at a time and even going back to areas that I know may make for a pleasant time in the forest but due to light or weather only very moderate shooting conditions a lot of the time.
The time factor limits the search for optimal compositions too.
To compensate for the above limitations I frequently shoot mini-landscapes with the focus (pun intended) on smaller elements in the forest.
In Queensland there are many locales where I could shoot but possibly what is required is to select a particular area and explore it in detail.
Possibly this would allow me to slowly assemble places with good compositions and then hopefully when the light is good I might get the odd winner.
Tony Jay
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Lovely forest, nice colors. In the shot, not sure about so much sky - it demands more attention that it deserves (with acknowledgment to a comment by Tim Walcott on one of my images).
I agree. I feel there is too much "vacuum" in the middle,not only too much sky.
Here another image (I had to cut the rock on the left).
The difficulty with the composition of these images is that the slope is quite steep...
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Your thinking right but: If you want the colors to be the brightest part of your image and give it more focus on your subject matter you need to find great trees with big hills behind it.
Steven and I went to Colorado this year and it was great to shoot together. But having big hills or mountains to be the backdrop allows your colors of the trees you want to be the primary interest. This is always the problem when shooting trees. Tim
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Your thinking right but: If you want the colors to be the brightest part of your image and give it more focus on your subject matter you need to find great trees with big hills behind it.
Steven and I went to Colorado this year and it was great to shoot together. But having big hills or mountains to be the backdrop allows your colors of the trees you want to be the primary interest. This is always the problem when shooting trees. Tim
Do you mean something like this?
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Yes but I was referring to your previous image with the tree in the fore ground and having the mountain in the back. But yes same principle. But I will have to say you can find lots of trees but very few with the right make-up that makes it work. Usually all the best trees are not anywhere the mountains are. Its a lot of work to find the right scenario. Tim
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Hi Tony
Thanks for the kind feedback. Autumn Glow is a big seller for me, just sold one this week. the images are from Moss Ferns and Maples British Columbia and the other three are from Rainforest on the south island of New Zealand. The Horseman 617 is a dedicated film panoramic camera with a three to one ratio, none of the images are cropped. It makes it easier for the galleries that sell my work to have consistent image sizes. I use the Schneider lenses, each one has a viewfinder. The viewfinder is key to locating imagery in the forest. You could use framing cards, hopefully Tim will join the discussion he believes in using framing cards. I had the pleasure to meet Tim and shoot around with him last fall. Tim is a great guy and very passionate about his work. Forest imagery is a real challenge given how chaotic the forest can be especially the forests you mention. I will look for your posts and comment. Here is a recent magazine article from F11 Magazine on my photography that may have some interest. Thanks again for your kind feedback. Happy holidays, got to run, I am cooking dinner.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
http://www.f11magazine.com/site/pdf/f11%20Magazine%20-%20Issue%2017%20-%20DecemberJanuary%202013.pdf
I admire your work. I really do.
Thanks for sharing with us.
Paolo
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Yes but I was referring to your previous image with the tree in the fore ground and having the mountain in the back. But yes same principle. But I will have to say you can find lots of trees but very few with the right make-up that makes it work. Usually all the best trees are not anywhere the mountains are. Its a lot of work to find the right scenario. Tim
Just like finding world-standard pinup girls in Mallorca, then? Great locations from natural to man-made, both ancient and modern, but nobody to put into them. Of course, there are beautiful girls, but they have no interest in photography - why should they have? Because I wish they did?
Oh well, guess we're all babes in the woods in some way or another.
Rob C
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I really simply walk and try to pay tribute to what I find and like.... Sometimes, in some misterious way, I fall in love with something and return again and again...
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Hi Paolo
Thanks for the kind feedback. There are some incredible photos posted on this site.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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(http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb192/DinahFyre/DSC_1032_01_zpsf7da641e.jpg)
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Better late than never!
Apologies for the delay Steven.
A rainforest image that I believe is passable.
Comments welcome.
Tony Jay
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Tony, that's because you did stop looking at the forest and concentrated on a tree... ;-)
Other genres share the problem: photographers who can only do faces and not figures; guys who go out on a limb about legs and others who baulk at a boob. It's a mad world and that's why it still goes round and round, aimlessly, never learning from its own experience. Hence the value of the black hole: the ultimate coup de grâce.
Rob C
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Tony, that's because you did stop looking at the forest and concentrated on a tree... ;-)
Thanks for your comment Rob.
It is true that I focused right in on the buttress roots of this majestic rainforest tree and I think a fair image resulted (personally I think it looks really good printed to A2 however, it looks a little flat on monitor).
Nonetheless it is an interesting conundrum for me that despite a longstanding fascination with rainforests I feel that my overall standard of shooting in rainforests has not matched or grown with my results in other environments.
Generally those subjects that interest me have resulted in fair and improving images of those subjects - the gap remains with the rainforest.
However, that image was shot recently and was the result of an idea I had when planning the trip.
I am not out of ideas (possibly my biggest limitation is time) but would nonetheless appreciate critique and suggestions
Tony Jay
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Better late than never!
Apologies for the delay Steven.
A rainforest image that I believe is passable.
Comments welcome.
Tony Jay
These are some of the best looking roots that I've ever seen! The usual banyan roots are also fascinating (and difficult to capture) but these are a step above.
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it looks a little flat on monitor
that's because you're not utilising the full DR available. Go readjust the exposure so you hit the right side of the histo and then use brightness to readjust the overall tone back to something believable. (See attached image). Should liven up your image considerably. I also suggest to heavily apply dodge&burn on those spots that distract from the lines. (Like all insets with dead leaves). This would both improve the focus on the roots, as well as increase the perception of depth. You only have contrast to generate the 3D experience that no doubt these roots exhibit in real life. How large are these IRL?
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Hi Tony
I like Oscars crop and image adjustment to your image. I always ask myself when composing is there anything that I can remove from the scene to simplify the image. Less is always more and in a rainforest the chaos and clutter makes it hard to find a composition. Generally speaking getting in closer is a way to simplify.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Hi Tony
I like Oscars crop and image adjustment to your image. I always ask myself when composing is there anything that I can remove from the scene to simplify the image. Less is always more and in a rainforest the chaos and clutter makes it hard to find a composition. Generally speaking getting in closer is a way to simplify.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
Whilst this is true, and I've said as much, it still fails to solve the problem of representing the forest rather than a single plant. Maybe the only successful way of during this is as per the nature tv series: use a chopper (the flying, not the cutting sort!).
Rob C
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that's because you're not utilising the full DR available. Go readjust the exposure so you hit the right side of the histo and then use brightness to readjust the overall tone back to something believable. (See attached image). Should liven up your image considerably. I also suggest to heavily apply dodge&burn on those spots that distract from the lines. (Like all insets with dead leaves). This would both improve the focus on the roots, as well as increase the perception of depth. You only have contrast to generate the 3D experience that no doubt these roots exhibit in real life. How large are these IRL?
Thanks Oscar.
The original post processing was done with a print in mind.
The print is excellent and brings out the the very issue you identify - 3D depth.
I do actually like how this looks on a bog-standard monitor rather than my high-end NEC.
I will go back to the RAW with your principle in mind and see whether I can improve the result.
As for the roots - they are massive, belonging to a tree that is well over a hundred feet high.
Tony Jay
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Rob
Have a look at some of my work. I rarely show one plant or tree. I try and find a colour, design or pattern and use this for my composition. I do elimiate elements in my composition that do not fit the other elements.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Yes, but let's not fail to see the trees for the forest! ;)
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A couple from last winter
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A couple from last winter
Both good.
I like #1 the best - beautiful light!
Tony Jay
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Thanks Tony. And the full-size image looks so much better (NSS)
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Thanks Tony. And the full-size image looks so much better (NSS)
Yup, I'm with you there - I have never posted an image here that hasn't been printed to at least A2 size prior.
The monitor often gives a dissapointing view compared to the print. (in my case anyway - different monitors for laptop that is used for internet use versus postprocessing workstation.)
Tony Jay
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A couple from last winter
Both are nice but I prefer the second, gives more of a fairytale atmosphere
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a winter tree
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With a heron. Nice
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Didn't get to shoot as much IR trees during our latest trip out SW.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8219/8347775548_5db1d31fdd_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawhead/8347775548/)
Longevity (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawhead/8347775548/) by Dr. RawheaD (http://www.flickr.com/people/rawhead/), on Flickr
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A winter walk in the woods of Lage Vuursche (Netherlands)
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Serpentine Gorge, West MacDonnell Ranges, Central Australia.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NqyIp6Ni-Ds/UPTkaA1pmSI/AAAAAAAABKA/lQr0ZGmM_Ug/s1600/serpentine_gorge_01.jpg)
Cheers,
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Thanks for sharing your work, folks!
Mike.
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Serpentine Gorge, West MacDonnell Ranges, Central Australia.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NqyIp6Ni-Ds/UPTkaA1pmSI/AAAAAAAABKA/lQr0ZGmM_Ug/s1600/serpentine_gorge_01.jpg)
Cheers,
Beautiful; couldn't be cropped any better.
Rob C
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Lovely!
Looks just like I remembered it.
Tony Jay
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Serpentine Gorge, West MacDonnell Ranges, Central Australia.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NqyIp6Ni-Ds/UPTkaA1pmSI/AAAAAAAABKA/lQr0ZGmM_Ug/s1600/serpentine_gorge_01.jpg)
Cheers,
Are you sure this is shown with the correct colorprofile?
It says sRGB, but it looks extremely dull. The histogram also suggests you could gain much more regarding colors and dynamic range. Just as an example see attached. (Don't blow the left-most tree like in the example, though).
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I worked on this before I saw OPGR's response which I find overcooked in every area but wifey chores got in the way of posting it sooner.
My first response was it needed a bit of warmth so I did a warming edit but found somewhat like OPGR's edit, a bit too warm.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8470/8384127036_4219772589_o.jpg)
So, I took my edit and pasted it over his original, reduced the opacity to 50% and came up with this...warmer but won't frtiz your fingers, yet retaining most of the coolness of the canyon.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8220/8384127136_75016c3740_o.jpg)
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Lovely!
Looks just like I remembered it.
Tony Jay
I'm right there with Tony. Maybe it is because I love the time I am able to spend in similar areas, and have many times studied the light with a large grey isolating card I sometimes carry. Even a small multi adapt framing card reveals wonderful secrets about that light and its subtle color. The revisions offered above , for me, remove the magical and palpable sense of that place at that moment. I can see where a bit of judicious sculpting might tweak depth a bit in the area right in image but I like it just as presented.
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That's the beauty of having been there...everything else just becomes someone else's interpretation, thus their vision. I tend to like warmer than cooler, probably too much. Russ is helping me to understand better the simplicity of less is more.
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helping me to understand...
The beauty is that you are making the effort to see! You did not dismiss this image...you went to work wondering. Just a thought though. These spaces, these places have volume and stories. They surround you, closely or large writ. You can feel the temperature on your back...the color floating there is describing the shape, the volume, the speech and language of that place. Now you may wish to see on the desk before you a pleasurable and warm assembly of colors and that is fine. That is purpose built and as such can be magnified as you chose to do. But this place drew the photographer for just what it is. (The other edit offered above I just don't feel I can comment on with any veracity because I have the sense here and elsewhere that there are calibration issues at play) In your case I see clearly your thinking and strongly sense your willingness to step well out of your close vision to another level entirely and I celebrate that juncture for you. I envy the photographers that see and feel behind themselves, around themselves and manage through careful study or luck to pass that forward to the viewer...not just a pretty group of pixels arranged for pleasure but with a story of place to tell. A studio drop cloth did not unroll behind the photographer here isolating that in front of the lense from the location...the location and its volume came to us beautifully observed and expressed. There is no right or wrong... but the gift of finding oneself in a place that makes us work harder is the beauty of it all....and how fortunate we are to have these opportunities at all!
(an aside...Rob C is doing some wonderful cell phone captures of rust, chips, peels..even they exhibit this sense of volume...it is so much more than color and/or temp...while it is easy to be drawn to the voluptuous nature of his portraits, they too have that sense of more behind/around us in that space)
Anyway...have stayed too long...stay open!
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Okay, there is indeed something funky going on with attachment images colorwise. Rob C has mentioned it previously. Investigating now...
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I'm right there with Tony. Maybe it is because I love the time I am able to spend in similar areas, and have many times studied the light with a large grey isolating card I sometimes carry. Even a small multi adapt framing card reveals wonderful secrets about that light and its subtle color. The revisions offered above , for me, remove the magical and palpable sense of that place at that moment. I can see where a bit of judicious sculpting might tweak depth a bit in the area right in image but I like it just as presented.
Me too. I find the original appealing and believable. Every one of the attempted "improvements" just kills the magic, for me.
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Not sure if I posted this one before, but here we go (Grand Teton NP):
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3276/3100667944_c8908edc44.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/slobodan_blagojevic/3100667944/)
Aspens I (http://www.flickr.com/photos/slobodan_blagojevic/3100667944/) by Slobodan Blagojevic (http://www.flickr.com/people/slobodan_blagojevic/), on Flickr
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Tree plus canola (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canola) near Cootamundra, South West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HgP71xxM-D0/UPw02sp__2I/AAAAAAAABKg/xLARSg0Liyc/s1600/canola.jpg)
Cheers,
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(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8224/8397064233_dfbfb00a6f_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lexrasta/8397064233/)
Howqua/Eildon VIC (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lexrasta/8397064233/) by Daniel Dahlmann (http://www.flickr.com/people/lexrasta/), on Flickr
Victoria/Australia Lake Eildon.
Cheers
/Dahlmann
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Because the other thread is for pussies who can't handle critique…
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Because the other thread is for pussies who can't handle critique…
;D ;D ;D
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Dahlmann, love the "dusty pink" tonality... and the vignette.
Oscar, a well-done classic (or, what some would insist, a cliche - in any case, a compliment). Perhaps adding a bit of a vignette too?
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Victoria/Australia Lake Eildon.
/Dahlmann
I think it would be even better with the upper branches. That's a pretty brutal crop.
Jeremy
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I think it would be even better with the upper branches. That's a pretty brutal crop.
Jeremy
I agree. Great potential, but it needs the rest of the tree.
Mike.
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A couple odd ones.
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A couple odd ones.
I love the second, Tim.
Jeremy
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One from this morning
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A couple odd ones.
The first one is very graphic... simple shapes. I like it but almost don't see the tree.
The second image, in my opinion, is more interesting, I like it better! It tells me a story about life in the desert.
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Two birches (young and old?, alive and dead?) near my hortulus secretus, Valtelline Valley.
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Four more pans from last fall. All images taken with a Horseman 617, Velvia 50 film.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Cypress Trees and Spanish Moss
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8357/8418768572_4b8c2bc49d_o.jpg)
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Some old images from Western Australia, it's not very often that you get such good reflections.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-H0Dbp-EoQ8I/UQSK7NS_w6I/AAAAAAAABLw/lPvXQYskweI/s1600/WA2.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MfLPnxpVwDQ/UQSLBKrbNCI/AAAAAAAABL4/XeZWrVOvUC0/s1600/WA1.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YukZaiCo34Y/UQSLHv4lTuI/AAAAAAAABMA/RhFRQLYASzg/s1600/WA3.jpg)
Cheers,
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Tom, images like this always want to make me pack up my Patrol and get going.
But, but, Western Australia is ginormous.
Can you remember where you where when you shot these images.
Apologies if I am stretching the memories.
Tony Jay
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Tom, images like this always want to make me pack up my Patrol and get going.
But, but, Western Australia is ginormous.
Can you remember where you where when you shot these images.
Apologies if I am stretching the memories.
Tony Jay
The place is Parkeyerring Lake (http://www.tombrown.id.au/monochrome/monochrome.html) (last slide show), it's north of Albany.
The Google Map satellite image of the area (https://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Wagin+WA,+Australia&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=Fcm_A_4dEIf-Bg&ll=-33.369603,117.356515&spn=0.02921,0.056305&t=h&z=15&iwloc=addr) is very interesting. I was in a hurry so I didn't stay long. There are a number of lakes in the area but I dont know if there are walking tracks or not but it is something that has potential.
Cheers,
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The place is Parkeyerring Lake (http://www.tombrown.id.au/monochrome/monochrome.html) (last slide show), it's north of Albany.
The Google Map satellite image of the area (https://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Wagin+WA,+Australia&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=Fcm_A_4dEIf-Bg&ll=-33.369603,117.356515&spn=0.02921,0.056305&t=h&z=15&iwloc=addr) is very interesting. I was in a hurry so I didn't stay long. There are a number of lakes in the area but I dont know if there are walking tracks or not but it is something that has potential.
Cheers,
Thanks Tom.
Albany is a fair hike from Brisbane but one of these days I will get to explore the more southerly parts of WA.
Just at the moment though I am typing this in the light of my laptop.
The ex-cyclone just blew through - literally.
No power at the moment.
Trees down everywhere.
One fallen tree has just missed the house - totalled the clothes line and a picket fence though.
Wind is still howling but the rain has stopped for now.
Tony Jay
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Hi,
I like the "Mono lake" shot best and perhaps the last one. I have an issue with the colors, on some pictures, I think they go over the top.
Best regards
Erik
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One from the Quantock Hills earlier this week
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Thanks Erik, I didn't editprofile them for the web. But they are close. I tend to shoot for color. I wait till the light is perfect to make the colors very big. Tim Wolcott
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One from the Quantock Hills earlier this week
Has the feel almost of a Currier/Ives litho... :)
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Here is one from Utah last November.
Ronny
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Here is one from Utah last November.
Lovely light.
Jeremy
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Nice!
Reminds me of something similar I took in Grand Teton:
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Reminds me of this photo on Alain Briot's website
http://www.beautiful-landscape.com/Print-of-the-month-118.html (http://www.beautiful-landscape.com/Print-of-the-month-118.html)
Steven
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Reminds me of this photo on Alain Briot's website
http://www.beautiful-landscape.com/Print-of-the-month-118.html (http://www.beautiful-landscape.com/Print-of-the-month-118.html)
Steven
It´s very close, and the image below is a picture of Alain when he takes the image you are linking to. ;D
The image was taken on a workshop with Alain. ;)
Ronny
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I thought it must have been a workshop. The light was to similar.
Beautiful image.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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How odd I clicked on the file name, rather than the image itself, only to have it open in Photoshop.
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How odd I clicked on the file name, rather than the image itself, only to have it open in Photoshop.
Perhaps because you set it in general preferences that jpeg files be always opened in Photoshop?
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I did not know that I was choosing to actually open the file rather than viewing it via my browser...
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I did not know that I was choosing to actually open the file rather than viewing it via my browser...
If you click the name, it will start a download,
if you click the thumbnail, it will view in your browser...
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Lovely light.
Jeremy
Without intending to reopen old sores: doesn't that comment sum up, pefectly, the difference between creating and observing that I vaguely recall discussing in another thread?
;-)
Rob C
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Some trees in Vernuga, Valtelline Valley. I think they should be populus tremula, (aspens?).
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I'm not sure if that's what they should be, but that's what they appear to be! :)
Populus tremuloides here in North America - similar, but a bit different.
Mike.
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Here is one with extreme dynamic range. Certainly a very hard image to pull off. I tried for 4 years to get this image to happen with the right set of clouds and fall color on the distant shore, with no wind and the right grasses on the shoreline. Finally it happened. Its also a stitch at 15 sec. May I say what a bitch. 15 sec with no wind for 2 shots in row. BUt I got it in one take. Thats all I had before the wind came up and clouds changed. Tim Wolcott
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Up in Teton National Park wandering through the countryside...
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Decorated for Christmas with all the trimmings.
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I'm not sure if that's what they should be, but that's what they appear to be! :)
Populus tremuloides here in North America - similar, but a bit different.
Mike.
Thank you very much Mike :), at last I understand what the aspens are. I began some years ago thinking the aspens are betula, more recently concluded they could be populus tremula but I too saw the difference: the trunk of my populus isn't white...
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Decorated for Christmas with all the trimmings.
Very different to those with which I associate you... work of a style (not stylization) and technique unique to a photographer's intimacy with place...this one very different to those, but draws me in to hear you in the considerations at the time..
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Thanks Patricia, I would agree. Although I'm always looking for trees that stand out in their own merit. But they are not easily found. In the past I have drawn out the trees I'm looking for to refresh my memory when I'm out shooting. This one has stood out for years but it takes a lot of rain and snow 2 years before these Sugar Pine to develop these amazing large Cones. But the difficulty is to get the separation from the background and have the background add to the shot. Here are some I have posted before that I love in this style. The first is dogwood shot in the full moon for 8 minutes. Second is a ancient pine "I drew the shot I wanted seven years earlier" that has such amazing structure with a rain drizzle making the background very elegant. The third is a 500 year grove oaks which I watched turn color for 7 days and finally capture it. The fourth is a study of ancient folding screen from Japan and my rendition of what I wanted to capture and create as though I was a painter. Loved our chat in the past. Tim Wolcott
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Thank you very much Mike :), at last I understand what the aspens are. I began some years ago thinking the aspens are betula, more recently concluded they could be populus tremula but I too saw the difference: the trunk of my populus isn't white...
No, Betula sp. is birch, and not all birch have white bark. Populus tremuloides have a creamy-white/green bark, but Populus grandidentata have more of of an orangey/green bark. Other poplars like the cottonwoods can vary greatly. One thing all Populus sp. in North America have in common (except balsam poplar - there's one in every crowd) is a flat leaf stalk or petiole. This is the stem that goes from the base of the leaf to the branch. The flat petiole makes the leaves rustle in the breeze, hence names like 'trembling aspen' or 'quaking aspen'.
Okay, that's enough dendrology for the day.
Mike.
Mike.
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No, Betula sp. is birch, and not all birch have white bark. Populus tremuloides have a creamy-white/green bark, but Populus grandidentata have more of of an orangey/green bark. Other poplars like the cottonwoods can vary greatly. One thing all Populus sp. in North America have in common (except balsam poplar - there's one in every crowd) is a flat leaf stalk or petiole. This is the stem that goes from the base of the leaf to the branch. The flat petiole makes the leaves rustle in the breeze, hence names like 'trembling aspen' or 'quaking aspen'.
Okay, that's enough dendrology for the day.
Mike.
Mike.
I'll copy your very useful lesson in "populology" in order to study it later, as thanks I post the birch (it's a she, a girl) of my hortulus secretus portrayed in july and in october, in the mist and under a snowfall.
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The autumn colour is lovely. Very nice light, nicely captured.
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The autumn colour is lovely. Very nice light, nicely captured.
Yes.
Mike.
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How odd I clicked on the file name, rather than the image itself, only to have it open in Photoshop.
One of the attachments in this thread (Tim's) is a PSD file - perhaps that was it?
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I like the verdant greens of spring, but winter is running a neck and neck tie...they're all beautiful.
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Lois, sorry about that it got away from me. Tim Wolcott
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Bump day, boab tree, the Kimberley – Western Australia.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i_EQBgEwRZ8/URH67Y7tkoI/AAAAAAAABNU/cuvUnvJMqtA/s1600/boab.jpg)
Cheers,
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Cherry
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Bump day, boab tree, the Kimberley Western Australia.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i_EQBgEwRZ8/URH67Y7tkoI/AAAAAAAABNU/cuvUnvJMqtA/s1600/boab.jpg)
Nice - got to be one the most characterful trees to be founf anywhere.
Tony Jay
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Cherry
The really glorious thing about cherry blossom is the colour, isn't it?
Jeremy
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The really glorious thing about cherry blossom is the colour, isn't it?
Jeremy
Certainly for the pink ones, yes! With these white ones, I found myself being delighted by the glorious carpet they had created on the wet grass. The light under the tree was fabulous.
For glorious color in cherries, I'll post another one.
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Glorious pink cherry.
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I like the verdant greens of spring, but winter is running a neck and neck tie...they're all beautiful.
Shooting the green picture last year (not exactly in spring, but in july at 1300m the greens are still fresh) I got (I don't know how) a meniscus inflammation that stopped me until november... and at present I can still hear an ominous "click cluck" coming from the knee...
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Here is couple newer ones and older ones from Colorado, Maine. Tim Wolcott
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(http://pcdn.500px.net/25525919/bc677c483e25a91537cba4bef4ba9fde75f21f82/4.jpg)
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That's awfully small Robbie. Can you post a larger version?
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Added the wrong link originally. Should work now.
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(http://pcdn.500px.net/25525919/bc677c483e25a91537cba4bef4ba9fde75f21f82/4.jpg)
It's an interesting landscape view that is presented in a pretty unusual way - centered as such. I take the subject as being the small tree on the log, and I do wish it would stand out more via the kind of exposure treatment of the whole photo. The unusual framing works pretty well for me, but I think it can be improved over what you have. The scraggly branches in lower right and left don't serve the picture much. This photograph is kind of fun and quirky. I am concerned that the water looks vaguely wrong in color or texture. I don't know why. Overall I do like it.
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Here is couple newer ones and older ones from Colorado, Maine. Tim Wolcott
Another great display. I always enjoy seeing your work and learn from it.
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Thanks for the comments. In the photo I have adjusted the tree to be brought out a bit more, while the surrounding area was darkened to support this. I felt that any more so would make the lighting seem unrealistic, so I decided to stop. I think the composition could be helped by better lighting, but I do enjoy the colours created by the light within this scene as is. I plan to try this as a black and white to see if that can better isolate the tree, but I have a fear the entire composition might be lost to the textures if a conversion is made. Colour helps to bring order to this, I think.
The water colour is mostly a result of the reflection from the sky (overcast blueish-grey). I tried a couple shots with a polarizer but the texture underneath the water, in my opinion, worked better by being hidden by the reflection. Not sure about the texture though.
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Thanks for the comments. In the photo I have adjusted the tree to be brought out a bit more, while the surrounding area was darkened to support this. I felt that any more so would make the lighting seem unrealistic, so I decided to stop. I think the composition could be helped by better lighting, but I do enjoy the colours created by the light within this scene as is. I plan to try this as a black and white to see if that can better isolate the tree, but I have a fear the entire composition might be lost to the textures if a conversion is made. Colour helps to bring order to this, I think.
The water colour is mostly a result of the reflection from the sky (overcast blueish-grey). I tried a couple shots with a polarizer but the texture underneath the water, in my opinion, worked better by being hidden by the reflection. Not sure about the texture though.
Thanks for explaining the water. Yeah, sometimes it does that to the sensors. I hope you have more photos to look at!
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This is just the bottom half of a vertical stitch of five shots, but I think it works better on its own
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I like it, but can we see the entire image?
Mike.
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This is just the bottom half of a vertical stitch of five shots, but I think it works better on its own
This is quite an exciting photograph of a somewhat common piece of nature. The lighting here is the main ingredient of success. It makes this so three dimensional I can feel a part of the image. The second layer of trees adds another element of surprise and beauty. I am a tree lover, and shoot many failed images of trees, so when I see one working this well, I am very excited.
Your framing is dead on perfect here. Without "seeing the photograph" it would be tempting to try to get the treetops into the picture. But they are superfluous and you have properly framed the story here with the shadows and the b/g trees in their proper roles. There's plenty of terra at the bottom to provide the base to anchor everything and give the shadows room to dance. There's even some rhythmic cloud ribbons in the back too. Fabulous!
I don't want to spend too much time on small technical things, but maybe the blacks could blacker for my taste. Feels a trifle light? Maybe a tad more contrast? But these are just the way I might see it. I like my trees a bit contrasty, and if you don't then fine, the picture is gorgeous either way because you put some of your "self" into seeing this image. It shows. What an enjoyable photograph!
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My first post in LuLa... I love trees. These were taken in the Great Smoky Mountains.
-Shoekai
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Welcome, Shoekai.
I like #1.
#2 has the trees against two very different backgrounds, the darker landscape and the bright sky. Sometimes a more consistent background, as in #1, works better. Lots of examples in the foregoing images.
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My first post in LuLa... I love trees. These were taken in the Great Smoky Mountains.
-Shoekai
Welcome! Don't take any of my comments personally. They are about the photographs.
#1 I am passing by because I have a negative reaction to the "feathery water" idea, which for me has become a cliche of technique that is overused and usually doesn't say much other than "trick."
But, #2 is a tree lover's delight and I am happy to see it. It has color, composition and mostly character. The character coming directly from your appreciation and love of trees, I assume. It is restful in some ways, and dramatic in others. The color values balance nicely with no distractions. The subjects are clear and I can wander through the photo at a leisurely pace.
However, I think the framing could have been better if you allowed a bit more ground under the bases to support them. The point you have chosen to cut them off feels unbalanced. I would go further down, or further up - preferring down.
I think there is an expressive mood in the photograph, and it's very enjoyable. Hope you have more!
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As requested, the full image of those beech trees
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I like the Beeches and, though hearing no request, here they are again.
Bruce
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I like the Beeches and, though hearing no request, here they are again.
Bruce
It was here -
I like it, but can we see the entire image?
Mike.
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Yes, but I took the liberty of adjusting them a little before I returned them. If you don't like it I will take it down.
Bruce
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Welcome, Shoekai.
I like #1.
#2 has the trees against two very different backgrounds, the darker landscape and the bright sky. Sometimes a more consistent background, as in #1, works better. Lots of examples in the foregoing images.
Hi Scott - Thanks. For #2, yep, I wish I had a little better separation between the foreground trees and the background.
Welcome! Don't take any of my comments personally. They are about the photographs.
#1 I am passing by because I have a negative reaction to the "feathery water" idea, which for me has become a cliche of technique that is overused and usually doesn't say much other than "trick."
But, #2 is a tree lover's delight and I am happy to see it. It has color, composition and mostly character. The character coming directly from your appreciation and love of trees, I assume. It is restful in some ways, and dramatic in others. The color values balance nicely with no distractions. The subjects are clear and I can wander through the photo at a leisurely pace.
However, I think the framing could have been better if you allowed a bit more ground under the bases to support them. The point you have chosen to cut them off feels unbalanced. I would go further down, or further up - preferring down.
I think there is an expressive mood in the photograph, and it's very enjoyable. Hope you have more!
Hi RedwoodGuy - I really appreciate your comments. For #2, yes, I were totally immersed in that subtle but compelling beauty of these trees in that foggy and drizzling morning. For #1, I know what you meant by the overuse and cliche of "feathery water". So, nowadays, I use it with caution, and only when there is a very clear intention. Thanks.
-Shoekai
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, I know what you meant by the overuse and cliche of "feathery water". So, nowadays, I use it with caution, and only when there is a very clear intention. Thanks.
-Shoekai
Thanks for the reply - that seems like an excellent idea to me.
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I like the uncropped verson better, Bill. There will always be someone who does, right?
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Well I started off shooting the bottom bit, but then looked up & thought, 'vertical panorama, why not give it a try'. So I did. But the 'crop' was the shot I was after & the version I prefer.
BTW, I tried stitching with Hugin & got a complete mess. Until I thought to rotate the individual photos & stitch as per a normal pano, then rotate the finished image. Then it worked.
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godawful wetlands, despite what appears to be a trail. Not quite swamp, but might as well have been.
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If you want to get technical, a 'swamp' is a wetland that has trees growing in it. But you probably don't. ;)
Mike.
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I don't know if he loves that tree, surely he loves the Virgin Mary.
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I wonder if the artist has ever heard of the Haudenosaunee 'False Face' society. Masks were carved into and then separated from living baswood trees. The carving must be very fresh in this image - once the ground thaws out and the sap starts running the face will be unrecognizable and eventually completely buried. But the artist will still be aware of it, and maybe that was the point.
Mike.
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My 1st tree.
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It would be quite lovely, almost graphic, without that contrail. Not sure if you did it on purpose (including it) or did not notice, but I find it distracting.
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It would be quite lovely, almost graphic, without that contrail. Not sure if you did it on purpose (including it) or did not notice, but I find it distracting.
I did it on purpose. I thought it would make the BG slightly more interesting.
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I did it on purpose. I thought it would make the BG slightly more interesting.
I think it was a pretty good idea to try. You can certainly see the effects on the composition. I think this is a good kind of experimentation to be doing. There may be a lot of possible framings with that contrail. Did yo try several? One cutting through the tree would be effective (maybe). Don't get boxed in by a lot of rules just now. Try things - it's free. Follow what interests you.
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I wonder if the artist has ever heard of the Haudenosaunee 'False Face' society. Masks were carved into and then separated from living baswood trees. The carving must be very fresh in this image - once the ground thaws out and the sap starts running the face will be unrecognizable and eventually completely buried. But the artist will still be aware of it, and maybe that was the point.
Mike.
Very poetic and fine thoughts! But I fear that the thinking of the devout artist is less organic, probably he applied some transparent varnish to the Madonna...
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Well, here is a recent one, from Oman.
Rgds
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Here are yesterday's juniper and persimmon.
Bruce
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Another one from a local walk a week or so ago
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Taken on the same walk as the previous one
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The full-size image is about 27 GB - a pano, obviously
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Bamboo tree.
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Like your top one!
Rob C
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Like your top one!
So do I. The second isn't interesting but the rays in the first are lovely.
Jeremy
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Shoulda posted Feb 14.
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(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8323/8437897046_645fc94eb4_b.jpg)
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Taken on the same walk as the previous one.
Not sure what to think about this one. That's probably a good thing.
Mike.
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The full-size image is about 27 GB - a pano, obviously
I'm guessing really old maples based on the growth form. Nicely done.
Mike.
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Shoulda posted Feb 14.
Love the caption! You know, sequoias and redwoods (among the world's largest trees) have really shallow root systems. They grow in groves because the roots of nearby trees all intertwine and form a group support network. The trees literally hold each other up.
Mike.
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I'm guessing really old maples based on the growth form. Nicely done.
Mike.
Thanks, though not maples, beeches
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You know, sequoias and redwoods (among the world's largest trees) have really shallow root systems. They grow in groves because the roots of nearby trees all intertwine and form a group support network. The trees literally hold each other up.
Indeed. Tree roots is what I do to support my photography.
Here's the camera (http://www.flickr.com/photos/59795859@N00/7856884372/in/set-72157631897284825), and an image (http://www.flickr.com/photos/59795859@N00/7991175264/in/set-72157631897284825/lightbox/).
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That image is a lovely abstract (for those of us who seldom venture below the surface of the ground.)
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I spent an hour waiting for the snow to fall from the trees, but it didn't want to fall at the right place...
(Near L'Alp, Mortirolo Pass, Valtelline Valley)
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Great camera! Didn't have them fancy thingamajigs in my day! All seriousness aside though, I once saw a paper on seedlings where someone had taken the time to draw root structures - each one unique, all done in simple pen and ink.
Mike.
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Golf Course Cherry Tree, San Geronimo.
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Nightmare on Elmn Street
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8252/8573865174_0842236937_o.jpg)
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Sunset light
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Reminds me of the Madrone or Manzanita trees in California. Nice color.
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Larches and firs at L'Alp, Valtelline Valley (see above).
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Murmeltier -- I really like the composition of your Larches shot. And that you have included so many elements of the alpine without anything feeling diminished or overemphasized.
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Thanks for the comment, the composition was facilitated if not forced by the location...
On the left there was this:
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At the San Francisco Japanese Gardens
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Sunset light
The tree looks very surreal. Cool shot.
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Something a little different for me. From a H4D - 50 camera.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Something a little different for me. From a H4D - 50 camera.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
Fine example of that sort of treatment.
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Last week Marcia and I went up to Cathedral Grove for the day. This is an 11-image composite. Being a rainforest, when the trees die and fall over they become fodder for new growth - first fungi, lichens and mosses, then those become the foundation for other plants, etc. Such trees are known as 'nurse logs'.
Mike.
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Was walking through the local park the other day and heard someone casually whistling. Took me a while to spot him, though.
Mike.
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I too, some weeks ago, heard in Dombastone Valley someone...well...ehm...
I will repeat the shot in better light.
(Focus Stacking of some shots, a bit cropped)
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Last week Marcia and I went up to Cathedral Grove for the day. This is an 11-image composite. Being a rainforest, when the trees die and fall over they become fodder for new growth - first fungi, lichens and mosses, then those become the foundation for other plants, etc. Such trees are known as 'nurse logs'.
Mike.
I like your panorama a lot, Mike. I saw Cathedral Grove last spring on my one visit to Vancouver Island and it was quite spectacular. Not a drop of rain the whole time we were in the "rain forest," but I got lots of pretty good photos, but none as nice as your pano.
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Thanks, Eric. When I posted that message and had a look I thought it was quite ghastly and almost deleted the post. Ah, the life of a highly-compressed image. We had a good time that day and if I managed anything else worth looking at I'll put it up.
Mike.
P.S. If you want to see 'real' rainforest here on the south part of the island you can head to Carmanah-Walbran park, but it's a long drive down active logging roads, and this time of year you'd probably want to have a 4x4. The Cathedral Grove walkways have been 'citified' for the tourists, but when we were there it was still early enough in the year that there weren't many people about. Unfortunately most/all of the big Douglas fir trees there are suffering from a fungal infection and a heavy wind can bring a shower of branches.
If you head north up the island you could try a river rafting trip on the Nimpkish river. Most of the big trees there have been clearcut, but much of the watershed is protected and there are two provincial parks in the area.
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Something a little different for me. From a H4D - 50 camera.
Steven
@Steven: I like this picture a lot. Could you tell us something about the making-of, please?
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Scots Pine, in native habitat - the Cairngorms National Park
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So THAT's what they're supposed to look like! They brought Scot's pines here to Canada, but the trees really don't like it and are basically useless from a forestry perspective. They grow twisted, malformed, etc.
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Two more from Cathedral Grove, both bracketed (HDR) images.
Mike.
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So THAT's what they're supposed to look like! They brought Scot's pines here to Canada, but the trees really don't like it and are basically useless from a forestry perspective. They grow twisted, malformed, etc.
That's because they're designed for photography, not forestry. ;D
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Here are my two best from Cathedral Grove.
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Here are my two best from Cathedral Grove.
Like both of them, in particular #2.
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Like both of them, in particular #2.
Thank you.
Cathedral Grove is quite spectacular. In fact, in my two and a half weeks on Vancouver Island I found very little that wasn't spectacular, from the amazing gardens throughout Victoria, to the beaches on the West coast, to the islands off the East coast. I now understand why Mike doesn't want to m ove to New York City.
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Uh oh. I've been found out. :P
Thanks for sharing your images! Both good, also prefer #2.
Mike.
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Yes, number two is great
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Another vote for photo #2!
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From this afternoon's bimble on the hills - I've included colour as well as B&W, to save somebody asking for one or the other ;)
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Bill,
I'm partial to B&W in general, and I like the 2nd shot better in B&W. But the first one works beautifully in both B&W and in color.
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I agree with Eric Myrvaagnes.
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Thanks both for the comments
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Reminds me of the Madrone or Manzanita trees in California. Nice color.
The tree looks very surreal. Cool shot.
Chris and Doug, thank you for your comments, I hadn't check the forum the last few weeks.
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Late, as usual, to the discussion. Here's a landscape with Scots pines.
Really like Chairman Bill's last Scots pine.
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For a change of pace, curious to see how this one goes over.
(http://ih3.redbubble.net/image.13506790.0011/flat,800x800,075,f.u3.jpg)
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a wonderful juxtaposition
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Waiting for the effects of spring (it has come yesterday), the last two april shots of the tortured platanus (planes or sycamores or how they are called in english...) of Bellano, Lake Como.
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A line of Bay trees at Barrington Court, Somerset
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A line of Bay trees at Barrington Court, Somerset
Really like that sort of idea; much more than just a pretty picture.
Rob C
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Pretending that my dslr was really a 6x6 in drag, I tried to see the square world within a rectangle. Not the easiest or most comfortable experiment - a bit of a test of patience, in fact.
I rather suspect that reverting to that format (6x6) would be a little less instinctive than I had thought. Okay with people portraits - probably perfect, in fact, but a bit more demanding in the great outdoors where so much intrudes and should be cropped away... I guess that explains a lot of the beautiful motifs that regular 6x6 devotees adopt: they get used to a way of finding things that work and avoid impossible challenges.
Rob C
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Another faux 'blad image.
I can see where this is leading, as my wife might have said.
Rob C
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Two from today
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More likely they are just so easy to classify.
Rob C
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Things grow on trees.
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Like lung lichen, for one. :)
Mike.
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Petersberg (Bonn) - First flush of spring after an endless winter here in Germany.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8399/8694015788_e3344e5d91_b.jpg)
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Central Park from a few days ago.
(http://www.woodycampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/20130416-L1008584-1301.jpg)
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More. I've got a few trees.
(http://www.woodycampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/20130430-L1008772.jpg)
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What kind of tree is that. Looks like a dogwood a little. LOve the tree but the foreground needs help. wish you could find those trees with a nice foreground. T
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What kind of tree is that. Looks like a dogwood a little. LOve the tree but the foreground needs help. wish you could find those trees with a nice foreground. T
The foreground isn't nice, but it is well structured. The attentive photographer's shadow intersects the bench line at the pile of cards under the blooms. In some ways the blooms are more themselves in the context of how they are frequently seen and beside material into which wood is made.
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I was referring to the trees from the member "Harlem" in Germany. T
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Even Rob's palms look like dogwoods to me.
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Even Rob's palms look like dogwoods to me.
That's because all of them around here are sulking: they were once shown a picture of that plastic one in the Pacific (you know, the transportabe one with the curve that bends over the sands) that you can rent in Hollywood complete with hammock and the topless wench with long blonde hair...
These poor saps can only stand still, get taller and older and not even enjoy the buzz of getting milked for toddy. What a drag.
A dogwood has a life, in comparison.
Rob C
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Live Oaks in Audubon Park, New Orleans
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Nice. I'd love to see those oaks printed big
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Nice. I'd love to see those oaks printed big
+1.
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Thank you, I feel encouraged to submit another!
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Okay, so this isn't a "tree" tree. It's a dead saguaro cactus. But it's big like a tree and kinda woody. I see this one every day but a few days ago I saw the excavator parked in the distance and loved the shapes of both.
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And a few more oaks for the kitty...
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7123/7518570762_68491b7cf9_o.jpg)
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Coconut trees.
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Lovin' those oak trees!
Mike.
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I suppose that being a plant is a life sentence. With no parole for good behaviour.
Rob C
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In our garden. Late November, the colours are still there!
(http://tonysx.zenfolio.com/img/s2/v1/p358115498-4.jpg)
February, 1 o'clock in the morning - same viewpoint but I had to activate the outside light
(http://tonysx.zenfolio.com/img/s9/v16/p374691410-4.jpg)
And I couldn't see the spiders.....
(http://tonysx.zenfolio.com/img/s2/v1/p274757379-5.jpg)
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A maple at the entrance to our summer place in Quebec. Early spring. I have done it in different seasons.
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I suppose that being a plant is a life sentence. With no parole for good behaviour.
Rob C
Life's a beach, unless you're a tree... in which case life is a birch. Or maybe a beech.
Mike.
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Life's a beach, unless you're a tree... in which case life is a birch. Or maybe a beech.
Mike.
The concepts that begin as acorn!
;-)
Rob C
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From today
Mt Buller Victoria Australia
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7282/8746266201_6569d93b01_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lexrasta/8746266201/)
Mt Buller (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lexrasta/8746266201/) by Daniel Dahlmann (http://www.flickr.com/people/lexrasta/), on Flickr
Cheers
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Oak tree from park in Labelle Florida
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Daniel and David,
Two very fine tree pictures!
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What he said, me too!
Mike.
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What he said, me too!
Mike.
And me.
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After scanning 50 pages with magnificant trees of all shape and color I think I still have a slightly different shade to share. The tree is from the Hortus Botanicus at Leiden.
Boudewijn Swanenburg
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Some birch-trees in winter
(http://m9.i.pbase.com/g4/05/645005/2/140587949.EFQFT5ug.jpg)
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A sweet chestnut
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That it is. Oh, you mean the species! Yup, that too.
Mike.
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Brand new here and somewhat dumbstruck at the talent level. Trees are a favorite topic of mine and I just thought I'd "humbly" add a recent shot my favorite local Oak here in North Florida. It's known as "Treaty Oak".
(http://steveducharme.zenfolio.com/img/s9/v93/p1597341680-4.jpg) (http://steveducharme.zenfolio.com/p800761118/e5f357ff0)
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Brand new here and somewhat dumbstruck at the talent level. Trees are a favorite topic of mine and I just thought I'd "humbly" add a recent shot my favorite local Oak here in North Florida. It's known as "Treaty Oak".
(http://steveducharme.zenfolio.com/img/s9/v93/p1597341680-4.jpg) (http://steveducharme.zenfolio.com/p800761118/e5f357ff0)
Welcome to the show; keep your powder dry - you will eventually need it!
Rob C
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Welcome to the show; keep your powder dry - you will eventually need it!
Rob C
Thanks. Yeah I get that impression. I've been lurking a bit. All good.
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Somewhere around here (http://goo.gl/maps/SpU1B).
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The new leaves on the Beech trees just glow in the sunshine ...
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I swear there was an interesting shot by Rob here half an hour ago - I was coming back to give it another look after taking the kid to school - it has disappeared. Is there some kind of gremlin loose on the site (cf the Dartmoor threads)?
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It's Warhol: the fifteen minutes were up.
;-)
Rob C
P.S. Gambled on a further fifteen over on 'Prejudice.
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From this afternoon's bimble on the local hills
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Okay, sneaking in under the protection of its bigger brothers, a bush.
;-)
Rob C
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It's a hard life near the Pirla, have the trees ears? (East Grosina Valley, Valtelline Valley).
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dogwood
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Trees swimming past...
(http://mattlarsen.smugmug.com/Other/Valley-of-Lagoons/i-n6R53SD/0/L/P7043696mod5-L.jpg)
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sunlit
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Trees swimming past...
(http://mattlarsen.smugmug.com/Other/Valley-of-Lagoons/i-n6R53SD/0/L/P7043696mod5-L.jpg)
Like that; feels really liquid and I'm listening to klrzfm.com at the same time - Louisiana. Not that I have any idea where your shot comes from. But that's an appeal of the Internet galleries - you can make up your own geography for the things you see.
Rob C
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Like that; feels really liquid and I'm listening to klrzfm.com at the same time - Louisiana. Not that I have any idea where your shot comes from. But that's an appeal of the Internet galleries - you can make up your own geography for the things you see.
Rob C
Thanks Rob, would it spoil it if I told you where it was? ;D
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Thanks Rob, would it spoil it if I told you where it was? ;D
It probably would for me, but it could just as easily be the flooded Dordogne, parts of the Clyde and even the origin of the Thames.
As every clever lady knows: keep 'em guessing!
;-)
Rob C
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Golf course, San Geronimo.
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A set of four shots of the same tree, taken at different times of day, from different perspectives, and in different seasons
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A set of four shots of the same tree, taken at different times of day, from different perspectives, and in different seasons
Nice series, Bill. The first is very much my favourite; the second looks a little too tightly framed on the right.
Jeremy
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Thanks for sharing your work, folks!
Mike.
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... the second looks a little too tightly framed on the right.
Yeah, it could do with a bit more space to the right of the tree
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2 trees on a beach.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7379/8975284145_266efd47c9_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sanggay/8975284145/)
Evening at Legend Resort Cherating beach. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sanggay/8975284145/) by Erithacus2010 (http://www.flickr.com/people/sanggay/), on Flickr
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The Cedar of Lebanon of Villa Greppi, Monticello Brianza (Italy).
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I kind of liked this moody little scene.
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I kind of liked this moody little scene.
You never know what you are going to stumble upon when you go for a walk. Much better way to spend a lunch break. ;)
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You never know what you are going to stumble upon when you go for a walk. Much better way to spend a lunch break. ;)
If these little scenes were around, I might just do that. Unfortunately, my office is caught in a photographic black hole called the "suburbs." I can find rich shooting opportunities in urban, rural, and wild landscapes, but to me, the suburbs are a photographic purgatory. I know this isn't actually true because other photographers produce fine work from the 'burbs, but I am just not inspired by them.
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(http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/3894/img7525sw.jpg)
(http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/8999/massiverootss.jpg)
(http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/9839/rootsh.jpg)
(http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/1570/dsc6393s2.jpg)
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This is still one of my favorite threads. Nice trees recently, everybody!
Eric M.
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This is still one of my favorite threads. Nice trees recently, everybody!
Eric M.
Indeed!
Mike.
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A syncretistic grove in the old park of Villa Greppi, Monticello Brianza.
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Does this qualify? Me making a tree.
Peter
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Does this qualify? Me making a tree.
Peter
I certainly hope so.
It is a lovely tree.
W
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(http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/1955/lsty.jpg)
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I certainly hope so.
It is a lovely tree.
W
Thank you. It looks even better in completion.
Peter
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It's a photograph. It has a tree in it. Works for me. Any images of the completed piece?
Mike.
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Villa Greppi, Monticello Brianza.
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(http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/3894/img7525sw.jpg)
(http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/8999/massiverootss.jpg)
(http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/9839/rootsh.jpg)
(http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/1570/dsc6393s2.jpg)
The third one stands out for me, lovely stuff.
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Thanks Mike. here in the finished painting.
Came out very well! In 1980 I visited my uncle in Toronto and he took me to Alqonquin. More trees than I care to post here. But he took his paints etc. with him and at one point, we stopped and he dashed off this oil on board. The long egde is only about 9" and it took about 15 minutes. A lasting memory of my now deceased uncle.
(http://tonysx.zenfolio.com/img/s9/v94/p1755202561-4.jpg)
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A panoramic image from Australia. Horseman 617, Velvia 50 film.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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So nice to see some film ..... especially in 6x17 and from the land down-under.
There is a special charm down here for misty settings since they are a rarity rather than the norm for most of us.
I wonder a bit about the central placement of the foreground tree — in 6x17 perhaps some displacement from symmetry is not a bad thing.
Cheers,
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Walter
Trees on left and right were not interesting and I wanted to shoot with Hyper focal focus so there wasn't a lot of choice. The fog was very fleeting - it took four days to get this image. I have many more and will post in a few days.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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A panoramic image from Australia. Horseman 617, Velvia 50 film.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
That is one of the best ones in this thread! Thanks for sharing it.
Eric M.
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Australia,Mansfield VIC
2 minuts from my house
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7290/9243949343_61c6616856_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lexrasta/9243949343/)
Mansfield (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lexrasta/9243949343/) by Daniel Dahlmann (http://www.flickr.com/people/lexrasta/), on Flickr
Cheers Daniel
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Redbud Detail
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Australia,Mansfield VIC
2 minuts from my house
Cheers Daniel
Very moody. I like it in every aspect.
Harald
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It's so much cliché but I can't stop to like it :)
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7417/9280702749_3bcc6b7d88_b.jpg)
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(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7318/9240108510_865a8ba27a_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/9240108510/)
The Impossible Photograph (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/9240108510/) by tanngrisnir3 (http://www.flickr.com/people/87368247@N00/), on Flickr
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Thanks for sharing, folks!
Mike.
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Redbud Detail
Really pleasing shot - I often think that closeup reveals more of the whole personality than people believe.
Trees are broadly the same (I duck) but the truth's in the detail, along with their devils. Almost all our garden's palms have now been killed by a beetle that was imported into Spain in some cheap African-sourced palms, and then spread like a wildfire through the island's palm community. I discovered them in our latest casualty some months ago - they are about the size of a cockroach. I sprayed them with much of the contents of a bug killer and for a while, it looked as if I'd been just in time, with only two fronds dead. Then, recently, all the rest of the fronds seemed to brown and die within a week. It remains for the gardeners to cut and dig the dead plant out and have it removed to a special dump where they have to be incinerated.
When we came to live here (Mallorca) over thirty years ago, geraniums were as common as flies. We had them in every pot - more or less - and they regenerated year after year. Then, about twenty years ago, as with the palms, somebody enthused with greed imported cheaply from Africa and we got more than that for which they'd bargained. Geraniums now live until the tiny blue/grey moth settles, deposits its eggs, and then the stems turn black, rot and fall to bits. We hardly buy them anymore - only for a quick flash of glamour and colour if somebody is trying to show a house for sale!
How fragile life.
Rob C
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We hardly buy them anymore - only for a quick flash of glamour and colour if somebody is trying to show a house for sale!
How fragile life.
Rob C
The interesting thing about evolution though is that it has one thing that neither the greedy, nor the grumpy have, which is patience, and lots of it. This therefore, is merely a prelude to an even stronger and possibly more beautiful variety. Of course, if we keep devaluating beauty the way we do, then She will select by consequence accordingly.
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Another image from Australia, not sure if this passes for trees. Horseman 617, Velvia 50 film.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Another image from Australia, not sure if this passes for trees. Horseman 617, Velvia 50 film.
Steven
It probably should have been posted in the Remarkable Rocks thread. But then again I'm biased…
Cheers,
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It fits both the Trees and Remarkable Rocks threads, IMHO.
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It fits both the Trees and Remarkable Rocks threads, IMHO.
And the Remarkable Photographers thread.
Oh, wait...
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And the Remarkable Photographers thread.
Oh, wait...
Yeah, we don't really have that one yet. But we have several versions of the Squabbling Photographers threads.
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Yeah, we don't really have that one yet. But we have several versions of the Squabbling Photographers threads.
:D :D :D
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I added these to the IQ260 images thread. Thought I would add them here since they do have such nice trees and great skies. These were shot when I beta tested the 260. Tim
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A foggy morning in the Western Australian Wheat Belt
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You grow some unusual wheat down there! Is that because it's upside down? ;D
Mike.
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It's winter wheat, just coming up after good rains. Salination after cutting down too many of those trees has done a lot of damage but it is still lovely country.
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Redwoods, north central California.
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5470/9330492480_d6b099e51f_o.jpg)
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They're falling over sideways!
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You could've just ducked and saved me all this work.
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5492/9332780981_a46d402753_o.jpg)
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If they were Aussie trees, you'd have to do another 180 degree turn. ;)
I like it. (Much better right side up.)
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They're falling over sideways!
Or was it Sideways?
Looks like a view the world after one too many vineyard visits? ;)
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Went there and did that...too many sampling rooms.
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Two larches.
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"Two Larches" is stunning!
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Another Australia image
Horseman 617 Velvia 50 Film
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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The photo is of Live Oaks with structural parasites, mainly Mustang grapes. Elms are in the background.
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Another Australia image
Horseman 617 Velvia 50 Film
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
Simply stunning!
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El Capitan
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El Capitan
That is funny! glancing at the thumbnail I wondered what it was doing in the "trees" thread ... until I looked at the larger version. Nice!
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;)
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The rather swollen trunk of a Beech
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Lakeside, Foggy Morning.
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Well seen and beautiful in its simplicity and negative-space composition. Not sure about the strong sepia (chocolate?) toning and the bottom-left corner vignetting.
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Not sure about the strong sepia (chocolate?) toning
I have a craving for sepia which I know I should resist as I should my craving for chocolate ;)
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I'm with you on chocolate, Ken, but I try to keep it out of my photos (and in my stomach).
But I love the photo. I don't mind the sepia, but I'd probably tone it down some if it were mine.
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A couple of images from two years ago. Hasselbald H4D - 50.
Hopefully you find them interesting.
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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(http://steveducharme.zenfolio.com/img/s4/v9/p1467646200-3.jpg) (http://steveducharme.zenfolio.com/p110856443/e577a80f8)
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Loved the photos in this thread!!..thought i would share too so here is a Tree photo of mine :)
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I still love trees, even in late summer (although the photos are so so)
Pila Wood (Mortirolo Pass, Valtelline Valley).
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Lake Aqui Spersi, first day of autumn. (East Grosina Valley, Valtelline Valley).
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You photo is wonderfully peace full and green. I have never been there. Around here things are more blue, though not as peace full.
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7 meters of rain a year at Milford Sound does crazy things to vegetation.
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Aqui Spersi a week after.
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(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3781/10020888136_c6934bf5ed_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/10020888136/)
El Cap w-snow, B&W (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/10020888136/) by tanngrisnir3 (http://www.flickr.com/people/87368247@N00/), on Flickr
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This here's a California tree...........
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Lakeside, Foggy Morning.
Delicate. I like it a much.
Harald
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Yesterday seen a beech forest.
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The autumn advances at Aqui Spärsi, snow is forecasted for the next days. Sunday I'll try to take some shots...
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Since I have not posted in a while. I thought I would start adding a few. T
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Since I have not posted in a while. I thought I would start adding a few. T
I love the first one!
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Two more new ones.
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No Aqui Spärsi yesterday, there was some danger of avalanches.
This is the big (12m of circumference) old (8 centuries?) chestnut of Bedognol, they have tried in every way to kill him (included the auto-da-fé), he is still alive (wildly alive)... Now he is protected.
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A couple more.
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Here are a couple more from Colorado.
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Here are a couple more from Colorado.
The second must look stunning when it's printed the size of a wall, Tim!
Jeremy
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From about 11 months ago when we, for the 4th lucky year in a row, got into Yosemite Valley when the first snow dump hit the peak/end of fall color.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7396/10404479173_c6d62e30ab_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/10404479173/)
The End of Fall, El Capitan Meadow #2, Yosemite (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/10404479173/) by tanngrisnir3 (http://www.flickr.com/people/87368247@N00/), on Flickr
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The native on the Pano is 30x105. Shot with the IQ280 stitched 8 pieces. Razor sharp. The color was amazing. Thanks T
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From about 11 months ago when we, for the 4th lucky year in a row, got into Yosemite Valley when the first snow dump hit the peak/end of fall color.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7396/10404479173_c6d62e30ab_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/10404479173/)
The End of Fall, El Capitan Meadow #2, Yosemite (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/10404479173/) by tanngrisnir3 (http://www.flickr.com/people/87368247@N00/), on Flickr
WOW..
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WOW..
Thanks! I've been experimenting with a new technique I stumbled upon for controlling dynamic range more effectively in Lightroom. I got it from a French guy on YouTube, Serge Ramelli, and it was like a pure, Homer Simpson moment of DOH!
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A couple years ago in the Eastern Sierra above Bishop:
(http://beautiful-landscape.com/New%20Site.data/2011%20Images/Trees-Collage-4-600.jpg)
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Thanks! I've been experimenting with a new technique I stumbled upon for controlling dynamic range more effectively in Lightroom. I got it from a French guy on YouTube, Serge Ramelli, and it was like a pure, Homer Simpson moment of DOH!
Can you elaborate?
Jeremy
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(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7325/10048634143_7a13122415_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vizereveals/10048634143/)
Roots in the sun (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vizereveals/10048634143/) by VizeReveals (http://www.flickr.com/people/vizereveals/), on Flickr
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Very nice, Robbie!
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Aqui (Acqui?) Spärsi
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Thanks Slobodan. I feel that either I over-sharpened it (and even over-cooked it) looking at it now, but it didn't seem so at the time.
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Just got back from a shoot on the east coast. This is an image from a Hasselblad H4D 50.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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A couple more.
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The larches of Val Piana and Canfinale, West Grosina Valley, Valtelline Valley. After these shots the camera died :'( (D800E has only one (very) good thing: the sensor, which isn't Nikon... >:( )
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(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5549/10671513754_afedf71ccd_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/10671513754/)
Foggy Autumn Morning, Merced River (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/10671513754/) by tanngrisnir3 (http://www.flickr.com/people/87368247@N00/), on Flickr
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Thanks for sharing your work, folks!
Mike.
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Thanks for sharing your work, folks!
Mike.
Ditto. This is still one of my favorite threads.
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Glad people still like the thread. Tim
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Guardian of the quarry.
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Well seen!
Mike.
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Well seen!
Mike.
+1.
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I love these stubborn pioneer trees.
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A new image from this fall using a Horseman 617 Velvia 50 film.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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This week's elm in the creek:
Modified 11/23/2013
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;D ;)
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These are the trees of New Year's Eve seen on pond water.
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This oak is over 250 years old.
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November tree:
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Here is an image from my recent shoot out east for autumn colour. Horseman 617, Velvia 50 film.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Larch with snow, spider strands and usnea barbata (I think) in november.
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November tree:
Slobodan, Seamus's lady on the shore is getting to you!
Rob C
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November tree:
Should be in the "clouds" thread, Slobodan.
Jeremy
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An Arizona Ash cast this shadow.
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Should be in the "clouds" thread, Slobodan.
Jeremy
That's what I was thinking!
Nice clouds!!
Mike.
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Larch with snow, spider strands and usnea barbata (I think) in november.
Love that one. I know it's a bit on the chilly side in the US right now, but I'd happily swap you some of our wind & rain for a bit of snow
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Not really chilly in these days: today the isothermal zero is at 3100m! :'( (but I live in northern Italy....)
I love rain, I'd like to swap some snow for rain, in that wood there are now probably 120-150 cm of snow.
Here two images of the same november day:
1. West Grosina Valley, the larch of the precedent photo is in the woods in the upper right background.
2. Snow that with a slow shutter speed seems rain, on the bottom of the valley.
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Really like the second one. It looks like you were standing on the inside of a waterfall. Sort of...
Mike.
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It looks like you were standing on the inside of a waterfall. Sort of...
Mike.
That's an original visual idea, it's much better than my photo, or rather makes it better (hermeneutic circle...)
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Frozen fingers and a painful left foot. Just the ticket.
;-(
Rob C
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Nice one, Rob.
I assume Ms. Coke is hiding behind the plane tree. It somehow reminds me of my favorite portrait of Imogen Cunningham, the one by Judy Dater of Imogen and Twinka.
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Nice one, Rob.
I assume Ms. Coke is hiding behind the plane tree. It somehow reminds me of my favorite portrait of Imogen Cunningham, the one by Judy Dater of Imogen and Twinka.
Thanks, Eric, I think I remember that shot - was it one of a girl in a white dress bending down, her bum against a tree and sort of clutching the dress to her knees? I once saw some original Cunningham stuff - tiny Rolleiflex contact prints, or small enough to have made no difference. Thinking about it, she must have been one of the influences behind the way late 50s/early 60s fashion photography went. Another person very much a trend-setter though not as celebrated for his fashion as others, is Frank Horvat. He has some lovely stuff in his website.
But no, can't be: the shot I'm thinking about is by I.C. and not of her. Caramba, it's the cold.
http://www.horvatland.com/WEB/main.htm
Rob C
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Not that one, Rob. The one I'm thinking of has Imogen coming around the tree trunk from the left, wielding her camera, while Tinka, naked seems to be trying to hide behind the tree.
Here is a link to it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Dater (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Dater)
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Not that one, Rob. The one I'm thinking of has Imogen coming around the tree trunk from the left, wielding her camera, while Tinka, naked seems to be trying to hide behind the tree.
Here is a link to it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Dater (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Dater)
Oh Eric, you see the disappointment of having nothing but the bloody tree? That's always been my mental problem with any landscape or other shot I attempted: there's really no subject!
;-)
Rob C
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Oh Eric, you see the disappointment of having nothing but the bloody tree? That's always been my mental problem with any landscape or other shot I attempted: there's really no subject!
;-)
Rob C
That's what your imagination is for. When looking at a tree trunk, try to imagine Twinka or BB or MM or your favorite model hiding behind the tree.
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That's what your imagination is for. When looking at a tree trunk, try to imagine Twinka or BB or MM or your favorite model hiding behind the tree.
That's sound advice, but for a fatal flaw: I do think of them and that's why the 'backgrounds' become, well, backgrounds in search of a foreground.
It's all really very similar to the world of digital: a solution looking for a problem.
;-(
Rob C
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Sorry - couldn't help the title ... ;)
Mallorcan Treant
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5510/11891418594_2a348e119f_o.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/feldhaim/11891418594/)
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That's evil man; more Blair Witch!
Rob C
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Chris,
I loathe ARAT to the point that I rarely look at this thread .... ever. But you find transcends being just a tree and is a portal into other places. Thanks for sharing.
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Glad to see you like it.
Maybe I should start a series "Reality Seen In Psychotic Mode" or something like that.
Might also just call it "Hieronymus Bosch In Our Daily Life".
Cheers
~Chris
EDIT: Just edited another one from the same day:
The many faces of ...
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7399/11894162493_89c7c5d5b2_o.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/feldhaim/11894162493/in/photostream/)
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These are seriously good pix, Chris.
Rob C
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My puzzlement over "ARAT", what it was and should I stop doing it, has coincided with a little home improvement for me today. If the attached is ARAT, I will try to make it the last such post.
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That's obviously a tree. Why else would it be in this thread? 8)
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Glad to see you like it.
Maybe I should start a series "Reality Seen In Psychotic Mode" or something like that.
Might also just call it "Hieronymus Bosch In Our Daily Life".
Cheers
~Chris
EDIT: Just edited another one from the same day:
The many faces of ...
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7399/11894162493_89c7c5d5b2_o.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/feldhaim/11894162493/in/photostream/)
I love these, Chris! Perhaps the second one should be called "Hieronymus Bush?"
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Thanks Rob and Eric for the nice words.
Much appreciated.
I love these, Chris! Perhaps the second one should be called "Hieronymus Bush?"
"Hieronimous Bush" would make a perfect name for a series wish bushes only.
I was fantasizing of a series with all kinds of subjective overlays/interpretations in a HB-ish way though:
trees, cars, buildings, street scenes, flowers - basically a sort of photographic paranoia. :o
Cheers
~Chris
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Do please show us more of this series as it develops, even if it doesn't all fit in the "trees" category, Chris!
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Here are some olives.
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... I loathe ARAT ...
I guess me too, if I knew what it is. Even Google doesn't know (unless, of course, you meant Army Reprogramming Analysis Team).
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I may just be less conscious than most people, but I feel Mallorcan Treant needn't rely on darkness so heavily to be scary.
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Here are some olives.
Some nice tones there.
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Some nice tones there.
And shapes. And patterns.
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I guess me too, if I knew what it is. Even Google doesn't know (unless, of course, you meant Army Reprogramming Analysis Team).
Unless your innocence is tongue-in-cheek:
ARAT: another rock, another tree.
Rob C
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Here are some olives.
Lovely image; welcome to the forum!
Rob C
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Lovely image; welcome to the forum!
Welcome, indeed!
By the way, Branko happens to be my high-school buddy and a good photographer. Hopefully, he will shows us more of his work soon.
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Here are some olives.
One of the best in this thread so far!
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Couple at night
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7418/11908809663_8c4a3b4fd7_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomislavmavrovic/11908809663/)
Winter night (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomislavmavrovic/11908809663/) by Tomislav Mavrovic (http://www.flickr.com/people/tomislavmavrovic/), on Flickr
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Unless your innocence is tongue-in-cheek:
ARAT: another rock, another tree.
Rob C
Gosh. I never heard that term in all my sixty-plus years of photographing rocks and trees and other stuff, like road tar and graffiti.
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Gosh. I never heard that term in all my sixty-plus years of photographing rocks and trees and other stuff, like road tar and graffiti.
Never mind, Eric, it is just landscape haters speaking in tongues. ;)
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Never mind, Eric, it is just landscape haters speaking in tongues. ;)
Neither true nor fair, Slobodan. (Emoticon notwithstanding.)
The term really owes its existence as reaction to the great lack of originality in a huge majority of ARAT subject matter. That's why when something really cool comes up, such as Chris's two photographs, it makes us 'ere lot with a more tempered, less acolyte-like take on ARAT sit up, take notice and comment. That's why you won't find us of that persuasion generally commenting on ARAT threads.
From a personal standpoint, I find it quite difficult in my own reality to see those sorts of images in the raw, as it were, even if I do enjoy the good ones in the final, photographic presentation. I believe we probably all have visual blind spots, and that's but one of mine. Having said which, I am not suggesting that I don't feel capable of appreciating landscape work, just that I think there's so little good stuff about. Generally, I think that I feel more impressed with black/white interpretations of the genre.
As an edit: think I am really turning further and further away from colour in my own appreciation of photography; this could be an atavistic thing because of the era when I first became obsessed with the medium - it might even be a reaction to the general disappointment I feel with colour printing. Perhaps more likely is the impression that I have that black/white is just more interesting in its ability to take things out of cold reality and into a further space where imagination can run more freely. Bad colour is obvious, try to disguise it how you may - with words or with visual exaggerations - the truth will always out.
Rob C
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The Tree Of A Million Faces
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3721/11914163186_1eb7c25c86_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/feldhaim/11914163186/)
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Neither true nor fair, Slobodan. (Emoticon notwithstanding.)
The term really owes its existence as reaction to the great lack of originality in a huge majority of ARAT subject matter...
Well, whether it is true, or fair, or both, is, of course, highly debatable, but I stand by what I said (emoticon was there to confirm the old adage that every joke contains a bit of joke ;) )
As for originality, let me put Isaac's hat for a moment and correct the above statement to read:
"... great lack of originality in a huge majority of ANY subject matter..."
And yet we do not come up with derogatory terms for those. For instance, we do not say ABAB (Another Boob, Another Butt) ;D
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Trees the other way round (its even ARAT) :P
Future Perspective (http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5503/11915490406_1e5f669648_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/feldhaim/11915490406/)
Trees and Cliff (http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2861/11914288353_61d4c2bdf6_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/feldhaim/11914288353/)
Leaves and Tree Bark (http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5507/11915496674_93e5141af8_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/feldhaim/11915496674/)
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Well, whether it is true, or fair, or both, is, of course, highly debatable, but I stand by what I said (emoticon was there to confirm the old adage that every joke contains a bit of joke ;) )
As for originality, let me put Isaac's hat for a moment and correct the above statement to read:
"... great lack of originality in a huge majority of ANY subject matter..."
And yet we do not come up with derogatory terms for those. For instance, we do not say ABAB (Another Boob, Another Butt) ;D
Of course not! That would be politically incorrect; misogynistic, in fact. And let's face it: most of us do like seeing more of either and preferably both; that does, of course, put a pressure on the photographer to seek out those worth preserving for posterity. Oh dear.
But the point is that we are discussing ARAT and not the rest of the broad panoply of genres that abounds in photography. Whether or not similar acronyms exist within the other genres I do not know; perhaps they are regional.
Rob C
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Chris, I think you owe your sister!
That's why folks go on distant location: wakens the senses.
Rob C
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Chris, Trees and Cliff--terrific! That and your seagull from Mallorca are my favorites (so far).
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Chris, I think you owe your sister!
That's why folks go on distant location: wakens the senses.
Rob C
Chris, Trees and Cliff--terrific! That and your seagull from Mallorca are my favorites (so far).
Thanks !
Seems my move to digital made something explode :) .
Seriously - I'm a bit shocked by my new speed of output due to that digital camera.
But after holidays I guess thats somewhat normal.
Cheers
~Chris
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For instance, we do not say ABAB (Another Boob, Another Butt) ;D
Those of who were actually in that business had far more derogatory terms to describe our activities than simply ABAB, Slobodan. And I say that as a former titanbumographer.
LOL
Cheers,
W
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Chris, you're really on a roll! Great stuff! (And no ABABs either.)
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Hello, been a while since I've posted here.
Recently had my first attempt at IR at my favourite cemetery
Frangipani trees form a guard of honour of sorts
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Guardian of the dead
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Australian Boab trees freshly planted on the grounds of a new hotel I was shooting last week in the south of China.
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The Tree Of A Million Faces
And a million stories.
Mike.
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Hello, been a while since I've posted here.
Recently had my first attempt at IR at my favourite cemetery
Frangipani trees form a guard of honour of sorts
Intriguing perspective!
Mike.
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Great moods (not too fond of IR), and I think the shapes constructed are great in all the shots. Once again I think black/white takes first prize.
Rob C
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Guardian of the dead
Excellent B&W conversion and use of vignetting for a gloomy atmosphere.
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Another cheerful image to brighten the gloom of winter.
Rob C
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Intriguing perspective!
Mike.
Thanks Mike. I did try a few different angles, but this one worked the best I think.
Great moods (not too fond of IR), and I think the shapes constructed are great in all the shots. Once again I think black/white takes first prize.
Rob C
Thanks Rob. I'm not fussed on IR left in false colour myself, but once converted to B&W, it is better.
I think the problem with many IR shots is that they are taken with not enough thought about composition, relying more on the "ooh look at those milky white leaves" factor.
Excellent B&W conversion and use of vignetting for a gloomy atmosphere.
Thanks branko. I tried to bring out the sadness of the place - it was the grave of a young Ethel Gibbins, who died in 1887 at only 5 years old on this remote goldfield. Nothing left of the town except the graveyard
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A Bloomin' Tree in Nov. Wonder what it looks like in spring?
I'll probably never know since it's in San Gimignano.
Regards,
Dale
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Snow-clad trees. Tried to wait for the clouds to move out of the way, but opted for hot coffee. Temp in the teens. Don't let the sunlight lull you.
Warmly,
Dale
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this one went through a lot
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Yellow Strip.
Peter
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Olive tree, Mallorca, Vall de Coanegra
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Olive tree, Mallorca, Vall de Coanegra
Simply beautiful.
Rob C
P.S. Sell your Mamiya 67 to a museum; digital has brought you to life!
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Simply beautiful.
Rob C
P.S. Sell your Mamiya 67 to a museum; digital has brought you to life!
Hey thanks man!
I should ponder to get rid of it together with the scanner and get a digiback and a Techno - but later ...
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Simply beautiful.
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Indeed!
Mike.
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Another image from my trip last fall. Horseman 617 camera, Velvia 50 Film. This image is from Vermont.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Another image from my trip last fall. Horseman 617 camera, Velvia 50 Film. This image is from Vermont.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
Nice image and stunning portfolio on your site Steven.
A joy to watch.
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Christoph
Thanks for the kind feedback.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Interesting perspective! I like it.
Mike.
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Tree vs rock. Tree won!
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And few more from the Muir Woods area
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Tree vs rock. Tree won!
Trees usually do. They're sneaky, though, finding tiny cracks to exploit and then gradually pushing a little more, a little more...
Mike.
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A favorite spot of mine....
Peter
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A favorite spot of mine....
Peter
It sneaks up on you. I look at the tree and then I look at the background; when I look at the tree again, it is a little bit closer.
Among other things, I like how the grass echoes the tree limbs. Not only does the tree spread across the frame without obscuring it, but…
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Another panoramic image from last fall. This one is from Vermont.
Horseman 617 Velvia 50 Film
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Great shot Steven, finally I see a shot with thought and purpose of a conceived idea. Well executed. Tim
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Here is the same corner of a pond I know very well shot a couple years apart under different light.
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#1 is the winner for me:
Great red-green contrast and the red leaves shining through in the water together with the water plants make it along with a composition leading gently into the foggy distance.
Cheers
~Chris
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Few more from Muir Woods
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I like very much the first three ones, particularly tree 2 and tree 4.
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Armand, did you find Muir Woods a challenging place to shoot? I did.
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Armand, did you find Muir Woods a challenging place to shoot? I did.
So did I: I managed nothing worth keeping. I'm hoping to go back there in April; maybe what I've learned here over the last 9 years will have helped.
Jeremy
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Muir Woods is a stunning place. I've been there twice and still no keepers. Maybe the third time...
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Armand, did you find Muir Woods a challenging place to shoot? I did.
I took way too many photos with doubtful artistic merits. One of the problems was I did quite a lot of hiking and didn't have that much time (or disposition) to set my tripod for every shot, so I took a lot of them handheld. Most of those didn't deserve a print anyway but a couple did and they were blurry; as you've noticed without a tripod is tricky, I was frequently going to ISO 1600 at least, and 1/15-1/20.
The good part was that I had 2.5 days so I got to know the main area. But everybody takes pictures there ... When I went there weren't too many people though (beginning of January).
I probably got more interesting photos on the trails going out of Muir, I attached the trails I hiked.
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And few more now that you've made me look through again. I've noticed it's easier to get something if you focus on details than when you try to get the entire thing in.
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I know what you mean about details, but then you can do that almost anywhere. I found it technically demanding. I carried my tripod all over, but still was shooting bracketed shots just to make sure. I also found it aesthetically challenging, as you intimate, to try and capture some of the grandeur. Love the trails you were on! I grew up there so all over the place. Morning and evening light can be good, but then you have the DR problem. I have seen some lovely days with the fog up in the trees, but then your conditions are very different. Also, glad to hear that Muir Woods' challenges didn't mean I was just a putz ;)
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Larches in winter.
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I know the area.
Mount Tamalpais got 21 inches of Rain during the recent rainstorms.
You're timing could not have been better.
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I shot this one this past fall. The Aspens were lit by the sunlight coming thru the clouds and really show the beauty of the grove of trees.
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Wish I'd seen it and shot it!
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David, fall last year stunk in the Aspen groves. Usually you can plan on everything being great just a matter of time till they all go ballistic in color. Last year being the wettest year on record some of the forest were great and some never even turned. I had planned on the forest being amazing but the water and extra moisture kept the forest from really turning.
But as my mentor said turn the negative into a positive. A hard thing to do when you planned for a whole year on where you were going to shoot. But when the time is prime, you have to think bit differently. So I scouted more, planned for the snows and focused down on much much smaller areas. AS I said some places were out of this world, but the snows ruined most of them. Here is the one I posted earlier just before the storm came in. I waited and waited for this and drove back to get it the day of the storm.
The second one we were waiting for it to change more but the giant storm ruined it and they went black. But maybe next year. Still a nice glow, but sure would've been nicer in another few days. Tim
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Tim
Nice work, here is a similar image in full autumn colour.
Horseman 617, Velvia 50 Film
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Baiton, Grosio (Last Sunday).
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Very nice image- I like the color palette and the composition.
Well done!
Cheers
~Chris
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This image has been a popular print sale. I have been shooting these forests for many years. The year after I shot this image I went back the following autumn and the fireweed was gone. Horseman 617, Velvia 50 film.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Here is another one from the Colorado trip. Steven great as usual. Missed you last year in the rockies. Tim
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One from the 'burbs.
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…and one from the beach
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…and one from the beach
Lovely!
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Here's one from several years ago. I final got around to processing it. Tim
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Near home...
Peter
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Horseman 617 Velvia 50 Film
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Two shots (birches, spruces etc.) from the hike in the Dombastone Valley (Valtelline Valley), last Sunday. The Dombastone Valley is formed by two steep (almost vertical) cuts into the mountain. With deep snow (1-1.5 m.) I felt like a true mountaineer ...
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In Massachusetts, a couple of years ago
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I love the first one, Armand!
Jeremy
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This tree, with its towering height, is haunting me… well done!
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the first has best composition. All others while they are interesting and colorful lack a balance in the frame....The tree with colorful background is really nice too, but on its own, there is little balance.
(This was regarding the first post in thread :-)
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(http://mattlarsen.smugmug.com/MonochromeMagic/Infrared/i-CPDxQhB/1/L/P3020353_editmod1b-L.jpg)
undecided on whether to remove the old rope swing
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I like the tree from James Clark. Just a solid image in every way. Well done.
(That was the first couple pages of the thread! there are 62!)
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I would consider adding a second old rope swing.
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I like the tree from James Clark. Just a solid image in every way. Well done.
(That was the first couple pages of the thread! there are 62!)
Thank you!
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undecided on whether to remove the old rope swing
Definitely leave it. I'm sure it evokes a lot of memories for people. Changes the image completely.
Mike.
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This is from Kootenay National Park in Canada just after a series of fires.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Last Sunday in Saiento Valley, Valtelline Valley
P.S. My wife does not like them, but I am reading Thoreau....
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Spring
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peacan
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I converted this panoramic image taken with a Horseman 617 using Velvia 50 Film to Black and White.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Nice. Do miss the yellows, though.
Mike.
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Early spring snowstorm (Monech-Dos de la Fopa, Mortirolo, Valtelline Valley)
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live oak
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Along the Trail -- been focusing on these trees for over 30 years :-)
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I very much enjoy 8782 and its frame with-in the frame.
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I very much enjoy 8782 and its frame with-in the frame.
8783 is the crop --- 8782 has breathing room --thanks
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A Point Shoot at the sunset ..
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Blooming primroses in the chestnut groves of Tiolo, Valtelline Valley, yesterday.
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The story of Victoria's cherry trees goes back to 1937, and there are apparently still a few of the originals around. There over 2 dozen different varieties of cherries and flowering plums, interplanted for colour and blooming period. The first blooms usually arrive in late January to early February. All in all, a very nice place to be this time of year! Okay, every time of the year.
Mike.
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Another tree...another rope swing ;D
(http://mattlarsen.smugmug.com/MonochromeMagic/Infrared/i-DHTn8PS/0/L/P3300549_editmd1-L.jpg)
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Nice...
Mike.
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Spring in the chestnut groves of Tiolo and along the old mule track from Tiolo to Vedait (Valtelline Valley)
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Point & Shoot quick shot at the pond & a early 70's shot of Yosemite trees ...
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Garden Design
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(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3769/13900737626_ff366f97e1_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/nbmV17)Yosemite Valley Floor, Morning (https://flic.kr/p/nbmV17) by tanngrisnir3 (https://www.flickr.com/people/87368247@N00/), on Flickr
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Two from Grand Teton:
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5574/13980244373_073a72bde8_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/niopA6)Grand Teton Trees (https://flic.kr/p/niopA6) by Slobodan Blagojevic (https://www.flickr.com/people/20843597@N05/), on Flickr
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5253/13957081762_bac3da08f0_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ngkG9J)Grand Teton - Clearing Storm (https://flic.kr/p/ngkG9J) by Slobodan Blagojevic (https://www.flickr.com/people/20843597@N05/), on Flickr
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Bagborough plantation, Quantock Hills, SW England
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Fruit Trees Central California
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An actual image from a digital camera -- rare :-)
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Trees near Piaz and Bainoghi (Valtelline Valley) in a rainy spring day.
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I had the idea to bring mirrors into my landscapes to selectively add and subtract parts of my landscapes recently. A mirror now lives in the trunk of my car waiting, and this past weekend I recently had the opportunity to bring it along on a hike. It's going to take some more brainstorming to figure out exactly what I want to say with it, but here's the start.
I realize this isn't anything new even though I thought I was the first to have this idea (thanks to a quick google search), but I'm going to give this project a go anyways.
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An old lighthouse keeper I met back in 1982 used mirrors in his landscapes, often setting them in the water near the shore of a lake or river. Something else you might want to play with.
Mike.
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I shot this image in my local mountains. I scouted this location and the others just before the storm came in and as it happens Murphy's Law happened. Instead of getting the fog from the storm I got ice pellets that ruined every shot but this one. But I guess there is next year.
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So here is the one image I shot with the fog. I shot this one shot because the bank of fog that was heading my way looked like it was going to come down and hang in this canyon of dogwoods. BUt as I mentioned Murphy played a great trick. Although I got one shot and it was the best that happened that day, But I was hoping for a large thick bank of fog to pick and choose over some time to get the best shot. But I like it maybe it could have been better but I didn't get the chance.
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If it is not the best of many possible with a more cooperative fog, it is still very good...
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(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3920/14188168379_e1f1abe243_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/nBL59K)Cooks Meadow, Sunrise (https://flic.kr/p/nBL59K) by tanngrisnir3 (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr
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A Point Shoot at the sunset ..
Nice!
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Two recent ones. The second one is a retired tree.
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I like the way it has opened its arms in invitation to the mayflowers...
Mike.
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(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5475/14457103002_8fd020436b_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/o2wr3A)Hornitos Road Oak, Fog #10 (https://flic.kr/p/o2wr3A) by tanngrisnir3 (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr
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Nicely done!
Mike.
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Nicely done!
Mike.
Oh, yeah!
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Already thinking of the up coming fall where I spend 24 days following and creating my new images. This is one I finally got around to processing. Can't wait for fall!!!!!
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Very nice, as usual, Tim.
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Sorry forgot to convert to profile. Tim
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Red Oak Stump
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My two favorite trees are vine maple and whitebark pine - vine maple for the delicate lacy texture it exhibits when backlit in dark woods, and whitebark pine for its rugged sweeping skeletons. This summer I focused on photographing whitebark pine on Mt. Hood in Oregon. As you go up in elevation, when you reach treeline at about 6,000 feet, whitebark pine appears and is the last tree standing. Heavy snow loads and high winter winds force it to grow matted and bowed over low to the ground.
Unfortunately the tree is endangered across the American west and is slowly dying due to pine beetles and blister rust. Ironically it is only in death, when the tree has shed its needles, that the stark beauty of its sinuous twisting limbs is revealed. These matted skeletons are a challenge for me to photograph, simply because the texture is so complex. Simplicity in design is hard to come by.
Here are four different attempts…
#1 has no strong composition, but I like the way the tangled mat supports Mt. Hood, which is illuminated by the last of the evening light. This mass of tangled limbs is very characteristic of this tree.
#2 I think fails in the composition area, but I so liked the lighted chandelier effect it exhibits that I decided it is a keeper for now. The lighting is all natural, being direct light from the setting sun. When I came up on it right at sunset it positively glowed in real life. I was enthralled. I desaturated the reds and oranges in this light to simplify the color palette.
#3 is my attempt to make something gracious and soft out of a tree that is characteristically wild and rugged. I chose to show just a small curvaceous portion of a tree, with softly lighted hills in the background. This is fire season so all hills are now “softly lighted”.
#4 is my favorite and here I had some fun. I framed Mt. Hood with the wildest looking pair of limbs I could find. To me this most characterizes the tree and this mountain – wild and forever untamed. The design is obviously contrived, with liberal use of filters to darken the surrounding. Any suggestions on how to make it appear less so, and still keep the basic design, would be welcome.
So there are my trees. I welcome criticism of all kinds. Beat me up. :)
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...This is one I finally got around to processing. Can't wait for fall!!!!!
Me either. Gorgeous photo!
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Stunning, Paul!
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A not very good image of an amazing place...
Lower Avatar Grove
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Adaptation
I was really struck at how the two trees, totally different species, adapted their growth patterns almost identically to get the most light from the morning sun.
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A Lone Tree in Palouse
From a recent trek. Need to get going again.
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So there are my trees. I welcome criticism of all kinds. Beat me up. :)
And some great ones too. I particularly liked numbers 2 & 3
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My two favorite trees are vine maple and whitebark pine - vine maple for the delicate lacy texture it exhibits when backlit in dark woods, and whitebark pine for its rugged sweeping skeletons. This summer I focused on photographing whitebark pine on Mt. Hood in Oregon. As you go up in elevation, when you reach treeline at about 6,000 feet, whitebark pine appears and is the last tree standing. Heavy snow loads and high winter winds force it to grow matted and bowed over low to the ground.
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#2 I think fails in the composition area, but I so liked the lighted chandelier effect it exhibits that I decided it is a keeper for now. The lighting is all natural, being direct light from the setting sun. When I came up on it right at sunset it positively glowed in real life. I was enthralled. I desaturated the reds and oranges in this light to simplify the color palette.
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So there are my trees. I welcome criticism of all kinds. Beat me up. :)
The second one has something magical in it, I'm thinking elves ;D
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The second one has something magical in it, I'm thinking elves ;D
Ha! I was camped near this tree. If I had thought of that I would have been up all night!
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I found this tree monster lurking in my backyard.
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Adaptation
I was really struck at how the two trees, totally different species, adapted their growth patterns almost identically to get the most light from the morning sun.
(Almost) above everything else, light determines growth and location for trees, and different species have different tolerances for shade. Some trees can grow in the shade of their parents, and some can't. Poplar and birch are very shade intolerant, so while they'll grow up quickly after a forest fire clears an opening (for example), their offspring can't grow under them. It's also while you'll often see poplar or birch growing out at an angle toward the light at the edge of a grove. Hard maple, red oak, species like that can grow well in shade, and they tend to grow more slowly, so they'll grow up under the faster growing trees and replace them as they die out. Species that can't compete well in low light also tend to be found in lower, wetter areas. In general terms it's known as a successional forest.
Mike.
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(http://i.imgur.com/Dmaq4Q0.jpg)
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Excellent shots in this thread. Here are some from me:
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8474/8133311766_c525418d72_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/doHmed)
Seasons of Wither (https://flic.kr/p/doHmed) by power slave (https://www.flickr.com/people/39316559@N00/), on Flickr
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8346/8173940436_8e0ddc8e63_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/dsizHw)
Exit Fall (https://flic.kr/p/dsizHw) by power slave (https://www.flickr.com/people/39316559@N00/), on Flickr
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8187/8084790453_23dd9845b2_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/djqEwR)
Serene chaos (https://flic.kr/p/djqEwR) by power slave (https://www.flickr.com/people/39316559@N00/), on Flickr
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3757/13097819685_732d78b2cc_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/kXpKtk)
Dendrite (https://flic.kr/p/kXpKtk) by power slave (https://www.flickr.com/people/39316559@N00/), on Flickr
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3705/13047098154_b8da6bd2cd_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/kSVMJb)
A Promise (https://flic.kr/p/kSVMJb) by power slave (https://www.flickr.com/people/39316559@N00/), on Flickr
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Here's a couple more:
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7355/13046993004_bc98f77e1f_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/kSVftf)
Mingo Falls (https://flic.kr/p/kSVftf) by power slave (https://www.flickr.com/people/39316559@N00/), on Flickr
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2083/13046822933_7daac9a95a_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/kSUnUZ)
Treacherous Waters 2 (https://flic.kr/p/kSUnUZ) by power slave (https://www.flickr.com/people/39316559@N00/), on Flickr
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Runcàsc, Tiolo.
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Autumn colours in the rain at about 1400m and 2000m, both photo taken in East Grosina valley (the Larch in Casauröl valley, a minor valley).
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Autumn colors in the rain at about 1600m and 2000m, both photo taken in East Grosina valley (the Larch in Casauröl valley, a minor valley).
Love them, particularly the first. It evokes the atmosphere very well.
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Aspen Eyes
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green, soon to go away
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In Casauröl Valley green (not evergreen) is gone... Also the red of the Epilobium in the first photo (taken Sunday 10.6) after a week (Sunday 10.12) was already become a burnt brown...
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Thanks for sharing your work, folks!
Mike.
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Thanks for sharing your work, folks!
Mike.
Thanks from me, too. There is lots of good stuff here now.
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Some trees that I've seen. Well more like a twig in the second picture I guess. But it's wooden, so...
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(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-wUq1W7ljr78/UV6luyUx2YI/AAAAAAAAAz0/RZp_Y0PKblo/w987-h525-no/_C290104_DxO.jpg)
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-4XLoacbjw8s/VD2GtGKHX4I/AAAAAAAABAU/9ZEOpAz80Gc/w532-h682-no/_9010015_DxO.jpg)
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Some trees that I've seen. Well more like a twig in the second picture I guess. But it's wooden, so...
All good, but I very much like the first.
Jeremy
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a couple from today
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more from today
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not many chances left to get some color in SW Michigan
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Been gone for sometime. Glad to see you all adding more images and keeping it going. This year I spent time with another photographer and his wife from this site. Not something i normally do. We had a great time beating ourselves up, waking before the sun rose to get to the location we spotting and scouted the day before or days before. Hell of a lot of fun and I say work. But anytime your out creating photographs its not really work even though we were putting in 18 plus hours days. Thanks Steven and Joni Friedman.
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Larches yesterday in West Grosina Valley, Valtelline.
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"Lonely in Chicago" - a different take on the lone-tree theme:
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7372/16279796958_6bfd122e66_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/qNAdss)
Lonely In Chicago (https://flic.kr/p/qNAdss) by Slobodan Blagojevic (https://www.flickr.com/people/20843597@N05/), on Flickr
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Mists trapped in woodland near Aldeburgh, South Eastern England, begin to steam in the early December sun.
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Fall Foliage
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Here's a local one I posted a while back in the Clouds thread, but seems equally suited here, and another (colour) from the Quantock Hills
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Here's a local one I posted a while back in the Clouds thread, but seems equally suited here, and another (colour) from the Quantock Hills
I really love the last one… The light is fantastic and there's a mood of end of autumn, the last moments before winter sets in for a long time.
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Joshua Tree N.P. at night.
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few oaks
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Perhaps this qualifies?
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7565/15501942477_5f22678caf_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pBRvqi)
Smoky Mountain Sunset 2014 (https://flic.kr/p/pBRvqi) by power slave (https://www.flickr.com/people/39316559@N00/), on Flickr
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As the Hasselfake thread is pretty much zombified, I'll post this here instead. Conceived of as a square, so cropped <shock, horror>
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Joshua Tree N.P. at night.
That's very good.
Jeremy
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Conceived of as a square, so cropped <shock, horror>
Being a big fan of the "square crop", I like your image very much.
Chuck.
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Thanks Chuck
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I love particularly the sheeps (as graphic element).
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I love particularly the sheeps (as graphic element).
Me too. It's a fine shot, and really works as a square.
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Here is a couple more from the trip. Will be heading to Zion for the Fall in a couple days. Can't get enough fall colors. Tim
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Lovely, as always, Tim.
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Here are a couple of images from a recent shoot with Tim Wolcott in the rockies. It was great to spend so much time shooting with Tim, we had a great time and we got numerous portfolio images from the over three weeks of shooting and hiking our way through the bush and forests.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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These two alone are certainly keepers. It must have been quite an adventure working with Tim.
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Eric
Thanks for the feedback.
Tim is really driven to get the image and will do what it takes to get the shot. I have the same thought process and we seemed to work well together over the three weeks. It was just easy and we had a lot of fun. It was nice to shoot with someone that has a vision for their work. I believe I have similar ideas for images that I want to create and it was great to be able to shoot with someone that understood what it takes to photograph in a forest where there is so much chaos.
The image I posted with the fog: It took over three hours waiting for the fog to roll down the mountainside. The image with the snow was shot in early dawn light after a fresh snow. I have spent nine year, three weeks a year photographing in these forest and when it snowed I knew where I wanted to be.
I shoot with a Horseman 617 film camera for the panoramic images and a Hasselblad H4D 50. The best of my images are being scanned this week.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Marcia captured this with her cell phone. Very little LR work.
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Marcia captured this with her cell phone. Very little LR work.
It's nice that you have a good photographer in your family, Mike. ;)
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It's nice that you have a good photographer in your family, Mike. ;)
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(http://www.jclarkgallery.com/photos/aspensandfence.jpg)
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Joshua Tree N.P. at night.
Love it.
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(http://mattlarsen.smugmug.com/Travel-/Keelbottom-Creek/i-CgTcvVP/2/L/D7A_0661%2Cod1-L.jpg)
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A couple more from the recent Colorado-Utah trip with my friend Steven. Off to Utah again, can't get enough fall colors. Tim
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There is always more than one way to interpret trees.
JR
(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Landscape-Impressions/i-jqD3HtQ/0/M/Nov%2012-%202014%20Ruthven%20and%20Lake%20Erie%20041%20bwsmug-copy-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Landscape-Impressions/i-jqD3HtQ/A)
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(http://i.imgur.com/ZKKk6Eo.jpg)
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On the old military mule track of Mt. Storile, Valtelline.
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I thought I would post a couple more from our trip. Tim
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Heres an image from along the Mogollon Crest Trail in the Gila Wilderness, NM. This was shot about two months after the Biggest fire in NM history(2012) ripped through the Gila Wilderness burning 300,000 acres. I spent two months shooting in the burn area.
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(http://i.imgur.com/ofN57HY.jpg)
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Here is a new one from the latest fall from Zion.
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Arrowhead pano2 keeps my eye even as it keeps my eye moving.
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A couple of images from my fall trip to the Rockies. These images were taken with a Horseman 617 camera using valve 50 film.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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(http://i.imgur.com/N21r8Tm.jpg)
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A couple more images from my shoot with Tim Wolcott. These images were taken using a Horseman 617 with Fuji Velvia 50 film.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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(http://i.imgur.com/N21r8Tm.jpg)
That's an awesome tree!
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(http://mattlarsen.smugmug.com/Other/Walking-with-the-dead/i-hRM598H/0/L/PA281309_edit1-L.jpg)
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A slightly different take on the tree theme:
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oak and grape
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Deśel Quädru, Western Grosina Valley, Valtelline.
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Trees along the lake in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho during a snow storm back in 2008.
(http://www.nathangallahan.com/jgallahan/images/011908lcda.jpg)
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Here is one that I shot with the IQ280 at sunset. This has very unique glow on the tree bark from the red and yellow sky above.
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That glow is really nice.
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Don't think I've posted this before. Taken on a walk close to the old Erie Canal (Canal-Fulton) in November 2014.
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Would appreciate C&C on ways to improve PP. Thanks, t
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This is another image that came out of my shoot two years ago on an autumn trip to shoot eastern hardwood trees. This image has a good portion of a tree reflected on the left side. The other compositions were just about the leaves moving around in the eddy. This was taken with a Hasselblad H4D 50 camera.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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On Todd's Trunks
I like the rhythm or rhythms to it.
Otherwise, it seems dark and stubby and out of focus [excect for the first tree].
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This is another image that came out of my shoot two years ago on an autumn trip to shoot eastern hardwood trees. This image has a good portion of a tree reflected on the left side. The other compositions were just about the leaves moving around in the eddy. This was taken with a Hasselblad H4D 50 camera.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
I like the framing and the balance of the three main elements. I find it relaxing.
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Medina Lake
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A different kind of tree.
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Hmmm...
(http://harlempix.com/wp-content/gallery/myxp_landscape/DSCF6552.jpg)
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Hmmm...
(http://harlempix.com/wp-content/gallery/myxp_landscape/DSCF6552.jpg)
Eve?
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Here is another one from a place I really loved in the fall.
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Tim, Nice pan, like the depth and light.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Winter trees, just a short walk from my house.
(http://)
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Winter trees, just a short walk from my house.
(http://)
I have never seen trees in the snow - actually only seen snow once (live in Queensland - Australia) - I find your image very appealing - soft with low saturation and a very natural feeling of a vignette.
Regards
Mal
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Spruces and green alders (?) after a light snowfall. Eastern Grosina Valley.
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Spruces and green alders (?) after a light snowfall. Eastern Grosina Valley.
The definition of light snow seems very relative ;D
Here is one in artificial snow blowing around
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Arizona Ash in Pflugerville.
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sunset tree and moon, 2 crops
Edit: Looking again at these 2 I think I prefer the 1:1 crop, more geometry and a clearer relation between the tree and the moon.
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Here is one in artificial snow blowing around
I like that, Armand. The light is interesting. I'd like it more if the branches weren't cut off on the left, though.
Jeremy
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I like that, Armand. The light is interesting. I'd like it more if the branches weren't cut off on the left, though.
Jeremy
Sorry but I have nothing on the left, I did crop some on the right.
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This is the forest at the top of the mountain where I live. This was shot in a winter storm before the snow started. T
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I've posted a photo of this tree before, but It's just such a wonderful shape, and the light was nice ...
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Countless thunderbolts have formed this oak to a still living monument
(http://harlempix.com/wp-content/gallery/trees-of-the-world/DSC14291-3.jpg)
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Somebody's going to come along & complain about the blown highlights, but I don't care. I like it
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Somebody's going to come along & complain about the blown highlights, but I don't care. I like it
Not me, I like it as well. If there's one improvement possible (but might also be my aging monitor, so probably nit-picking) would be to bring up the shadows a tad to show a bit more separation there.
Two from the Ardennes last week, where we had 3 days of gorgeous cross-country skiïng
Both NEX6 + E16-50PZ
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While walking along a pond in the Pfrunger Ried (a mire in southern Germany), I came across a grove of birches. They're one of my favorite trees and I always spend time trying to place them in an appealing image. For this shot, I used my (at that time) brand new Canon 400/5.6 wide open. A great lens!
But I noticed a small reddish spot in this shot, along the edge of the right-hand birch, about a quarter of the way up from the grass. Can't figure out, what it may be. There was no direct sunlight, into which I was shooting. And it surely isn't colored dust on the sensor - though I had a hard time keeping the (original) 5D sensor clean. That's one reason I finally bought the Mk III version. Automatic sensor cleaning!
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70 megapixel stitch with a 1dsm3 and a 28mm Contax distagon.
DAn
www.danbrownphotography.com
(http://www.danbrownphotography.com/galleries/albums/userpics/Thread_Leaf_Japanese_Maple_Panorama.jpg)
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I like the colors and wild branches, Dan. Well done!
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Superb, Dan!
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Superb, Dan!
+1.
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Very well done!
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Thanks, I consider it one of my top three.
Dan
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Today
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In the woods near Piatta di sotto, Eastern Grosina Valley, Valtelline.
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South Island, NZ
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In the woods near Piatta di sotto, Eastern Grosina Valley, Valtelline.
I like your vivid portryal of tree as action figure.
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Beijing, China
Chuck
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I spent way too much time making this shot. The nectarine orchard was an hour drive from home and I made 6 visits until the weather and trees cooperated. I figure I have over 24 hours spent there. This a is stitched photo, about 70 megapixels, taken with a 1ds3 and Contax 60mm macro.
Dan
(http://www.danbrownphotography.com/galleries/albums/userpics/Nectarine_Orchard_Pano.jpg)
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Dan this looks somewhat familiar. I like the simplicity of the shot. Green, pink, blue, white and the vertical rising of the trees to really unify the image. Nice work, naturalistic in style and content.
JR
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Very nice. Like the composition, this would be a marketable image IMHO.
Dan
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Very nice. Like the composition, this would be a marketable image IMHO.
Dan
It's yours for eleventy thousand pounds
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Eleventy? You speak hobbiton ;)
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I love this image of what could be the platonic idea of an english forest.
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This message body is not empty :D
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Treeline reflection
(http://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201502/i-7VNg58H/0/O/PEG_A850_2_08579_20150219-L.jpg) (http://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201502/47318063_j9Fd8J#!i=3887289093&k=7VNg58H&lb=1&s=A)
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Trees are one of my favorite subjects. This shot was taken with a 1dsm3 and 60mm contax macro.
Dan
(http://www.danbrownphotography.com/galleries/albums/userpics/Oak_Trees.jpg)
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Pegelli, that is wonderful toning (color?), quite nicely matches the mood and atmosphere. Very good composition and post processing as well.
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Thanks Slobodan, glad you like it. It's not really toning, but the very subtle hues of the early sun breaking through the morning haze. Actually very little PP was done on the image, just a slight saturation and clarity boost, as well as a slight lift of the shadows.
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(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8668/16405517529_06d3794cf3_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/qZGyNv)GH4-1-B&W (1 of 1) (https://flic.kr/p/qZGyNv) by tanngrisnir3 (https://www.flickr.com/people/87368247@N00/), on Flickr
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Very cool, Mjollnir.
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Very cool, Mjollnir.
Thanks! It was, literally, the first shot from my new GH4.
Only problem is I was rushing and trucks were driving by behind me, so there must have been some shake in the tripod. Blowing it up shows the rather appalling lack of fine detail.
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The last birch in the Vallone dei camosci (Chamois deep valley), Piani di Bobbio, Valsassina valley. Piani di Bobbio is a wonderful place devastated by ski lifts >:(. I couldn't frame farther on the upper left because of the arrival area of a ski lift. (I didn’t use skis and ski lifts, I was wearing snowshoes).
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The last birch in the Vallone dei camosci (Chamois deep valley), Piani di Bobbio, Valsassina valley. Piani di Bobbio is a wonderful place devastated by ski lifts >:(. I couldn't frame farther on the upper left because of the arrival area of a ski lift. (I didn’t use skis and ski lifts, I was wearing snowshoes).
Very nice. I wish I don't see those trails in the snow though, spoils a little the feeling.
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I wish I don't see those trails in the snow though, spoils a little the feeling.
I agree. It was a sort of trade-off. If I had framed more to the right in order to avoid the tracks, I would have lost the Zuccone Campelli on the background (the main peak of this area), the shrub and the position of the birch, with no gain on the right, where aren’t peaks.
P.S. Anyway the feeling was already spoiled by the sounds and voices of the ski resort behind me >:(
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The Trees, The Forest and the Fog
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red oak
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(http://mattlarsen.smugmug.com/MonochromeMagic/Infrared/i-4djffb7/0/L/P3081667_edit-L.jpg)
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Great lighting, Matt. I'll bet that looks good in a big print.
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That's a lovely shot, Matt. Great light.
Jeremy
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tree in sand dunes enclosing coastal wetlands, Sydney. XA, HP5+ @iso800 in XTOL
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3893/14599614470_fdef56cb9b_z.jpg)
by lynnb (https://www.flickr.com/photos/91846820@N00/) on Flickr
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(http://mattlarsen.smugmug.com/MonochromeMagic/Infrared/i-5tHX6pm/0/L/P3081869_edit-L.jpg)
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An image of a cottonwood from Zion NP in snow and Fog using a Hasselblad H4D 50. I also have a really nice panoramic shot on film from this spot.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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I have been photographing this week and next in the rainforest on Vancouver Island. I have attached a Panoramic image taken a few years ago with a Horseman 617 with Velvia 50 Film.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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That level of compositional order over so much rainforest material is reassuring. I do imagine, though, I would still want to watch my step.
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Red Oak Again
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Hi Bruce
Thanks for the feedback. I had to crawl over a few fallen trees and brace the tripod and stand on another fallen tree to get the shot. I have spent 7 years photographing in this forest. Over the next six days I have three or four more trips planned to this area. Once the leaves leaf out you are done. The moss just drips off the trees, it feels very prehistoric.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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(http://mattlarsen.smugmug.com/MonochromeMagic/Infrared/i-CtsWHN4/0/L/P3151917_edit-L.jpg)
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Lovely!
Tony Jay
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Lovely!
Tony Jay
Thanks Tony.
I liked the way the light fell on this one. Perfect time of day
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That's a lovely shot, Matt. Great light.
Jeremy
A belated thanks Jeremy.
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Great lighting, Matt. I'll bet that looks good in a big print.
And another belated thanks Eric. I am itching to print this one.
Planning to send a few away to get printed on Canson rag photographique as Brandt suggested for another of my images.
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And another belated thanks Eric. I am itching to print this one.
Planning to send a few away to get printed on Canson rag photographique as Brandt suggested for another of my images.
These last three of yours all would look great on the Canson.
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I've been up in the British Columbia rainforest with my friend Steven Friedman and his lovely wife. It rained 16 inches but we managed to shoot every minute possible. Great trip more spur of the moment when you get the itch to shoot but wanted it to do it for years. Here is a couple shots.
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During the search for an old embrasure of the First World War (Cannoniera della Vernuga, Grosio), I found this spot.
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That level of compositional order over so much rainforest material is reassuring. I do imagine, though, I would still want to watch my step.
+1
I have found rainforest (with the exceptional of very old growth areas) to be so busy and cluttered with different textures that it's very difficult to find pleasing compositions that are clean and simple. And, yes, the need to focus your brain on what is around you in order to find those compositions is in direct opposition with the need to focus on the ground so you don't trip or slip,yet again.
Nice job Steven!
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During the search for an old embrasure of the First World War (Cannoniera della Vernuga, Grosio), I found this spot.
I like it.
You might do well to name the spot. What seems to me to be a grown over and then burned over terrace could support quite a number of "historical" imaginings and moral examples.
Bruce
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Hi Paul
Thanks for the feedback and thoughts. I have attached another rainforest image. I am still trying to decide if I like the colour or black and white image. The density may be off a bit. I did these just before I left. I will post both and see what people think. This one was taken ten days ago on a shhot on Vancouver Island with Tim Wolcott. We had a great time. Tim has incredible passion for photography and the pursuit of the ultimate image. This week we are shooting dogwood and redbud trees in the Smoky mtns. I have three weeks for this shoot.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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I have attached another rainforest image. I am still trying to decide if I like the colour or black and white image...
This week we are shooting dogwood and redbud trees in the Smoky mtns. I have three weeks for this shoot.
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
I vote for the B&W version - a very compelling image. Enjoy the Great Smoky Mountains. I am shooting all next week in the Columbia Gorge, trying to get everything I can before everything leafs out.
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From Exmoor
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You might do well to name the spot. What seems to me to be a grown over and then burned over terrace could support quite a number of "historical" imaginings and moral examples.
Bruce
These woods were attacked in the past years by the beetle scolytid Ips acuminatus and by a fire. Today remain large areas of death and desolation. Since I found nearby a pole with a goat skull, as a sort of ominous sign (see the attached photo), I could name this spot “The goat skull grove” (? 8). )
P.S. The embrasure was part of the second defensive line of the Italian army. It was never used, since the austrians never broke through the front line of the Stelvio (Stilfserjoch).
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Hi Paul
Thanks for the feedback and thoughts. I have attached another rainforest image. I am still trying to decide if I like the colour or black and white image. The density may be off a bit. I did these just before I left. I will post both and see what people think. This one was taken ten days ago on a shhot on Vancouver Island with Tim Wolcott. We had a great time. Tim has incredible passion for photography and the pursuit of the ultimate image. This week we are shooting dogwood and redbud trees in the Smoky mtns. I have three weeks for this shoot.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
I like the color and black & white layered together: 87% color and 13% black & white.
Bruce
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From Exmoor
Excellent. Commonly a bit breezy there, is it?
Jeremy
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Can be a tad on the breezy side. Typically, any trees not in a reasonably sheltered spot, tend to be a bit battered & twisted. Down in the valleys/combes, it's more sedate & pleasant
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The second set (Beeches) looks like Exmoor, too.
Both sets of trees have real "character."
I much prefer the "breezy" ones to the sheltered ones.
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Just not sure if I like the processing on this one or not; it's a B&W convo, and one of about 30 I took of this beautiful sandbar in the Merced River just 200m west of Swinging Bridge. It's too 'something'.
Seems gorgeous to me... excellent local contrast, detail in the snow - the processing is ideal, as the photograph. Nicely done! If it's too anything, it's too Ansel Adams and I mean as a compliment!
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(http://mattlarsen.smugmug.com/MonochromeMagic/Infrared/i-7skwRgX/0/L/P4112063_edit2-L.jpg)
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This poor fellow was uprooted and washed out to sea, then brought back again..
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(http://mattlarsen.smugmug.com/MonochromeMagic/Infrared/i-6K3Thrr/0/L/P4262218_edit-L.jpg)
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Exceptional tree photos, Matt. The first one is magnificent!
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Exceptional tree photos, Matt. The first one is magnificent!
Thank you Bob
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I just returned from a shoot with Tim Wolcott in the Smoky Mtns area. This Dogwood tree was of particular interest to us. We got fortunate to get a heavy fog one morning and I got this image. The image taken the days before without the fog is also interesting.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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(http://mattlarsen.smugmug.com/MonochromeMagic/Infrared/i-7skwRgX/0/L/P4112063_edit2-L.jpg)
This is glorious.
Jeremy
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This is glorious.
Jeremy
Thank you Jeremy.
It is a fantastic tree, and a very stubborn one perhaps - refusing to give in to the beach-eroding waves without a fight !
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Female (red) and Male :-[ (the rest) in a larch branch.
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A couple new ones from the recent Smokey Mtn Natl Park trip with my friend Steven and his wife.
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A few more from the trip. Tim
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Yours are always wonderful, Tim.
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Apple blossom counts, doesn't it? I mean, it's a bit of a tree
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Apple blossom counts, doesn't it? I mean, it's a bit of a tree
I think so (especially if it's still alive and the beautiful petals veins are working...).
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This Dogwood tree was of particular interest to us.
To me too
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Apple blossom counts, doesn't it? I mean, it's a bit of a tree
If it's as pretty as that, I'll let you get away with it. I very much like the off-centre framing, too.
Jeremy
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Apple blossom counts, doesn't it? I mean, it's a bit of a tree
Certainly does. Especially if people can post close-ups of badges and headlights in the car thread?.. :)
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An Ode to Spanish Moss and Misty Mornings
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Anglesey Abbey, UK. ( It's not in Anglesey & it's not an abbey ).
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Graeme, really like the elegant simplicity of the elements and naturalness of the colours and overall look.
JR
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Every April I travel to the Eifel (spanning parts of Germany and Belgium) to photograph daffodils. Five years ago I ran out of real interest, having photographed them for two days. Frosty mornings and t-shirt weather once the sun rose.
I began focusing on the (still bare) trees around me. I've always liked aspen and birch and these seemed to beckoning me, to photograph them. Color was uninviting, since it was at least four weeks too early for the beautiful bright springtime foliage. So I opted for a toned b&w conversion.
Landscape aspect or square? I'm quite fond of the latter.
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I like the square too, but find the toning overpowering, especially the highlights.
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I like toned b&w images but seem to find applying it difficult. How's this?
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... How's this?
Better. Well, for me at least.
Your initial toning seems quite close to LensWork recipe, which in Lightroom translates to Hue 40, Saturation 10, for both highlights and shadows. My own LR warm-toning preset is somewhat gentler: Hue 48 (i.e., away from red, toward orange) and only 2 for highlights saturation and 4 for shadow saturation. That is a starting point, as different subjects might call for stronger saturation levels.
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I like toned b&w images but seem to find applying it difficult. How's this?
I like this!
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Your initial toning seems quite close to LensWork recipe, which in Lightroom translates to Hue 40, Saturation 10, for both highlights and shadows. My own LR warm-toning preset is somewhat gentler: Hue 48 (i.e., away from red, toward orange) and only 2 for highlights saturation and 4 for shadow saturation. That is a starting point, as different subjects might call for stronger saturation levels.
Wow, you got an experienced eye - my original settings were 33 and 9 for highlights and 37 and 22 for shadows. The second version had saturation levels of 7 for highlights and 6 for shadows. Yes, more pleasant.
I'll try using more subtle saturation levels, following your example. Will print anew with lower saturation levels to see how I like it.
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I like this!
Thanks Bob.
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I like toned b&w images but seem to find applying it difficult. How's this?
Much better. I agree with Slobodan.
Jeremy
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Much better. I agree with Slobodan.
Jeremy
Thanks Jeremy. Now I've got quite a number of images I'll need to reevaluate.
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Life & death in the Caledonian forest
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Thanks John.
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Haven't been here in a long time; missed this place!
Here are a couple of cell phone panoramas from nearby Beacon Hill Park. The first one has a nasty stitching error top centre...
Mike.
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Alas, the season for flowering trees is coming to an end.
(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-3HLC8Mm/0/M/May%2018-%202015%20High%20Park%20032%20copy1000-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-3HLC8Mm/A)
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Alas, the season for flowering trees is coming to an end.
Yes...
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Another new image from my spring shoot with Tim Wolcott in the Smoky Mountains region.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Tree trunks and young green
(http://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201505/i-DM9q4Rj/0/O/PEG_A850_2_09492_20150515-L.jpg) (http://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201505/49200353_zN2WXm#!i=4059778008&k=DM9q4Rj&lb=1&s=A)
Sony A850 + CZ 135/1.8
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Out of season, but Bill's old oak reminded me:
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What an amazing colour. Superb. We get browns, and er, browns, with maybe some brownish yellows & yellowy browns, just to ring the changes. Nothing like that. Oh, we do get orangey browns sometimes.
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What an amazing colour. Superb. We get browns, and er, browns, with maybe some brownish yellows & yellowy browns, just to ring the changes. Nothing like that. Oh, we do get orangey browns sometimes.
"Europeans coming to America are surprised by the brilliancy of our autumnal foliage. There is no account of such a phenomenon in English poetry, because the trees acquire but few bright colors there."
Henry David Thoreau, Autumnal Tints
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This one is just to confirm the color. Out of camera raw, using Adobe Standard rendering:
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A couple of new panoramic shots from the rainforest on Vancouver Island. A difficult place to try and find interesting compositions due to all the chaos.
I will post some more rainforest panoramic images in a few days.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Great stuff, Steven F.
JR
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Thanks John
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A couple more from the Rainforest on Vancouver Island.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Spring morning looking for a Prothonotary Warbler in a wet forest in Southern Ontario.
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Hey All. I am new to this forum.
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path in the forest
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I'll see your path, and raise you :)
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I'll see your path, and raise you :)
Very nice, Bill. The one less travelled by, of course.
Jeremy
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Here is a couple more from the shoot in the Smokeys and other side of where I live. Of course shot with the Phase One 280
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I do so love the dogwoods in flower
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I thought I would post a couple of others. From the Smokey Mtns.
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Whether you like the overall photo or not, I think it's the two trees that make this one worth looking at
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Some more tree images from my shoot with Tim Wolcott in the Smoky Mtns.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Into the wood...
Peter
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A couple of Panoramic images of cottonwoods in Zion NP - take last winter with a Horseman 617 Velvia 50 Film.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Hi Steve,
I like the palette of your first image as well as the composition. It's a beautiful frieze...
Peter
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Peter
Thanks for the feedback. I just printed it today at 23" x 69" for one of the galleries that represent my work.
Steven
Www.friedmanphoto.com
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live oak
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Early evening light on the Quantock Hills
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Early evening light on the Quantock Hills
Pretty, Bill. I have a gnawing suspicion that colour would be even prettier; but then, you've seen it and I haven't.
Jeremy
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Well here's the colour one to compare
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Well here's the colour one to compare
They're both nice, but I prefer the black and white, in which the dramatic form of the tree trunks is emphasized.
The color version is pretty, but I find the colors a bit distracting.
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Me too, which is why I originally only posted the monochrome version. It's how I visualised the photo - I saw a decent B&W image, rather than a colour one.
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Me too, which is why I originally only posted the monochrome version. It's how I visualised the photo - I saw a decent B&W image, rather than a colour one.
Yes, OK. I wanted to see for myself!
Jeremy
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from across the creek
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one of the few times when I saw a shot and I stopped the car to take it
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one of the few times when I saw a shot and I stopped the car to take it
Well worth the stop. Lovely scene.
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The harsh life just behind the sea-shore
(http://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201502/i-62TXH7p/0/O/PEG_NEX6_1_09756_20150227-L.jpg) (http://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201502/i-62TXH7p/A)
NEX6 + E10-18/4
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I haven't posted here in a while. Here are two tree "monsters" photographed recently.
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One from Bodnant Gardens a couple of weeks ago.
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Ansel had a fine photograph of a Jeffrey Pine tree on top of Sentinel Dome in Yosemite National Park, taken in 1940 (when I was 1 year old).
I was there in 1971, and the tree was still thriving, but by 1991 it was dead. Here are my views of it.
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Some remnants
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Ansel had a fine photograph of a Jeffrey Pine tree on top of Sentinel Dome in Yosemite National Park, taken in 1940 (when I was 1 year old).
I was there in 1971, and the tree was still thriving, but by 1991 it was dead. Here are my views of it.
Wow, Eric, that is quite an impressive involvement with such an historically iconic place.
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Wow, Eric, that is quite an impressive involvement with such an historically iconic place.
I don't have a print of Ansel's Jeffrey Pine, but I was sufficiently familiar with it so that when I saw the tree (in 1971), I recognized it and had to take a snap of it.
I do have a print of Ansel's "Oak Tree in Winter, Yosemite," but I haven't run across the actual tree.
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Ansel had a fine photograph of a Jeffrey Pine tree on top of Sentinel Dome in Yosemite National Park, taken in 1940 (when I was 1 year old).
I was there in 1971, and the tree was still thriving, but by 1991 it was dead. Here are my views of it.
That's a nice set. The back story and reference to AA makes it even more compelling.
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Wow, so many great trees! I've only looked through a few pages but this thread is going to require a time investment to enjoy them all!
Here are some of my favorite trees.
Hoarfrost cottonwood
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8214/8387874903_7d5de8d88e_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/dMd3YP)IMGP5589 (https://flic.kr/p/dMd3YP) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
Horizontal juniper & puddle
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2844/9792530103_f1fc4b1783_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/fVkh2V)IMGP5917-Edit.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/fVkh2V) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
Fallen cottonwood rebirth
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7592/16950034761_3397805abb_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/rPPmND)IMGP6838-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/rPPmND) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
Pine & lunar eclipse (2 image focus stack)
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8752/16411093373_6591647965_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/r1c9iK)IMGP7116-Edit-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/r1c9iK) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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Ansel had a fine photograph of a Jeffrey Pine tree on top of Sentinel Dome in Yosemite National Park, taken in 1940 (when I was 1 year old).
I was there in 1971, and the tree was still thriving, but by 1991 it was dead. Here are my views of it.
I really like these and the story!
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I really like the 1st and 3rd images a lot. The dead baby tree in the still water is for some reason calming.
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I am not sure if these fit into this grouping of tree images. These are trees reflected in spring lily pad ponds.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Df9Odxw-1EQ/VbPCGFwai8I/AAAAAAAAAC4/-ECyRy9bcyg/s1600/yolara.jpg)
Desert Oaks are my favourite trees, they survive in the driest part of the driest continent.
Sunrise at Yulara, Central Australia.
Cheers,
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I really like the 1st and 3rd images a lot. The dead baby tree in the still water is for some reason calming.
Thanks! The baby tree is an old tree that fell over and is now sprouting new growth. Cottonwoods form rows this way.
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I bought my inner city semidetached house thirty years ago. In the backyard was a sawn off tree stump. The tree started to regrow and I though why not. It cost me a couple of thousand dollars to have it cut down around fifteen years later. Love those trees, but most people have not seen a fully grown Moreton Bay Fig tree. The look great in the Royal Botanical Gardens Sydney, however in my tiny backyard not so. A fully grown tree!
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h7u768R9qYM/Vb7kE4yBwCI/AAAAAAAAADc/siqwjX2ksLE/s1600/fig.jpg)
Cheers,
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A palm of some sort.
(https://mattlarsen.smugmug.com/MonochromeMagic/Infrared/i-bKzM6Xz/0/L/P8052705_edit_1-L.jpg)
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A couple more tree images. The first image, Maples is where Tim Wolcott and I are off to shoot in a month's time. We have almost six weeks of shooting planned for this autumn. The second image from last spring Spirit Forest was taken on a trip to the Smoky Mountains NP, it reminds me of Eliot Porter's work.
I hope you find these interesting.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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An old shot from the winter of 2007 that I found on my hard drive, after being asleep for almost 8 years.
(https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/200712/i-cwt5bQ9/0/O/PEG_003515_20071222-L.jpg) (https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/200712/i-cwt5bQ9/A)
KM5D + Min 100/2.8 macro D
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fallen
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past and future
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Political tree
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Lonely tree at Canyonlands
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Lonely tree at Canyonlands
Very nice
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Taken this afternoon, Todmorden, Lancs.
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An aspen grove in ... Aspen, CO.
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(https://drscdn.500px.org/photo/101633935/m%3D900/890c460c74545c57d8aa8e734612e44e)
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Nice work Robbie
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(https://drscdn.500px.org/photo/101633935/m%3D900/890c460c74545c57d8aa8e734612e44e)
Awesome!
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Awesome!
I think this is where I post a +1
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Thanks very much.
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I think this is where I post a +1
And me a +2.
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And me a +2.
And me a +3.
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Mangrove, South Florida.
(http://airstreampictures.com/Portfolio/content/images/large/_ASP0457.jpg)
Lone Tree, South Florida.
(http://airstreampictures.com/Portfolio/content/images/large/_ASP0452.jpg)
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And one more recent:
Sunspot, Maine.
(http://airstreampictures.com/portfolio-images/Sunspot.jpg)
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First autumnal tints (Rowan and birches) in Runchét.
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(http://i.imgur.com/OBbtnTK.jpg)
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lovely light.
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Well, not sure I love all of 'em, but this one's a bit of an old buddy. Shared many a coffee, G&T, Campari Soda beneath it's silent, if reproachful gaze.
As Robbie Burns may or may not have thought: a tree's a tree for all that.
Rob C
(http://www.roma57.com/uploads/4/2/8/7/4287956/6966336_orig.jpg)
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One from the Black Canyon of the Gunnison NP
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5448/17917891472_57f79f1d35_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/tikSTj)IMGP3191-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/tikSTj) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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I just shot this image last week on a trip with Tim Wolcott. This is one of my first images using the Phase One XF camera and an IQ 280 back. I am impressed with the new camera. Incredible lenses and UI on the new camera. Really pleased I made the switch.
Steven
www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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My painting teacher used to bang on about hot, warm, cool, cold and neutral colours. Photographs like that are very hard to find. This is an image that I would enjoy painting!
Cheers,
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Well, not sure I love all of 'em, but this one's a bit of an old buddy. Shared many a coffee, G&T, Campari Soda beneath it's silent, if reproachful gaze.
As Robbie Burns may or may not have thought: a tree's a tree for all that.
Rob C
NICE...A Tree is All That.
Peter
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NICE...A Tree is All That.
Peter
Sometimes, I find trees, as in forest, quite frightening.
There's an area heading more or less north-east from Brive (France) that has heavy forest alongside the main road. I remember stopping the car so I could go pee. Not far into the thing, just far enough to be screened from traffic, I found mysef starting to get uncomfortable, not sure about what, but I think it was about finding the road again, never mind the car. It was silent, other than for the coming and going of the roar from the occasional, invisible truck; no colour at all, and no markers that memory could use as navigational aids. I decided that that was why the French don't bother hiding away when Nature calls: they just stand alongsde their car and do it.
Experience?
Rob
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Sometimes, I find trees, as in forest, quite frightening.
There's an area heading more or less north-east from Brive (France) that has heavy forest alongside the main road. I remember stopping the car so I could go pee. Not far into the thing, just far enough to be screened from traffic, I found mysef starting to get uncomfortable, not sure about what, but I think it was about finding the road again, never mind the car. It was silent, other than for the coming and going of the roar from the occasional, invisible truck; no colour at all, and no markers that memory could use as navigational aids. I decided that that was why the French don't bother hiding away when Nature calls: they just stand alongsde their car and do it.
Experience?
Rob
That feeling of the unknown, of what a forest can be, is the very thing I find myself gravitated toward...the magnificent Tangle of it all...The forest is nature's cathedral.
Peter
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Another image from my shoot last week.
Steven
www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Sometimes, I find trees, as in forest, quite frightening.
There's an area heading more or less north-east from Brive (France) that has heavy forest alongside the main road. I remember stopping the car so I could go pee. Not far into the thing, just far enough to be screened from traffic, I found mysef starting to get uncomfortable, not sure about what, but I think it was about finding the road again, never mind the car. It was silent, other than for the coming and going of the roar from the occasional, invisible truck; no colour at all, and no markers that memory could use as navigational aids. I decided that that was why the French don't bother hiding away when Nature calls: they just stand alongsde their car and do it.
Experience?
Rob
Perhaps you've read J.R.R. Tolkien one too many times. Murkwood Forest or The Old Forest on the eastern border of the Shire certainly would cause you some discomfort.
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(http://i.imgur.com/HKzEPI0.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/d4fc57o.jpg)
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They're both beauts
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https://scontent.fsnc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xlp1/v/t1.0-9/12065649_10153683268334066_6559449064021281154_n.jpg?oh=8b8555151bd424c3f77bf0ebe4bed666&oe=56AB6EE3
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(http://i.imgur.com/OBbtnTK.jpg)
I love this image. I wish I'd shot it. I love western U.S. forests; aspens, spruce, pines, and I especially love aspens in the fall, but this image speaks to me. Well done.
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Thanks, it was taken in the Cotswolds in the UK so a lot of Beech trees around at a spot I know low cloud funnels though the woods.
Another recent shot close to my house...
(http://i.imgur.com/Q6XI3VH.jpg)
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Thanks, it was taken in the Cotswolds in the UK so a lot of Beech trees around at a spot I know low cloud funnels though the woods.
Another recent shot close to my house...
(http://i.imgur.com/Q6XI3VH.jpg)
I have one very similar in feeling that I bought from the photographer Francis Annet in his gallery in Sarlat, Périgord. I have it above the bed. I love the separation of valleys by mist. I have a second one of his pictures hanging above the bed too (separated by a painting by my cousin when an art student), this second photograph being a close-up of some older grapes on the vine, with much OOF effect. Love 'em both.
I wish I could do that kind of picture, but I simply never quite see it for myself, only recognize it when it's already somebody else's picture. ;-) I have a feeling that it might be a long-term effect of shooting travel stock. Very different animal, at least, in my time in the trenches.
Rob C
P.S. That part of France, the Dordogne, is very similar to some parts of Scotland, only the food you can buy out is better, far better and much cheaper, too! Or it was, twelve years ago...
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Nice work, moreorless. I have straight shots of this scene, but seldom can resist trying to do a impressionist version.
(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Autumn-2015/i-tBrqVVc/0/M/Sept%2027-28-2015%20Algonquin%20area%20550%20copy1000-M.jpg) (https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Autumn-2015/i-tBrqVVc/A)
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Stay with the 'art' versions! Always good at them, as I recall.
Rob C
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I have one very similar in feeling that I bought from the photographer Francis Annet in his gallery in Sarlat, Périgord. I have it above the bed. I love the separation of valleys by mist. I have a second one of his pictures hanging above the bed too (separated by a painting by my cousin when an art student), this second photograph being a close-up of some older grapes on the vine, with much OOF effect. Love 'em both.
I wish I could do that kind of picture, but I simply never quite see it for myself, only recognize it when it's already somebody else's picture. ;-) I have a feeling that it might be a long-term effect of shooting travel stock. Very different animal, at least, in my time in the trenches.
Rob C
P.S. That part of France, the Dordogne, is very similar to some parts of Scotland, only the food you can buy out is better, far better and much cheaper, too! Or it was, twelve years ago...
The main thing I'v learnt with that kind of scene is don't remove the changes in contrast the mist creates, if anything exaggerate them in post a little increasing foreground contrast and lowing it in the misty background(although I only did the former on that shot).
I remember a few holidays down in the Dordogne during my youth but more recently what comes to mind is Ridley Scotts The Duelists that was mostly filmed there and has plenty of mist on display, required viewing for landscape photographers IMHO.
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The main thing I'v learnt with that kind of scene is don't remove the changes in contrast the mist creates, if anything exaggerate them in post a little increasing foreground contrast and lowing it in the misty background(although I only did the former on that shot).
I remember a few holidays down in the Dordogne during my youth but more recently what comes to mind is Ridley Scotts The Duelists that was mostly filmed there and has plenty of mist on display, required viewing for landscape photographers IMHO.
Haven't seen that; must try to get hold of it somewhere. Regarding the Dordogne: we used to stop for a night or two at a place on the N20 called Hostellerie de la Paix, in a little hamlet caled Payrac, which marks the N20 junction with the road to Rocamadour and then St. Céré; it used to be a Logis but I think no longer is. We used to look upon it as a haven...
Rob C
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Haven't seen that; must try to get hold of it somewhere. Regarding the Dordogne: we used to stop for a night or two at a place on the N20 called Hostellerie de la Paix, in a little hamlet caled Payrac, which marks the N20 junction with the road to Rocamadour and then St. Céré; it used to be a Logis but I think no longer is. We used to look upon it as a haven...
Rob C
Maybe not up to the standards of Alien and Bladerunner overall but it looks amazing and Keitel is great in it as ever, has the best looking ending to a film...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvpGOG_cCSM
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The old apple trees of my father in law.
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Maybe not up to the standards of Alien and Bladerunner overall but it looks amazing and Keitel is great in it as ever, has the best looking ending to a film...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvpGOG_cCSM
Thank you very much! I shall watch when it isn't quite so late in the evening and I doze off before seeing what I'm seeing!
Rob C
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The old apple trees of my father in law.
This does not look like much until you click for larger version. Well done muntanela, love the out of focus motif of the larger parent tree.
JR
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This does not look like much until you click for larger version. Well done muntanela, love the out of focus motif of the larger parent tree.
JR
It really is a 'juicy' shot! Great colours.
Rob C
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Thanks. These old small apples have a rich, complex yet delicate flavor, impossible to find today. They should be preserved in some way.
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The forest for the trees. Shot while waiting for the moon on Sunday.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/630/21614440680_a327b27f6f_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/yVZEbm)IMGP3274-Edit-2 (https://flic.kr/p/yVZEbm) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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More mist this morning...
(http://i.imgur.com/Cn7NmO1.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/JAhXH1V.jpg)
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More mist this morning...
Love the one with the rays!
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The first one, with the crepuscular beams. Kills.
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Both look really good, but the crepuscular rays is very dramatic.
A less moody & eye-catching contribution from me. After all, you can have too much of a good thing
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The old apple trees of my father in law.
Lovely. Perhaps even better without the light, blurry line to the middle left?
Jeremy
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Lovely. Perhaps even better without the light, blurry line to the middle left?
Jeremy
You are right. At first I had deleted it, but eventually I left it. I do not remember why, maybe because it is a spider silk thread.
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You are right. At first I had deleted it, but eventually I left it. I do not remember why, maybe because it is a spider silk thread.
The spider thread keeps it from becoming a stock shot...perhaps a good thing. It's all about purpose.
Peter
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(http://i.imgur.com/Vlxm3oN.jpg)
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Like it. I can almost smell the beech mast
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Autumn light and color is here.
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Lovely shot. I love that glow.
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One from yesterday evening
NB: I've no idea why the top corners have become so bright. It's not on the original. Just ignore those top corners :)
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The spider thread keeps it from becoming a stock shot...
Peter
I will delete it...
Spider threads on the fig tree of my father in law, I won't delete them.
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Another Tree Leaning from Savannah National Wildlife Refuge
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Might have posted this before - but if not, here we go:
(http://www.roma57.com/uploads/4/2/8/7/4287956/1229443_orig.jpg)
Rob C
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Might have posted this before - but if not, here we go:
(http://www.roma57.com/uploads/4/2/8/7/4287956/1229443_orig.jpg)
Rob C
Now What Makes Tree Bubbles....A Possible CAT?
Peter
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Now What Makes Tree Bubbles....A Possible CAT?
Peter
Yep, an absolutely determined 8/500 calibre Cat!
Were it not so bulky - not heavy, just large - it would get out of the cage more often.
;-)
Rob C
P.S. This is my second one; the first one went along with all the rest of the Nikon stuff when I moved (foolishly) to 6x7 hoping to make stock pay better. That first one came to the Bahams on a shoot, and that's where I discovered the two-legged tripod trick: British Airways managed to crack the third leg of my beautiful Rowi tripod during the transfer between places, and I had to do something with two legs or forget any of the longer lenses. It worked quite well, and I've used the technique quite often since.
Have to admit, digital certainly gives a new lease of life to those slow long lenses that working at ASA 64 didn't. The old ""sunny sixteen" rubric meant about 1/250th in bright light! Sunny sixteen, by the way (and for the earnest music students), had nothing to do with Chuck Berry.
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Yep, an absolutely determined 8/500 calibre Cat!
Were it not so bulky - not heavy, just large - it would get out of the cage more often.
;-)
Rob C
Mine is a 8/600 calibre Cat which gets about same amount of outings as yours. For the same reasons...
Peter
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Mine is a 8/600 calibre Cat which gets about same amount of outings as yours. For the same reasons...
Peter
Your gun's too quick on the draw! See above edit!
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Rob
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October Florida scene
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Playing (?) on the theme of 'another rock, another tree', I shot the image very much with the title in mind. In fact, the title existed before I even got into the car to face the mountain drive.
As some may know, I find the motivation for landscape photography rather difficult to grasp, mainly because I can't really see beyond it as a setting, a backdrop. Beyond that, it always seems to me to end up merely a matter of editing/framing bits of what's there rather than offering the possibility of making something new that didn't exist before I thought about making it happen. In other words, to me, it could only be something new if it (landscape) was distorted in some way that made it removed somewhat from its natural reality.
There's a photographer in America who does absolutely stunning work with landscape and old rural buildings in black/white. He used to be a frequent poster on this site and I know that I offended him in the past with my views on the genre, and looking at his site again some months ago, I realised that he was doing something very creative indeed, and I told him so. Unfortunately, my memory for names sucked even in my youth, but I think Russ and Eric probably remember the name of whom I am thinking.
Anyway, this is perhaps as far from 'reality' as it (or I) can go and still be palpably about something.
Rob C
P.S. Found him!
http://www.chuckkimmerle.com/
Well worth another peek.
(http://www.roma57.com/uploads/4/2/8/7/4287956/59676_orig.jpg)
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There's a photographer in America who does absolutely stunning work with landscape and old rural buildings in black/white. He used to be a frequent poster on this site and I know that I offended him in the past with my views on the genre, and looking at his site again some months ago, I realised that he was doing something very creative indeed, and I told him so. Unfortunately, my memory for names sucked even in my youth, but I think Russ and Eric probably remember the name of whom I am thinking.
Anyway, this is perhaps as far from 'reality' as it (or I) can go and still be palpably about something.
Rob C
P.S. Found him!
http://www.chuckkimmerle.com/
Well worth another peek.
(http://www.roma57.com/uploads/4/2/8/7/4287956/59676_orig.jpg)
Rob,
I well remember Chuck Kimmerle's work. He is indeed a master of a very difficult (to me, anyway) type of photography.
I do like your "another rock, another tree."
-Eric
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Trees are one of my favorite subjects. Unfortunately however, I am not good at identifying them. Does anyone know what these trees are called, and if so, would you please be kind enough to tell me. Thank you.
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Peter, don't go down to the woods alone!
;-)
Rob
(http://www.roma57.com/uploads/4/2/8/7/4287956/5900217_orig.jpg)
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Peter, don't go down to the woods alone!
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Rob
Rob, I live in the woods, and on purpose.
Peter
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In a local park
PS. focus stack of 4 images
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(https://i.imgur.com/2WTy9hF.jpg)
A few years old. I just found it on my google "cloud"
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The Angel Oak
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Palm in Boquer, Puerto Pollensa.
Rob C
(http://www.roma57.com/uploads/4/2/8/7/4287956/6156029_orig.jpg)
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Palm in Boquer, Puerto Pollensa.
Rob C
(http://www.roma57.com/uploads/4/2/8/7/4287956/6156029_orig.jpg)
Another lovely image.
The portrait of the palm is good but the sky against which it is contrasted is magical and transports this image into greatness.
Tony Jay
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Scarlet Slice...
Peter
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Another lovely image.
The portrait of the palm is good but the sky against which it is contrasted is magical and transports this image into greatness.
Tony Jay
Thanks, Tony.
We do get some odd skies here at times, a mixture of what I think must be entirely different types that shouldn't run together. My guess is that it must be a product of islands, and being stuck out in the middle of nowhere, with all manner of climatic conditions sweeping unhindered all over us. But it's changing: during the early 80s we had very dramatic lightning and thunderstorms in the winter, often with heavy hail. Every single car I've had here, including the present one, carries roof dents from hail. However, of late, the excitement seems to be more rare, as does the actual rain that comes. Also, I don't think it's as hot. The strong Sahara winds that once drove us indoors seem to have given way, making air-con even less attractive than it ever was. I had a unit installed back in '82 or '83 when I was trying to keep a darkroom going, but I gave up, because of the scarcity of water and the grit that defeated filtration. That unit is now ancient and hardly ever gets switched on: I hate the effect.
Thanks again for the kind comment!
Rob
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Scarlet Slice...
Peter
Beautiful, Peter; you have a strong second picture - perhaps even more attractive and thought-provoking - just by chopping off the top half!
Rob
P.S.
I attach a poem written by a teacher for my grandkids when they returned to Scotland after my wife's funeral in Mallorca.
The autumn convoy of fallen leaves
Sails midstream, in random order,
Over the reflection on dark waters
Of trees with foliage still unshed
- a glory of bronze and reddened gold.
Those colours must gild the memory
When in the long winter months
Trees stand skeletal against the sky
And Spring is but a hope yet to be revived.
Peter Granger Banyard SJ
Glasgow, November 2008
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Beautiful, Peter; you have a strong second picture - perhaps even more attractive and thought-provoking - just by chopping off the top half!
Rob
P.S.
I attach a poem written by a teacher for my grandkids when they returned to Scotland after my wife's funeral in Mallorca.
The autumn convoy of fallen leaves
Sails midstream, in random order,
Over the reflection on dark waters
Of trees with foliage still unshed
- a glory of bronze and reddened gold.
Those colours must gild the memory
When in the long winter months
Trees stand skeletal against the sky
And Spring is but a hope yet to be revived.
Peter Granger Banyard SJ
Glasgow, November 2008
Beautiful poem Rob, thank you for sharing that with me...
The bottom half of that picture is the subject for a series of paintings I'm about to start.
Peter
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Beautiful poem Rob, thank you for sharing that with me...
The bottom half of that picture is the subject for a series of paintings I'm about to start.
Peter
Great minds think alike, it seems!
;-)
Rob
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A local tree I keep coming back to
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A local tree I keep coming back to
Very nice, Bill. The clouds and the row of grasses (or whatever) to the right make a fine setting for it.
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One from today's bimble along the Quantocks
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And one with some autumnal colour
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the scarey tree
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3616/3400113139_9480085d59_o.jpg)
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A new image from my autumn shoot out east with Tim Wolcott. This is a four image stitch using a Phase One XF and 80 megapixel back.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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A new image from my autumn shoot out east with Tim Wolcott. This is a four image stitch using a Phase One XF and 80 megapixel back.
Steven
Really Fine Steven. The colours look great without being overdone. So you mean this image is about 300 megs in size? Amazing.
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Hi John
Thanks for the kind feedack, the files from the Phase are really nice. This is my first shoot with the Phase and xf. I would have to check the actual file size. I think it was over 900 meg as a tiff. Another image from a different location was 1.6 gb. The colours this year in New Hampshire were just outstanding. I shot some images with my Horseman 617 with velvia and I am dreading seeing them. The reds were so saturated I am concerned the film will lack detail.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Oct 27
Taken with an Oly EM-5 II / 40-150mm f/2.8 Pro lens. The 18" X 26" print is tack-sharp. The picture is virtually free of noise.
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Some Midwestern color from around my parents' house from a recent visit. Colors are just past peak in SE Michigan.
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5822/22520483111_c688074360_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Aj4n2z)IMGP2400-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/Aj4n2z) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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Wonderful sample, Matt. Autumn colour changes arrived very late this year in Ontario. The nights were not cool enough in late September as they usually are in the central north areas like Haliburton and Algonquin. But they did arrive.
JR
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Another new image from my recent shoot out east. This image was captured in Maine using a Schneider 55mm lens and a Phase One Xf camera, 80 megapixel back.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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That one's superb. Quite beautiful.
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Some Midwestern color from around my parents' house from a recent visit. Colors are just past peak in SE Michigan.
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5822/22520483111_c688074360_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Aj4n2z)IMGP2400-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/Aj4n2z) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
In the SW Michigan I got the impression the fall colors came and went way too fast, less than 2 weeks (or maybe I've been working too much).
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Shot today after the rain
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(http://i.imgur.com/3fiWpGk.jpg)
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Love those last two! Nice work indeed.
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Birches, larches and spruces in Sufignón, on the Mortirolo pass road, Valtelline.
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(http://i.imgur.com/3fiWpGk.jpg)
That's gorgeous.
Jeremy
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That's gorgeous.
Jeremy
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That's gorgeous.
Indeed...so Camille Corot!
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Wow. Both are stunning. Excellent connection Slobodan. Almost identical light in both.
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Lovely.
JR
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(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5785/22445340803_aee88aefde_c.jpg)
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(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/709/23138249805_94a4fb0169_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/BfDzxt)IMGP0072-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/BfDzxt) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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Another tree photo. This was taken on a cloudy day, around noon, shortly before a storm. This was taken in the spirit of practicing an etude--an exercise to help get to the next level.
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^^^ My immediate reaction was of a ballerina :)
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^^^ My immediate reaction was of a ballerina :)
Heh, that's interesting. There are lots of little red spiders that like the moss. And many of those red spiders like me too. At one point, I got a bit "freaked out" by having tiny red spiders on my person. I ended up hopping out of the woods into a clearing to flick off the spiders and scratch my itchy arms and legs. Flailing about, out of view from the public, I pictured myself ungraceful and clownish.
So your ballerina comment gave me a few chuckles.
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One from this afternoon
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... So your ballerina comment gave me a few chuckles.
In case you thought a was high or something, just to illustrate what I had in mind: :)
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Just to illustrate what I had in mind:
Wow, that's really cool.
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Wow, that's really cool.
+10.
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In case you thought a was high or something, just to illustrate what I had in mind: :)
Wow, that's pretty neat. ... That is a beautiful photo of a ballerina. The form, colors, and composition of Shiavone's picture are strikingly similar to the mossy old tree. ... I think it's safe to assume that Gene doesn't get clobbered by nasty red spiders.
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Playing about with some old shots (2 or 3 years old), and hoping for a proper winter for more of these
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A shot from some weeks ago
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From April this year. Rydal water in the English Lake District. Very soft and misty dawn. I was playing with making the image look very soft and sweet then noticed that the right hand side might make a high key monochrome. Any comments.
Ken
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From April this year. Rydal water in the English Lake District. Very soft and misty dawn. I was playing with making the image look very soft and sweet then noticed that the right hand side might make a high key monochrome. Any comments.
Ken
It may. But I will take the colour, which is not only subtle but is almost a 'high key' colour version.
JR
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From the Quantock Hills. Four frame stitch
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Also from Cothelstone Hill
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winter wonderland
(http://i329.photobucket.com/albums/l383/chauncey43/lone-fisherman-2-copy-2-5.jpg) (http://s329.photobucket.com/user/chauncey43/media/lone-fisherman-2-copy-2-5.jpg.html)
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Love it.
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Love it.
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Yeah, great image! Composition is so nicely balanced. Just needs that dust spot taken care of.
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The two dust spots :-)
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I have just posted some images on the "Show us some Abstracts" thread on this forum and would like to extend my request for reaction,comment,criticism to this thread to perhaps widen reactions.
They are recent images from a small project that I have been doing for a while trying to extend my love of photographing trees to attempt a more fluid perception. As I said in the other thread trees are often seen in motion,theirs or ours, and precise depiction sometimes obscures t characteristics that are strongly evident in movement like colour, texture,patterns etc..
I would really like to hear your views,please.
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Tim, it's been forever since we have communicated. Now that I have family out in the LA area, maybe we can connect at some point. Did you see my post on here highlighting my new video?
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Autumn Leaves in New Hampshire captured this fall using a Phase One XF and a IQ280 back.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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I like the dynamic play of red on the greenish background and the sense of depth. Someone recently suggested cropping out the darker branch on the right, but I feel that it provides a gentle counterbalance to the movement and higher key of the left two thirds of the photograph.
(http://static1.squarespace.com/static/53add256e4b07cf991e61afd/565d2626e4b011b065256a84/565e8fdce4b0b21fd7e0b6bf/1449037793908/TAC+UWT+Red+Trees+800.png)
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Awful weather, let me tell you...
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Awful weather, let me tell you...
Like the interplay of colors; prefer the composition of the first.
I don't know about the weather but I can tell you on my side those colors are long gone.
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I studied both versions before I read Armand's comment, and I came to the same conclusion. I find the horizontal composition more satisfying, somehow, even though the vertical one seems more natural.
Very nice.
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next up will be the color version sans fence...
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/763/22782836774_747dbd13d8_c.jpg)
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Like the interplay of colors; prefer the composition of the first.
I studied both versions before I read Armand's comment, and I came to the same conclusion. I find the horizontal composition more satisfying, somehow, even though the vertical one seems more natural.
Thanks you both.
You're all probably right: the problem with the vertical shot is, I think, that the tree is framed too close (but that's the best that could be done, it was a very tight space to shot).
That said, another with (complete with fake border :D)
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Maple. frost and mist through a 75 1.5 Biotar
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Maple. frost and mist through a 75 1.5 Biotar
I think there is a mismatch between the "under the ice" look of the right part of the image (look that I like it very much) and the plain rendering of the main trunk.
With a little processing to uniform the look toward the "under the ice" one would make the image more interesting IMHO.
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Foggy December morning in tropical Ontario.
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Very pleasing, Bob.
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Moody shot.
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The town tree
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/626/23085152214_f411668f8e_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/BaXrtL)IMGP0623-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/BaXrtL) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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Been gone and very busy opening a new gallery. Here is a couple from a great trip this fall.
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Been gone and very busy opening a new gallery. Here is a couple from a great trip this fall.
Really beautiful shots, both of them.
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Really beautiful shots, both of them.
+1.
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Image Number Two may be perfect.
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A Tree? the "trunk" and "branches" are the roots of a A Pin Oak Tree
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/611/23432887469_063e605720_c.jpg)
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(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5794/23506569960_c0da755a07_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/BPcjhY)IMGP4191-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/BPcjhY) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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A couple of new images shot last fall.
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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One from yesterday afternoon
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A Tree? the "trunk" and "branches" are the roots of a A Pin Oak Tree
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/611/23432887469_063e605720_c.jpg)
Makes a great painting as it is!
A good example of seeing what ¡s already there and doing something about it.
Rob C
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Makes a great painting as it is!
A good example of seeing what ¡s already there and doing something about it.
Rob C
Thank you kind sir.
These "serendipity"s are really inspiring.
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Black 'a' Tor Copse, Dartmoor. One of the few patches of ancient woodland remaining on the moor.
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Wonderful image, Bill. Appears documentary, yet still captivating.
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Thanks for that. It's a magical place, more so when it's not raining, as on that particular day.
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Wonderful image, Bill. Appears documentary, yet still captivating.
I agree.
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Very nicely lit, too.
Rob C
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Alabama Hills.
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What I'd give to have mountains like that in my back yard. The tree's pretty good too :)
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Paint it Black.
Rob C
(http://www.roma57.com/uploads/4/2/8/7/4287956/7180040_orig.jpg)
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Alabama Hills.
A great triad of tree-mountains-light, Ronny.
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Black 'a' Tor Copse, Dartmoor. One of the few patches of ancient woodland remaining on the moor.
Great location. This is the type of place I would love to visit fifty times a year--of course with a camera.
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Another from the same location
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And one from this evening - a much photographed local tree
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the dancing tree
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5738/23529981969_9f22ce501d_b.jpg)
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Alabama Hills.
That tree sure does look familiar! Hi Ronny!
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I like the dancing tree's style.
Will it dance in other lights as well?
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I like the dancing tree too!
Looks like it is "dancing like nobody is watching". :)
Here is another dance themed tree shot. Maybe doing the tango.
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3679/11378705154_6c8ea099f9_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ikuQBC)IMGP2416-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/ikuQBC) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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Obviously been dancing a long, long time. It's clearly tired.
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I like the dancing tree's style.
Will it dance in other lights as well?
It looks capable of it.
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No idea what species this one is
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Obviously been dancing a long, long time. It's clearly tired.
From "Hold On"
"but it's so hard to dance that way
when it's cold and there's no music"
To quote Mr. Waits
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A couple more from the trip. Love the green mossy rocks and trees. Next time drag a ladder up there and get a higher perspective.
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No idea what species this one is
Wonderful tree, it could be a plane tree.
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Defintely a Planatus of some description, but the only one I'm familiar with is the hybrid 'London Plane', and it isn't one of those. Lovely tree though, and I really liked the dappled light - I stood under it for quite a while
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Defintely a Planatus of some description, but the only one I'm familiar with is the hybrid 'London Plane', and it isn't one of those. Lovely tree though, and I really liked the dappled light - I stood under it for quite a while
Dappled light on dappled barks...
(Here a harsh light on :( tortured italian Platani in Bellano, Lake Como.)
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Wow. Otherworldly
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Hereis couple more from my trip, Its been a great fall. Great friends great photography and great colors. Wish the food could have been great. Best year for photography in 18 years.
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Here in Ontario after unseasonably warm weather we are just getting heavy morning mists to soften the shock of the new snow.
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Here in Ontario after unseasonably warm weather we are just getting heavy morning mists to soften the shock of the new snow.
Nice minimal image!
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Nice minimal image!
+1.
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+1.
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Rob C
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A great triad of tree-mountains-light, Ronny.
What I'd give to have mountains like that in my back yard. The tree's pretty good too :)
Thank you!
That tree sure does look familiar! Hi Ronny!
Hi! ;D I bet you have one almost identical. 8)
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Hi! ;D I bet you have one almost identical. 8)
Almost...
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Almost...
Backlit fall cottonwoods are a favorite of mine. This one is exceptional!
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Thanks for the previous comments - this one is a little more but not a lot more.
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Thanks for the previous comments - this one is a little more but not a lot more.
It's just the right amount. Lovely!
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Backlit fall cottonwoods are a favorite of mine. This one is exceptional!
Thanks!
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Thanks for the previous comments - this one is a little more but not a lot more.
Very nice!
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I was very fortunate to visit this park for a few days earlier this year and found some wonderful hikes.
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Nice minimal image!
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Raindrops and dead leaves - taken a week ago before all of that lovely (?) white stuff descended upon us here.
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I think this would have more punch if the exposure wasn't so dark. What does the histogram look like? If you brightened things up you might find that the water drops would begin to sparkle and that would add a lot of life to this photo. As it is now they are not noticeable except upon close examination. Just MHO. :)
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Thanks, Paul, for the constructive comment - I did try bringing up the exposure in various stages but felt that it began to lose "atmosphere" without advantage as the droplets actually lost "sparkle" against the lighter background.
I would welcome similar comment from you - and others of course - on this one from the same time .... assuming, I hope, that 'isolated tree parts' are acceptable in a thread for 'trees' ??
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That's a first class drop and tree-part. It works for me.
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A ghost on the soccer field . a tad over sharpened perhaps..
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1574/23626147693_9b70a466f0_c.jpg)
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My tree du jour
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Three from the grave of my hard disks:
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Another lonely tree - not quite as lonely as Chairman Bill's recent one but certainly a lot colder !
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One of the compensations of winter is the silhouetting and simplification of scenes - or maybe I'm clutching at straws ?
Two more winter tree scenes - one framing a turgid semi-frozen creek and the other of one of the dead bark-stripped standing trunks that are not uncommon in this area.
I post to get your comments and criticisms and advice, etc., so I hope that these are sufficiently interesting to produce such response.
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One of the compensations of winter is the silhouetting and simplification of scenes - or maybe I'm clutching at straws ?
Two more winter tree scenes - one framing a turgid semi-frozen creek and the other of one of the dead bark-stripped standing trunks that are not uncommon in this area.
I post to get your comments and criticisms and advice, etc., so I hope that these are sufficiently interesting to produce such response.
I really like #1. The lines of the creek bank, the reflection, and how it all comes together is very pleasing. Good job!
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My three takes on the Tree Theme:
(http://22528033606_4f5a85c8f7_k.jpg)
(http://24124604006_65feca90c2_k.jpg)
(http://24185712736_99d3c959fa_k.jpg)
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This morning's weather contrast ... frost against fog.
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One from a nice warm day a few summers ago I recently came across.
Old junipers can have a lot of character.
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7335/9610184207_b02bce1c29_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/fDdGXa)IMGP4218-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/fDdGXa) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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A sudden snowfall and a young tree approaches breaking point.
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ancient trees
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1495/24271228739_f91042dec8_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/CYLoH2)IMGP1471-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/CYLoH2) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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One from a nice warm day a few summers ago I recently came across.
Old junipers can have a lot of character
That they can. Thanks for sharing it!
Mike.
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A sudden snowfall and a young tree approaches breaking point.
I really like this one.
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I do like those 'ancient trees'
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I do like those 'ancient trees'
Thank you!
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ancient trees
I like this very much, Matt. The colour gradations in the sky add a lot: it wouldn't work in monochrome, unlike many tree shots.
Jeremy
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Hedgerow stalwart
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I like this very much, Matt. The colour gradations in the sky add a lot: it wouldn't work in monochrome, unlike many tree shots.
Jeremy
Thanks and yes, the color in the sky is what prompted the photo. I was late for the sunset light as I often am in the winter, trying to get up the trail to a nice vista, huffing and puffing, and wanted a shot of the Belt of Venus looking so vivid since I knew I wouldn't make it to my originally intended spot in time. This tree (that I have photographed before) was the first reasonable foreground interest I could get to before the color faded.
Being late for sunset helps keep me in shape!
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Military Trees - Double File and Echelon .... sorry slightly different processing .... comments please.
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pistachio?
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One of the compensations of winter is the silhouetting and simplification of scenes - or maybe I'm clutching at straws ?
Two more winter tree scenes - one framing a turgid semi-frozen creek and the other of one of the dead bark-stripped standing trunks that are not uncommon in this area.
I post to get your comments and criticisms and advice, etc., so I hope that these are sufficiently interesting to produce such response.
Very nice, especially the first one...
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pistachio?
San Antonio ?
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San Antonio ?
Outlet mall, San Marcos
where I found this crape myrtle as well
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Could be. i can't see the last remaining leaves clearly, but they look more like a Hawthorn to me.
http://texastreeid.tamu.edu/content/TreeDetails/?id=33
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Outlet mall, San Marcos
where I found this crape myrtle as well
clever scene, great tonality, too much noise reduction?
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clever scene, great tonality, too much noise reduction?
Fault may lie elsewhere in its stars than noise reduction, which I did not consciously use. This was from a Sigma DPM3 at, I think, f8, 320/sec, and ISO 100.
I made two quite different raw conversions in black & white with Sigma's raw converter and then blended them to suit in Photoshop with no sharpening or further cleverness.
Such like is my current fad in processing and worked better here than flogging the color version to death at great length in Photoshop.
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Walking down from Whitney Portal to I think it was Tuttle Creek Campground. They strike me now as a little bit ugly, but that is what it looked like at the time.
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Military Trees - Double File and Echelon .... sorry slightly different processing .... comments please.
They're both nicely composed. I like to think I might have taken something similar had I come across the scene. I think I might have processed differently, but that's about subjective preference. I see little wrong in either one.
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Dancing trees from a park in Prague.
Regards,
Dale
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A couple of panoramic images. I hope you find them interesting.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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A local shot
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Well done. I think it's framed up really well, especially the way the cloud hides behind the big tree. I've looked at this picture a few times; it has a lot going on while being quiet at the same time. Irony.
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A local shot
I'm beginning to suspect you carry one tree around in your car and plunk it down in various suitable locations for photographing. ;)
This one suggests a nursery school teacher (the tree) taking the little tots (the Beech hedge). out for an outing, making them all hold hands so nobody gets lost
You've got quite a collection of nice tree shots now. Time for an exhibit?
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I'm beginning to suspect you carry one tree around in your car and plunk it down in various suitable locations for photographing. ;)
That's what us painters do all the time...
Peter
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Thanks for the positive comments, folks. As for trees - living in the Somerset countryside means I'm never stuck for a tree to include in a photograph
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Bill would love to see if you could get it from the other side. I think the big tree in front of the little line of trees is more powerful. Tim
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From my bicycle ride this morning
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This cypress was ready for spring yesterday.
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And then there was one
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1567/23817674873_f018e39306_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ChFNWM)And_then_there_was_one_birch (https://flic.kr/p/ChFNWM) by Alf Sollund (https://www.flickr.com/photos/70952617@N07/), on Flickr
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And then there was one
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1567/23817674873_f018e39306_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ChFNWM)And_then_there_was_one_birch (https://flic.kr/p/ChFNWM) by Alf Sollund (https://www.flickr.com/photos/70952617@N07/), on Flickr
Beautiful!
Love everything about this image - including the blue tint.
Tony Jay
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Beautiful!
Love everything about this image - including the blue tint.
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I like!
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I like!
Me too.
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Agreed about the lonely tree!
Here are some much less lonely mangroves (and my son) from my Florida trip last week.
The tunnel effect was fun from the water.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1592/25093470506_670823d1af_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/EeqAxd)
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Spruces, larches and birches (and something else, alders too, maybe) near Mortirolo Pass.
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Cottonwoods
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1620/25277361402_2748225711_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/EvF5TU)IMGP1913 (https://flic.kr/p/EvF5TU) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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These trees outlined in snow seemed to me rather like spinal x-rays gone berserk ... but I liked the stark composition they offered.
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Cottonwoods
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1620/25277361402_2748225711_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/EvF5TU)IMGP1913 (https://flic.kr/p/EvF5TU) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
Lovely light, Matt.
Jeremy
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red oak
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Under the storm
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1629/24430613374_e6dbe3eab5_o.jpg)
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Very nice, Jose.
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Moss.
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Very fine images, Jose and Russ, each very evocative in its own way. And what a contrast in weather and terrain.
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Moss.
My first thought: Central Florida. I lived in Polk County for 12 years. We moved to Sarasota over a year ago ... something about moss, trees, and swamps always catches my eye. I've yet to figure out how to photograph this type of scenery. Clyde Butcher's black and whites are tasty. I hear he's now shooting with a Cambo Actus and a Sony A7r II.
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Under the storm
I really like the composition and the concept of how the falling snow is staggering the landscape.
Harald
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I really like the composition and the concept of how the falling snow is staggering the landscape.
Harald
Thank you for your comment Harald!
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My first thought: Central Florida. I lived in Polk County for 12 years. We moved to Sarasota over a year ago ... something about moss, trees, and swamps always catches my eye. I've yet to figure out how to photograph this type of scenery. Clyde Butcher's black and whites are tasty. I hear he's now shooting with a Cambo Actus and a Sony A7r II.
Bob, In my own estimation the key to that kind of thing always is backlight. That makes the moss flash. I love this tree. I've photographed it more than a hundred times. But without backlight it's pretty blah -- unless there's fog to stir into the mix. You're right. Central Florida. Leesburg to be more precise.
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Shoot this tree in the cold rain forrest near Purakanui Falls in New Zealand. For me one of the most magic landscapes I know.
(http://v3.harlempix.com/wp-content/gallery/myxp-landscape/DSC13934.jpg)
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Here are my trees, The first two were taken in Mt. Tamalpais State Park, California. The third was taken at C&O Canel in Great Falls, MD
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The third one is a stunner!
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The third one is a stunner!
Indeed, it's first rate.
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+1
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Birch in Vedait
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Another winter tree ate the P.N. Serra da Estrela in Portugal.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1688/24981502743_3294ec0d73_o.jpg)
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From a quick trip to Honduras last week.
P645D, A 35/3.5
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1690/25668732492_fd28cd74df_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/F7fXTj)IMGP2113-Edit.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/F7fXTj) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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From the California coastal hills using a Phase One XF IQ3 100 back and a Schneider 240mm lens.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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The third one is a stunner!
It truly is, pavypavy.
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This guy is in my front yard.
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Tree and moon, Quantock Hills
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Fine shot, Bill. Love the contrail and the moon.
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Fog on the River.
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Took these in January. Was working, but saw the light and grabbed the camera and ran down there and photographed for 10 min. while the light lasted.
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Temperate rainforest in Chilean Patagonia...
(http://i.imgur.com/Dq0qM8O.jpg)
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A local tree, shot this evening.
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Another good one.
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Birch (birches?) near Bainoghi, Valtelline.
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Tree and approaching squall
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1705/25541624373_2937861814_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/EV2v52)IMGP2583-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/EV2v52) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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Love that one. Crying out for a mono conversion <hint, hint>
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Love that one. Crying out for a mono conversion <hint, hint>
Thanks Bill, I'll give it a whirl.
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Mono version.
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I prefer the color version. It seems that some detail got lost in the highlights in the B/W version
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I prefer the color version. It seems that some detail got lost in the highlights in the B/W version
I have to agree.
When I saw the original post, I thought you had borrowed one of Chairman Bill's trees, positioned to the right of center, just the way he often does. ;)
Eric
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Bloody hell. Type cast :-(
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Don't worry, Bill, Eric is simply wrong. I always perceived you as left of center ;)
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I like color better too although I could probably do a better conversion. I originally tried B&W and deleted and processed it color.
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A compromise: selenium-toned b&w :)
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Tree - dead centre of the image. Just sayin'
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Tree - dead centre of the image. Just sayin'
Gosh! I wonder who took that shot? ;)
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Don't worry, Bill, Eric is simply wrong. I always perceived you as left of center ;)
Bill is. That's why the trees are positioned to the right of the shot.
Fine dead centre image, Bill. Great sky.
Jeremy
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Having trawled through eleventy thousand photos of off-centre trees, I went out to deliberately photograph one dead centre. Just for you lot. That's love, that is :-*
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Sorry, pardon my childish urges, just couldn't resist:
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Trump is way off to the far, far right, with twigs scratching on the Riechstag's door
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Tree - dead centre of the image. Just sayin'
It's very nice. Even without SB's enhancements.
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Moving away from politics. . .
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Here's a new one after climbing down a cliff that I probably shouldn't have. Will never do that again, if you make a mistake you either go by helicopter to the hospital or the morgue. Next time I'm bringing ropes. But great trees, TW
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The old cherry tree of my father-in-law.
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Its Dogwood season. Can't wait to create some new ones. Been out scouting its going to be great. Tim
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Cotton 2 Pano is terrific, Tim. I would love to see it printed large.
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Two birches in spring, Runchét (Mortirolo pass), Valtellina.
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I love the dogwoods
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A few more dogwoods. One to two weeks out for peak bloom. These are the largest dogwood blooms in the world. AS large as 7 inches across but most are 5-6 inches. T
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A windblown tree getting more windblown.
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7723/26181604533_7d09454739_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/FTzySH)IMGP1190-Edit-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/FTzySH) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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While hiking in the forests looking for and scouting for the dogwoods. I was scouting to see what trees were going to be great and which got beat up by the hail storm I saw a few flowers like the ones below and thought if I could find a large patch of flowers in the forest, that could be a nice shot. Within a hour nature presented me with this present. AS I have said "Nature has a surprise around every corner". TW
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Contre Soleil. Walking down Mount Gingera early in the morning.
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A local woodland
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A local woodland
I like this a lot, Bill; the clouds are almost a continuation of the tree branches into the sky. Spectacular.
Jeremy
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I like this a lot, Bill; the clouds are almost a continuation of the tree branches into the sky. Spectacular.
Jeremy
I always try to resist posting a simple +1. But with that said, +1.
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I like this a lot, Bill; the clouds are almost a continuation of the tree branches into the sky. Spectacular.
Jeremy
Thanks. That's what drew me to it - otherwise it's a fairly nondescript edge of a wood. They are nice beeches though, but without the clouds ...
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A local woodland
Wow, what cooperative clouds. Really nice image!
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The dogwoods in the south seem to have been hit by hail. Only the protected areas will good this year. Maybe up north will be good. Tim
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Wow, what cooperative clouds. Really nice image!
Agreed, I loved this, the clouds take this image from ordinary to extraordinary.
Finding these moments which change our perception, is what makes photography so amazing,
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I'm glad you all liked it. Thanks for the positive comments.
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Windswept Macrocarpa Trees from the South Island of New Zealand. I got the last light at the end of the day on the trees. This image is a 5 image stitch using a Phase One XF camera with a 100 Megapixel back. This is my fourth trip to New Zealand and the second time photographing this tree. Last time I was shooting with a Horseman 617 camera with Velvia 50 film. Having the the Phase One camera was sure nice to be able to shoot at a higher ISO given how windy this area can be to shoot in.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Wow. What a wonderful group of trees
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Bill, when I saw them I had the same reaction. I was really fortunate to get not much wind when I was shooting these over the two days I spent shooting them. I also got beautiful last light on the trees for this shot. The stitched file from the phase One XF IQ3 100 is 3GB, it will be cool to see if printed large.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Wow. What a wonderful group of trees
Wow indeed! Too bad the stitching program mangled the trees. Wait... was it wind? ;)
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Too funny Slobodan, winds are ferocious in this area. The other spot I wanted to shoot these twisted trees was just to windy to make any meaningful attempt at getting a shot.
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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A new image I just printed 35" x 82" for one of the galleries that represent my work. This one is from the rainforest on Vanvcouver Island. Thete is a period every spring where the forest has a vibrant green and the ferns look fresh.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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I do not think I posted this before:
(http://www.slobodanblagojevic.com/img/s/v-2/p1717052037-4.jpg) (http://www.slobodanblagojevic.com/p1025007936/e66582285)
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Complementary (https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/rijksstudio/176337--lizze/collections/bomen?utm_campaign=penone&utm_medium=email&utm_source=20160602_Rijksstudio_juni_EN&ii=0&p=0)
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Personally I think I have become jaded by postcard-like landscapes. I used to do a lot of them myself. But trees, life sustaining and giving trees, especially the last few from Tim, Steven and Slobodan always brighten my day. I also really like the artistic style, posted by Ken.
JR
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Fountains Abbey, April 2016.
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A tree I visit regularly. I made use of light pollution from town.
(https://c6.staticflickr.com/8/7379/26882848653_50ded8819a_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/GXxCjz)IMGP4687 (https://flic.kr/p/GXxCjz) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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That's nice
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(http://www.morristaubphotography.com/img/s6/v148/p1147563808-5.jpg) (http://www.morristaubphotography.com/p506532184/e44666f20)
Trees taken at La Forteresse, Rhone-Alps, in France.
On this particular day, at this time in winter, I walked by this group of trees on a hike with family and envisioned the high contrast b&w series I did.
It was immediate. White or near white to black. Had the pp work done in my head before I started shooting.
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Moon in the Trees
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Well seen :)
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Aspens
(https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7047/27560820611_4e86aeb70b_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/HZspLg)IMGP5412-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/HZspLg) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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Typical growth forms of Pinus mugo sbsp. uncinata near Senator Falck hut, Eastern Grosina Valley, Valtelline.
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Looking forward to autumn. I got a month of time set aside this year. This one is from two years ago. Just looking through raw files and found this one. Interesting how your eye picks up on images after not looking at them for some time.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Feeling a Bit Gnarly
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Good.
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Feeling a Bit Gnarly
Totally gnarly, dude! I like it.
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;D
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Cypress
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Events/Dyxum-Kroatia-2016-05/i-2x9DSJW/0/O/PEG_A6000_1_7241_20160527.jpg) (https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Events/Dyxum-Kroatia-2016-05/i-2x9DSJW/A)
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Looking thru some images. Been away for a while but here is one from the top of a mountain in Pennsylvania when the clouds engulfed us on the top.
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Blue hour aspen trunks
(https://c4.staticflickr.com/9/8862/27829186363_7b7e70bc0b_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/JpaRxZ)IMGP4336-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/JpaRxZ) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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My air-conditioned camera stayed fogged up long enough in the warm rain for me to come up with something semi-composed.
Bruce
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My air-conditioned camera stayed fogged up long enough in the warm rain for me to come up with something semi-composed.
Bruce
That's pretty cool!
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Lookin' up
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This forest scene print is a 110" in length. I thought it might be interesting to this thread. My wife is in the picture to give the print scale.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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There were originally seven beech trees on this spot, known as the Seven Sisters. Time has reduced them to just three, whilst replacement circles of trees have been planted nearby to maintain the landmark, which can bee seen from miles around.
Quantock Hills, Somerset
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Dead trees on the salt marshes at Porlock, Somerset Exmoor coast
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entwined
(https://photos.smugmug.com/MonochromeMagic/Infrared/i-299cTmF/0/L/P8063938_edit-L.jpg)
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Wow. Stunning shot.
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Wow. Stunning shot.
Thanks Bill. It was a great find - one of most interesting trees I've found in that area. Might go back with a different lens & see what abstract potential it has.
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Wow. Stunning shot.
+1
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Off to shoot Aspens in a few weeks. Here are a few I have shot over the years with a Horseman 617 Velvia 50 film. Looking forward to the autumn season.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Off to shoot Aspens in a few weeks. Here are a few I have shot over the years with a Horseman 617 Velvia 50 film. Looking forward to the autumn season.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
Very nice. I keep trying to replicate a similar look but so far failed.
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One from Zion's visitor center.
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Armand
It looks easy but its not easy to find compositions like these in a cluttered forest. Especially when there is bright sunshine and you only have a short period of time to shoot at the beginning and end of day. You can see more of my tree panos on my website. Thanks for your kind thoughts on these images.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Off to shoot Aspens in a few weeks. Here are a few I have shot over the years with a Horseman 617 Velvia 50 film. Looking forward to the autumn season.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
I like these too. Well done. I'm also looking forward to the aspens this fall. And cottonwoods and scrub oaks!
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I'm visiting my parents in Michigan this week. Plenty of trees here!
(https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8546/29265905962_da27c9263f_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/LA8qey)IMGP2410-Edit.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/LA8qey) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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That tree, again
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Nicely done
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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(https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8316/29390264202_10bbd0a635_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/LM7MB9)Three Trees, CDT, left tree (https://flic.kr/p/LM7MB9) by tanngrisnir3 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/), on Flickr
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Great image. Such a nice clean graphic feel to it yet still organic too.
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I do like the silhouette
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That tree, again
That's a cracker, Bill.
Jeremy
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~honoring oldest known living tree in Europe, a Bosnian Pine in Northern Greece, more than 1075 years old...oh the things it's seen...the things it knows to be truth.
[ I somehow have landed on an alternate plane to that of the LULA I had known and loved, and apologize for my part in the below transaction. I stand reminded how much I had enjoyed this community when freely shared photographic currency of even eclectic bent was passed about across our ways between friends in light]
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(https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8316/29390264202_10bbd0a635_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/LM7MB9)Three Trees, CDT, left tree (https://flic.kr/p/LM7MB9) by tanngrisnir3 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/), on Flickr
Strong photo. I think if you cropped out the ground, it would be even be stronger--more abstract.
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~honoring oldest known living tree in Europe, a Bosnian Pine in Northern Greece, more than 1075 years old...oh the things it's seen...the things it knows to be truth.
I doubt that it could be the oldest known tree in Europe, this olive tree in Italy is said to be 3000 years old... http://www.sabinadop.it/olivo-millenario-palombara-sabina.asp (http://www.sabinadop.it/olivo-millenario-palombara-sabina.asp)
The olive trees generally are known to be the oldest trees.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive#Oldest_known_olive_trees (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive#Oldest_known_olive_trees)
The Larches too can be very old
http://www.monumentaltrees.com/en/trees/europeanlarch/records/ (http://www.monumentaltrees.com/en/trees/europeanlarch/records/)
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http://www.su.se/english/about/profile-areas/climate-seas-and-environment/pine-oldest-living-inhabitant-in-europe-1.292940
regarding the olive: L'età stimata dell'albero è di 3000 anni e, prima che un'autobetoniera ne spezzasse ed asportasse un quinto del fusto, questo misurava nel punto più largo della base oltre i 12,50 metri di circonferenza e 8,50 metri nel punto più stretto.
regarding the larches: Age records In this table of age estimates and ...
From the "Wiki" provision you note:
... however, these estimates could not be supported by current scientific practices.[51] Ancient trees include two giant olive trees in Arraba and five trees in Deir Hanna, both in the Galilee region, which have been determined to be over 3,000 years old,[51] although there is no available data to support the credibility of the study that produced these age estimates and as such the 3000 years age estimate can not be considered valid.[
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Makes a change from debating film vs. digital.
One mad scientist could, however, saw both down and count the rings, all in pursuit of that renowned method of testing-to-destruction...
;-)
Rob C
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http://www.su.se/english/about/profile-areas/climate-seas-and-environment/pine-oldest-living-inhabitant-in-europe-1.292940
regarding the olive: L'età stimata dell'albero è di 3000 anni e, prima che un'autobetoniera ne spezzasse ed asportasse un quinto del fusto, questo misurava nel punto più largo della base oltre i 12,50 metri di circonferenza e 8,50 metri nel punto più stretto.
regarding the larches: Age records In this table of age estimates and ...
From the "Wiki" provision you note:
... however, these estimates could not be supported by current scientific practices.[51] Ancient trees include two giant olive trees in Arraba and five trees in Deir Hanna, both in the Galilee region, which have been determined to be over 3,000 years old,[51] although there is no available data to support the credibility of the study that produced these age estimates and as such the 3000 years age estimate can not be considered valid.[
I don't know how was dated the italian olive tree (still alive). Some of those mentioned in Wikipedia were dated using a scientific method, for example the olive tree In Croatia and those in Bidni, Malta (carbon).
http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2011-08-16/news/2000-year-old-trees-still-producing-olives-297296/
The age of the three Larches of St. Gertrude (South Tyrol) was determined by examining the growth rings of one of them (they were four) fallen, I think in the '30s .
http://www.monumentaltrees.com/en/ita/trentinoaltoadige/ultimo/12812_forest/24779/
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Makes a change from debating film vs. digital.
One mad scientist could, however, saw both down and count the rings, all in pursuit of that renowned method of testing-to-destruction...
;-)
Rob C
Though hardly the intention. I am with absolute clarity remembering a discussion we had regarding "pissing matches". Certainly was not my naïve intent to have had this little drama. World so busy with our nastiness, dark menace circles unremarked, as that arrived as black dog, sole survivor on burnt crust of earth, rising to devour as he discovers there is one other. (can't seem to recall the title now but it was a small cahier by Laszlo K., a collaboration with Max Neumann ). Life and light deserve better of us... Leaving behind the offending image renamed with my apology and adieu.
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The "rocky", vertical, root of the pine is probably older than 1075 years, anyway it is very evocative (as visual root of the pine, not as real split in the rock) of "dead seasons". ("Morte stagioni", dead ages, an expression of G. Leopardi) .
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Tis the season to shoot sun beams...
(http://i.imgur.com/6BHvC22.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/gnpLZ6r.jpg)
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Bagborough Plantation, Quantock Hills
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Snowy morning on Kebler Pass near Crested Butte Saturday.
(https://c8.staticflickr.com/6/5604/29823238631_c227c3fc81_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/MrnTPv)IMGP3209-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/MrnTPv) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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I really am jealous of the incredible colours you get in the US. Here it's all far more sedate
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From a recent day trip up to the San Francisco Peaks near Flagstaff Arizona. The Aspen were certainly in their glory.
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Looking into the sun. Was created in colorado. What a great year, when you know the areas and when to go and what trees are perfect it all good. When you travel with some very good friends who love to create images its even better.
Shooting with the IQ3 100 megapixel back never leave home without it. Tim
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pine detail
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A couple from the recent trip with my friends Steven and Joni Friedman.
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They're both very nice. Some great colour in the first, and a beautiful abstract quality about the second.
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A fallen tree, from several years ago.
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The Cypress Stand II
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A four image stitch using the Phase One XF IQ3 100 back. I got very lucky to get this shot before the scene disappeared.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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A four image stitch using the Phase One XF IQ3 100 back. I got very lucky to get this shot before the scene disappeared.
Steven, "c'est magnifique"
JR
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I agree, Steven, it's wonderful.
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Thanks John R and Arlen.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Old juniper
(https://c7.staticflickr.com/6/5749/30273697030_10d86285b4_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/N8bBpC)IMGP4925-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/N8bBpC) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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I posted this in the medium format section. I thought to share it in this thread as well. A ten image stitch using the Phase One XF IQ3 100 back. This was taken at the end of our shoot. I find the skelton aspen trees ideal for this sort of shot.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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The Cypress Stand II
Very elegant.
Rich
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Matt - I do like your juniper
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Here's a tree of life & death...
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Here's a tree of life & death...
Ha.
Jeremy
PS: ought your signature to read "if I'd known..."? It doesn't make a lot of sense as it stands.
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One of my last shots taken on my autumn shoot. This image was captured using a Phase One XF 100.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Matt - I do like your juniper
Thanks Bill. I might try and spruce it up with a full moon in a couple of weeks!
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One of my last shots taken on my autumn shoot. This image was captured using a Phase One XF 100.
Steven
Another very appealing image, Steven.
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Thanks Arlen. Just getting the time this week to look at them.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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(http://i.imgur.com/JBPYfj7.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/UlGaAM6.jpg)
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Love the rays!
Jeremy
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Love the rays!
Jeremy
+1
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Quantock Hills today
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Another image from my recent shoot. Camera Phase One XF 100.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Leica Q, last weekend. Manitoba Maple.
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(https://c3.staticflickr.com/6/5448/29898067954_5e68e6e302_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/MxZpYf)IMGP4475-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/MxZpYf) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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In the chestnut groves of "I valeni", Tiolo, Valtelline.
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In the chestnut groves of "I valeni", Tiolo, Valtelline.
Last one is very nice. If only the focus was half a cm closer ...
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I don't know at what RR was taken the shot, the working distance of the lens at its maximum reproduction ratio is 6 cm... , but I think that in any case the spines would not have scratched the lens, although they were rather prickly (in the first image you can see that the woman - my wife - is wearing gloves).
P.S. I've just eaten some of those chestnuts, they are really very sweet.
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The autumn colour here, whilst nowhere near as good as that in the US, is the best we've had for quite some time
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Nice soft light and color there Bill.
Here's a favorite tree of mine that I ride my bike or ski by pretty regularly (depending on season). We need some snow around here now!
(https://c5.staticflickr.com/6/5697/30105887404_d0d8330874_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/MSmxsd)IMGP4580-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/MSmxsd) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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Dead tree
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More autumn colour
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(http://i.imgur.com/oV0v1El.jpg)
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Here is one Zion where I'm going this week.
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Love the second of those two.
One from this morning
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(http://i.imgur.com/EJUQnrr.jpg)
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One from this morning
You were having better weather than we had in Manchester, Bill.
Jeremy
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Jeremy, the light has been sublime. Less golden hour, more platinum hour.
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(http://i.imgur.com/VvsfOcw.jpg)
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That's a beaut. I love the dappled light on the trunk.
Here's one from a few days ago
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Dead tree
I love it Bill, when you are able to get out to some of the great locales you visit more to the fringes of the day this way. Would follow you around and pick up when you packed it in to head back for tea, but I can hardly know when you are free to be observing. A little black cahier of these places would be fun to visit just before or just after the curtains. I keep watching and cheered when this one popped up.
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Along the upper course of Adda river, rain.
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Wonderfull bright grays in 4519.
Bruce
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bright grays in 4519.
Bruce
Maybe the rain might have helped.
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Wonderfull bright grays in 4519.
Yes. And nice stuff here, Bill.
A birch log in a cedar forest:
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Do you know the narrative behind (under) the branches skirting the tree on right? Blind of sorts? In place it seems before the leaf fall. Looks like wonderful light ~
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Larches along the alpine road to Schiazzera, yesterday (Valtellina).
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The lone oak
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Do you know the narrative behind (under) the branches skirting the tree on right? Blind of sorts? In place it seems before the leaf fall. Looks like wonderful light ~
Its a national trust woodland near me and I believe they do that to benefit wildlife, encourage bugs with a lot of rotting wood in one place when they cut back the trees.
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Its a national trust woodland near me and I believe they do that to benefit wildlife, encourage bugs with a lot of rotting wood in one place when they cut back the trees.
Thanks so much for that. It looked purposeful but wasn't sure if for the benefit of man or beast. Much appreciated. Looks like a candidate for late evening, early morning and snow captures, along the lines of Monet's Haystacks.
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A wood for winter days~
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Along the upper course of Adda river, rain.
Lovely colors in the first
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Here is a few from Texas. The first is one that President G.H.W. Bush selected and wrote a quote about that image.
The second is an image that was chosen by Lyle Lovett and he also wrote a nice quote for me in the book.
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I love the second one. Absolutely superb
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The lone oak
Glorious light, Bill.
Jeremy
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Stunning, both, Bill.
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Winter's come early to Somerset
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Yes!
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A lone Scots Pine, set just above the Triscombe quarry, looking north towards the coast at Minehead
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Winter's come early to Somerset
Very good, as well as the other in Flickr. These english trees are wonderful.
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Last week we had the last fall colors for this year
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~will continue to visit through the harbor storms...it still has things to say...
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I have passed many fallen trees in forests, and sometimes I have photographed them. But the light is never as gloriously right as on this one.
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Enjoying all of your autumn colours. We don't get that fantastic range of colour here in the dry tropics of the convict colonies....
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Gorgeous frosty morning today. This oak is set on the edge of a sunken lane, that's been used for so many centuries, it's several feet below the level of the surrounding ground now.
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"Cypress Blues"
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Red Oak
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Invokes November feelings.
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Golden aspens from my shoot last fall.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Jeremy
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Some lovely trees, folks
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Love it!
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I had to use this dead tree to add a little sky interest to an otherwise boring sky.
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Earlier the same day as my previous tree shot. Grabbed this one while pumping gas in Saguache.
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/306/30964536064_1d563a9d1f_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/PbekMs)IMGP0230-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/PbekMs) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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Nice one, Matt!
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Nice one, Matt!
Yes, I agree. You seem to get around a lot. The red is nicely juxtaposed against the all white scene.
JR
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Yes, I agree. You seem to get around a lot. The red is nicely juxtaposed against the all white scene.
JR
Thank you both! I love travel but also love to stay relatively close to home when I can too.
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Luminous Aspen Light - Phase One XF IQ3 100
Early morning light adds a glow to this set of aspens for just a minute of time just after sunrise. I am perched on the side of a cliff to get enough elevation to eliminate the foreground clutter in the forest. I had to work quickly before the sunrise hits the front of my camera.
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Earlier the same day as my previous tree shot. Grabbed this one while pumping gas in Saguache.
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/306/30964536064_1d563a9d1f_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/PbekMs)IMGP0230-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/PbekMs) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
Beautiful--like a scene from a storybook. I'd frame it and hang it on my wall, especially being I live in Florida.
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Luminous Aspen Light - Phase One XF IQ3 100
Early morning light adds a glow to this set of aspens for just a minute of time just after sunrise. I am perched on the side of a cliff to get enough elevation to eliminate the foreground clutter in the forest. I had to work quickly before the sunrise hits the front of my camera.
Beautiful Steven, fresh with a gentle natural glow. I assume your Phase One takes panoramics, or are they stitched?
JR
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Hi JR
Thank you for the kind words on this image. It is a 4 image stitch using the Phase One. The dynamic range is incredible. Some of stitched images are over 4 gb. I have cropped a single exposure from the Phase One XF IQ3 100 to a 23" x 69" size and the images look great. Most of my work is sold at very large print sizes and the stitching with this camera is ideal especially for my type of work, tree panoramic images. The detail from this camera is incredible.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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I agree that's a nice image Steven! Love the tint of the sun on the trunks.
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Our town tree. Every year someone whose tree has gotten too big gets it removed for free by the city to become the town tree. It's especially huge this year.
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Earlier the same day as my previous tree shot. Grabbed this one while pumping gas in Saguache.
That is very nice Matt
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Earlier the same day as my previous tree shot. Grabbed this one while pumping gas in Saguache.
That's terrific.
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Putting the Sigma 35mm F/1.4 to use...
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A few from this afternoon.
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A few wintery scenes. Tim
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Wow. The colours look unreal. Our UK trees offer a far more muted palette
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Three from me.
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These images are from last autumn using a Phase One XF IQ3 100 camera.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Great posts here recently!
Here's one from last weekend. I love when the younger trees get so loaded with snow they bend down like this. It reminds me of the Roadrunner/Coyote cartoon when he would fire up that Acme Snow Machine.
Also, the skiing was fantastic! :)
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/525/32331517001_7100caa32d_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Rg2tAi)IMGP7402-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/Rg2tAi) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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Great posts here recently!
Yes. Here is a pair of trees I have been scouting for several years. I finally got an image I like.
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Yes. Here is a pair of trees I have been scouting for several years. I finally got an image I like.
Very nice. You couldn't have moved a little to your left, to separate the small tree's branches from the larger trunk?
Jeremy
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Very nice. You couldn't have moved a little to your left, to separate the small tree's branches from the larger trunk?
Thanks, Jeremy. I wish the shrubs weren't there too. Going left would have put the subjects closer together. I'll go back some day.
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These images were taken on a shoot in Northern Patagonia. Not an easy place to shoot forest images the forest are really cluttered.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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willow
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These images were taken on a shoot in Northern Patagonia. Not an easy place to shoot forest images the forest are really cluttered.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
Those are beautiful. I especially like the ones with the moss on the tree trunks. Nice work!
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Here are some trees along the Black Canyon of the Gunnison's South rim. I stopped by for a sunrise shoot and ski yesterday on my way out of town. I try to stop in here when I can time it with good light. Almost always something good to shoot.
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/586/32601933325_700982a759_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/REVqWH)IMGP2267-Edit.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/REVqWH) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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A misty morning
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Those are beautiful. I especially like the ones with the moss on the tree trunks. Nice work!
Thanks Matt for the kind feedback. It is interesting that the second image has sold a few times as a 30" x 90" print.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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(https://photos.smugmug.com/MonochromeMagic/Infrared/i-gPv4sg8/0/L/P1284512_edit-L.jpg)
post-fire defiance?
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A couple of older shots I'v gone back to in the last couple of days...
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Yes. Here is a pair of trees I have been scouting for several years. I finally got an image I like.
Terrific photo +1
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Chipola Cypress
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Chipola Cypress
Lovely!
Here is one I took near my parent's home in Michigan over the weekend. I'm back in Colorado now and it sure feels good to be home.
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... Here is one I took...
Great use of wide-angle, Matt!
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Great use of wide-angle, Matt!
Thank you!
I'm enjoying this lens which is Pentax branded but is a rebadged K mount Tamron 15-30/2.8 with Pentax coatings. The flare resistance is good and I like the rendering. A keeper!
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Lovely, Matt. Especially the back lit leaves and the pattern of alternating light on the snow. So this is with the new K1 Pentax? Most of my Pentax lenses are very CA prone- lots of green and purple fringing. Drives me nuts. Despite what everyone says, I do not find it easy to remove, especially around irregular shapes, like tree lines. Base on what you just stated, is the 15-30 lens CA prone?
JR
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Lovely, Matt. Especially the back lit leaves and the pattern of alternating light on the snow. So this is with the new K1 Pentax? Most of my Pentax lenses are very CA prone- lots of green and purple fringing. Drives me nuts. Despite what everyone says, I do not find it easy to remove, especially around irregular shapes, like tree lines. Base on what you just stated, is the 15-30 lens CA prone?
JR
Thanks! This is with the K-1. The backlit leaves are what drew me in and everything else was to come up with a good composition to show those leaves.
The older lenses, especially film era lenses do exhibit prominent CA under the right conditions but this one has been very good. I have noticed a little but usually only after running the image through Color Efex Pro or making a HDR from multiple images which seems to accentuate the CA.
If I see CA I just delete the edited file and go back and check the Remove CA box in Lightroom and then re-process as I did before with no noticeable fringes. In general it is very good I don't usually need to do that much.
Do you have Lightroom? CA would be very hard to get rid of without an automated tool but most of the time just checking that box will take care of it for me. If there is still some left I use the CA dropper tool to identify the fringe areas better and that always gets it under control. So I agree it is easy to fix as long as you have the right tool. The earlier in the editing process, the better the results.
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I have it now. I need the CA tool. All my lenses exhibit CA, the 50-250, the 12-24, 16-45. even the 50-135 f2.8, a very good sharp lens. I tried removing manually, say along the roof of building and it always left behind unwanted colours or bands of blue sky or other artifacts. But Lightroom looks very good. And, if I can't get it all I will have to do manually in Lightroom and then export or finish.
Thanks for the info, as I was hesitating on buying the K1. If they made Zeis manual lenses for the K1, I would not hesitate to buy those. Not enough buyers to justify making them. Sure miss DOF markings on the manual lenses.
JR
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I have it now. I need the CA tool. All my lenses exhibit CA, the 50-250, the 12-24, 16-45. even the 50-135 f2.8, a very good sharp lens. I tried removing manually, say along the roof of building and it always left behind unwanted colours or bands of blue sky or other artifacts. But Lightroom looks very good. And, if I can't get it all I will have to do manually in Lightroom and then export or finish.
Thanks for the info, as I was hesitating on buying the K1. If they made Zeis manual lenses for the K1, I would not hesitate to buy those. Not enough buyers to justify making them. Sure miss DOF markings on the manual lenses.
JR
Yeah, I'm hoping the momentum of the K-1's success will bring some lens makers that have left back to K mount. Maybe the latest version without the physical aperture lever will make it easier to adapt some 3rd party lenses.
I really like using a Summicron-R 50/2 I adapted to K (you have to change the mount due to a tight registration distance) but it also suffers from CA in the situations one would expect. Fortunately it's not hard to correct.
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Dogwood tree in the springtime.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Shooting up the tree
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March 2016.
Eos 5D mk II - 1.4/50mm
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March 2016.
Eos 5D mk II - 1.4/50mm
Hey Olivier fine image. Love the minimalist quality and the medium soft shadows.
JR
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March 2016.
Eos 5D mk II - 1.4/50mm
I like the minimalist look. The toning is a little heavier than suits my taste, though; and there's what looks like a dust spot on your sensor, above and to the left of the second tree from the left. Easily fixed.
Might it be better balanced with a little less space on the right? I'm not sure.
Jeremy
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March 2016.
Eos 5D mk II - 1.4/50mm
I really like it! I could do without the toning but the essence it's there.
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I really like it! I could do without the toning but the essence it's there.
Ditto.
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live oak
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Can I ask if it's a particularly US thing to refer to 'live oak' or is just my ignorance that I am unfamiliar with the term in the UK? I'd expect an oak to be 'live' and rather say it's dead if that was the case. No criticism just curiosity.
Mike
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Can I ask if it's a particularly US thing to refer to 'live oak' or is just my ignorance that I am unfamiliar with the term in the UK? I'd expect an oak to be 'live' and rather say it's dead if that was the case. No criticism just curiosity.
I came across, while going through a nomenclature or industrial products, the term "non-folding chairs." One would assume that a "natural" state of a chair is non-folding, and if it is, than "folding chairs" would be more appropriate. Alas...
P.S. The relevance of my blabbering above to this thread is that chairs are made of trees (usually) :P
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I assume those chairs were also non rotating, non rise and fall - well the list would go on and on.
That said I have come across live oak before in novels set in the Deep South I think.
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Can I ask if it's a particularly US thing to refer to 'live oak' or is just my ignorance that I am unfamiliar with the term in the UK? I'd expect an oak to be 'live' and rather say it's dead if that was the case. No criticism just curiosity.
Mike
From Wikipedia: "Live oak or evergreen oak is a general term for a number of unrelated oaks in several different sections of the genus Quercus that share the characteristic of evergreen foliage."
In the U.S. they occur mainly in southern coastal regions. Some varieties seem to be common in California, but certainly not in New England.
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Thank you. I suppose I should have googled it but now I know :)
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Not native to New England but of great importance to Colonial New England as commerce and fishing were carried on by sea, and this strong, clean and straight growing evergreen was essential to shipbuilding. The hurricanes in the south that so devastated the live oaks was a blessing in disguise for the restoration trade. Moves were quickly made to purchase and store the falls for many marine museums and tall ship works. Not many were willing to cut these magnificent trees for restoration, but once downed they were golden for new life. Live oaks, living history~
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Thank you again. I am pleased to say I live and learn :)
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Next time I'm tempted to Google, I'll just ask Patricia instead. ;)
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Got a couple more - I'll put them in their own thread rather than clog up this one :)
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Got a couple more - I'll put them in their own thread rather than clog up this one :)
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.
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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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pine, I noticed the nest later
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My dog got in on this one. :) The tree is an old favorite.
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2805/32200780734_7d018e57e2_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/R4tqfJ)IMGP2839-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/R4tqfJ) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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The dog makes the photo.
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Excellent choice of dog for the shot ;D
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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 (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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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.
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Thanks Bruce, this is a tough place to find a composition. Its chaos.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Burnt Trees in British Columbia.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (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.
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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 (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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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 (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.
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Beautful images. I will be on the east coast this autumn shooting.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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The dog makes the photo.
Excellent choice of dog for the shot ;D
Thanks guys. Good thing this was the right dog because she was the only one I had handy!
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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.
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I like it.
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Otago Southlands (NZ)
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Sometimes I think that trees in the urban environment are enhanced by their juxtaposition with the surroundings.
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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.
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Bruce
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Even suburban environments can try to help out.
Who are those tree-dwellers, Bruce? :)
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Who are those tree-dwellers, Bruce? :)
Aliens abducting our shingles.
Bruce
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I enjoy the snowy sunny birches.
Bruce
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Love this image. Revisited it several times, the thumbnail doesn't do it any justice. I would be tempted to blur the blue patch on the right to preserve that painterly look and the atmosphere overall.
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Great image Bill. Very graphic feeling to it which woks well for this.
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Beautiful image Bill.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Generations.
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Nicely done
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Beautiful late afternoon light, but the little pocket cam doesn't seem to respond well to what reflects off of the dried crops. (Maybe high IR content?). Fortunately there is always BW. Mayb be a stronger image because of it.
The local landscape is slightly rolling but fairly featureless which is part of the reason for the composition.
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Well seen.
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Its soon to be Dogwood season, can't wait the hardest trees in the world to shoot. Love the challenge, I live 40 minutes from the largest flowering dogwoods in the world. Here is a couple from last year. T
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Its soon to be Dogwood season, can't wait the hardest trees in the world to shoot. Love the challenge, I live 40 minutes from the largest flowering dogwoods in the world. Here is a couple from last year. T
Ah, you're just working on convincing yourself to buy one of them fancy drones...
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Here is a couple more from that side of the mountain. I shot those previous ones with my twelve foot tripod. No drones for me. They crash. T
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I'm in the Midwest this week. Lots of diversity in the woods here.
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3933/32766933543_184df0803a_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/RVv6L4)IMGP3304-Edit.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RVv6L4) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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Fortunately there is always BW. Mayb be a stronger image because of it.
It works brilliantly, in any case :)
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These flowers measure a whopping 5-7 inches. Here is couple more. Tw
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My first try at serious film use, Nikon F2, Illford 100 with a Zeiss 50mm Makro...
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An oldie but a goodie
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These flowers measure a whopping 5-7 inches. Here is couple more. Tw
Would be interesting to have something in the picture for sense of scale, but what?
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Initials of Spring
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I posted these in the spring thread. T
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Bird Form
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A couple more from the shoot.
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Lovely set.
Here around Boston we have hardly any signs of Spring yet. No trees ahve leaves yet, and only a few seem to have tiny buds.
Our early crocuses came out just two days ago, along with snowdrops. So it's nice to see Spring making real progress out west.
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Swamp area. No dangerous animals in our locale, but if you misstep, they might retrieve you after a millennium or two, leathered, but otherwise perfectly preserved.
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I was exploring a new zone to me in an area I know pretty well with a lot of great old trees.
I plan to come back here in good morning light as that would light this area better than evening light.
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2885/33702351420_e08bdde32e_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/TmamUu)IMGP0223-HDR-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/TmamUu) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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"Quiet Light Sunrise"
I find it interesting that this tree outside of Page, AZ, is almost the reverse of the tree in Utah after which I patterned my watermark/logo.
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A couple more from my last shoot. T
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Tim, those meadow flower colours are amazing
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Tim, those meadow flower colours are amazing
+1 Very impressive!
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Here are some others as I play catch up processing them finally into my computer. My computer wanted to shut down too much stuff on it. Off to shooting this week again. T
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I posted these in the spring thread. T
The first is quite stunning.
Jeremy
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"Quiet Light Sunrise"
I find it interesting that this tree outside of Page, AZ, is almost the reverse of the tree in Utah after which I patterned my watermark/logo.
That's very beautiful. Lovely subtle colours.
Jeremy
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Old tree behind an older castle wall
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Sprouting tree stump in Tuscany.
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Two more trees that I find interesting.
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Two more trees that I find interesting.
So Eric, one is like the guy atop the mountain holding out his hands, crying "isn't nature magnificent." Then there is that gnarled last tree, which must be a fruit tree, that clearly looks venerable and imposing. Is there some unconscious symbolism here? I wonder.
JR
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Eucalyptus trees at a local plantation.
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losing one battle
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Old cottonwood on some nearby ranchland.
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2806/33511052744_958b064e29_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/T4fUts)IMGP0985-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/T4fUts) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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A real son of a Beech.
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(http://i.imgur.com/xX8ZjAB.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/CLzBcxY.jpg)
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(http://i.imgur.com/xX8ZjAB.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/CLzBcxY.jpg)
Very nice. I expect to see a wood nymph or elf peeking around one of those trees.
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A tree, trying to hug a cloud
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/201704/i-kfckh5K/0/0f1444e2/O/PEG_A6000_2_1871_20170426.jpg) (https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201704/i-kfckh5K/A)
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A tree, trying to hug a cloud
Nice thought, Pieter.
Jeremy
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Morning Sunlight Oak, Phase One XF IQ3 100 Camera
Early morning light lights up this oak tree in Yosemite. My wife used an umbrella to keep the sun out of the from t of my lens for this shot.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Morning Sunlight Oak, Phase One XF IQ3 100 Camera
Early morning light lights up this oak tree in Yosemite. My wife used an umbrella to keep the sun out of the from t of my lens for this shot.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
Wow, beautiful!
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A tree I have been thinking about lately. I hadn't been to it in a few years and I found it again tonight.
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4155/34546209772_e4a268d71e_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/UCJmAq)IMGP1317-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/UCJmAq) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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Thanks Matt
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Some recent Dogwoods. Yosemite
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Two more tree shots from my latest trip. Tim
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A couple more when I was shooting with Steven Friedman.
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A couple more from the Yosemite shoot. This was a great shoot, first part was with my friend Steven Friedman.
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I'm a sucker for good dogwood photos, and these are good dogwood photos. Love 'em all, but particularly impressed with the dogwood growing through the cleft in the rock/gap between two rocks. Beautifully composed.
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Thanks Bill, I love shooting trees and especially dogwoods. TimothyWolcott.com
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(http://i.imgur.com/wfvsMYQ.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/ax8CfII.jpg)
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Oak and almond blossoms along the flooded Merced River.
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Reflections
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/380/32578314210_41dd70b9f7_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/RCQnNA)
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Yosemite Spring Pond reflection.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Yosemite Spring Pond reflection.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
Perfect.
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One from this evening
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Thanks for the feedback James. Nice Tree Bill.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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(http://i.imgur.com/AdIzXQS.jpg)
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One from this evening
I like that.
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Spring Trees in California.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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It looks like this guy had a tough life.
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Heres the last shot taken from my Yosemite shoot. With all the extra water falling it created wind. This was nearly impossible to get. Tim
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Tim, that's a beaut.
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One from last autumn
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This was taken last September in Colorado. Camera Phase One XF IQ3 100
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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One from last autumn
Great colours and contrast of colours with the bare patches and the leaves on the ground, and I always love a "light" at the end of the tunnel in these sorts of shots - it's like a little reward for looking in and makes you want to get to that side.
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I hiked a peak yesterday and along the way there is this very surreal old dead forest section with a lot of old, big, twisted, and very weathered standing trees. I wanted to shoot more but had to get up and back before the afternoon storms so I only got a few photos here. I think I may need to come back sometime just for these trees!
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4404/35747948093_fd0454a9d7_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WsVzwD)IMGP8401-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/WsVzwD) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4401/35747950513_cb1356e083_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WsVAfn)IMGP8405-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/WsVAfn) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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Awesome spot, a pity sometimes one needs to think of getting back ... :o
I hope you can go there again, sometime.
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Awesome spot, a pity sometimes one needs to think of getting back ... :o
I hope you can go there again, sometime.
It's not that far from where I live so it's not that unlikely to happen. :)
If I had hung around to shoot longer I would have been caught in severe weather on a very exposed ridge at over 13,500'. As it happened, the weather caught me but lower (close to these trees) where it wasn't quite as serious of a situation. Glad I didn't shoot any longer! :o
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I seem to like my trees dead. :o
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Some interesting trees I came across climbing Kilimanjaro recently.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4379/36670516040_cc264ef65d_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/XSrYQy)IMGP9178-Edit.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/XSrYQy) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4396/36717697310_0ca3d7f9cb_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/XWBNbJ)IMGP9546-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/XWBNbJ) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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From yesterday on Dartmoor
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weathered
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Just got back from 2 back to back Phase One Podus workshop. Had fun, made new friends, shot some great imagery. Look forward to shooting again. Tim
TimothyWolcott.com
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At a B&B in Bishop
Tim - Love that!
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... nice fall pictures here, lately. Damn, I just miss out fall due to work this year ...
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Fall is gone here. This is on Silver Star Mtn (WA side of Columbia Gorge) after Sunday's storm.
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Fall is gone here. This is on Silver Star Mtn (WA side of Columbia Gorge) after Sunday's storm.
I like this one. It's sort of surreal as the snow blends into the sky.
JR
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Here is one from the Phase One podas workshop.
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Here is one from the Phase One pods workshop.
Oh my!
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few from yesterday
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Thanks David glad you like it.
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Thanks David glad you like it.
Both of the photos are a technicolor tour de force.
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Glad you liked them David. Here is another one from the Workshop. Tim
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Glad you liked them David. Here is another one from the Workshop. Tim
Fantastic! Do you promise you didn't shop any birds in or out? Their placement and distribution is perfect!
I have tried to do similar shots but have never been that satisfied with them.
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Really fine shot Tim.
JR
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Yes Im sure they weren't photoshopped in. I was teaching a Phase Workshop when I shot them. By the way not sure thats even possible. Lets hope it doesn't get to that level. It wouldn't be photography then.
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Yes Im sure they weren't photoshopped in. I was teaching a Phase Workshop when I shot them. By the way not sure thats even possible. Lets hope it doesn't get to that level. It wouldn't be photography then.
It's definitely possible. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Gop5Fr-MwM)
But I agree that isn't photography! Great shot.
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It's definitely possible. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Gop5Fr-MwM)
But I agree that isn't photography! Great shot.
Birdemic is one of my favorite movies!
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Never heard of that one. Adding them into a movie is far easier at 28 frames per second then a ring at 40x60. Just look at that shit Peter lik puts out. You can see halo's and all kinds of digital crap all over his so-called images. But he's still laughing all the way to the bank. But lets hope the FBI gets off there ass and puts the hammer down.
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Found this tree in Utah. I nearly had a heart attack and told them driver of the bus for the workshop he had to stop and turn around. It was exciting to see this Grand tree glowing like a candle meadow with the red cliffs behind. Tim
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I ended up liking this more than I thought I would. Got it on my way to work one morning. Yes, the moon was really there. It's a tiny bit blurred due to the length of exposure.
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I ended up liking this more than I thought I would. Got it on my way to work one morning. Yes, the moon was really there. It's a tiny bit blurred due to the length of exposure.
That's nice. The tree provides a little depth it would otherwise lack.
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Good catch.
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Fall is gone here. This is on Silver Star Mtn (WA side of Columbia Gorge) after Sunday's storm.
I would love this on my wall!
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Maples and Birch trees from Maine.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Maples and Birch trees from Maine.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
Wonderful photo. I hope to visit Maine someday.
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Thank you Alskoj
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Smoky Mountains in Spring.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Smoky Mountains in Spring.
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
Almost looks IR. Is it?
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I like the high-key processing. Very effective.
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From earlier this week. Plus a 1.5x magnified crop from the original of the little gal/fella at bottom right. :)
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Eric
Thank you for your feedback.
Farbschlurf
This is a digital image processed IR.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Smoky Mountains in Spring.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
Love it
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Thanks Bill
This forest has been interesting to shoot over the years. One year we bumped into a grizzly bear in these woods. My wife and I didn't see it until we were ten yards from the bear. We could hear it eating berries. My wife was not pleased with me.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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The black works wonderfully well in the composition.
Bruce
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Thanks Bruce. I will post the colour one in a few days.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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Seen while on my afternoon park walk.
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With Holidays right around the corner I thought this one is a good one to release. Coach Wooden once said "Failure to prepare is preparing to fail."
With the upcoming blizzard on its way this scene was scouted and marked for the early snowfall to flock the spruce trees and all the aspens that have turned colors.
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I was trying to shoot the meteor shower last night but it was too cloudy so I had some fun with this cool old tree.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4543/38170560785_cefcd83d09_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/21a16SZ)IMGP3118-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/21a16SZ) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4588/38170562765_5649461a58_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/21a17t8)IMGP3108-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/21a17t8) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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I was trying to shoot the meteor shower last night but it was too cloudy so I had some fun with this cool old tree.
Nice takes, when what you went for wasn't there.
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I was trying to shoot the meteor shower last night but it was too cloudy so I had some fun with this cool old tree.
Nice work.
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Arizona ash at the local pond.
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Lake Ontario Trees at Dawn
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This is the colour version of the B&W conversion.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
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A couple from yesterday
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The sunlight and snow edging opposite sides of the trees are very effective.
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My son has borrowed my D800, so this morning's walk was in the company of the X100s. Quite foggy, which limits those distant views & leaves a pretty flat light, but gives so much just the same. Here's a couple of trees from that walk.
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The first of these two really gets my heart pumping, Bill. Love the misty tree!
Eric
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Lone pine
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4730/38541935334_b519036b98_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/21HPuAs)IMGP6684-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/21HPuAs) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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Lone pine
Immediately made me think of this
Clicky (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B13QoA59tA4)
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various trees
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Here is one from the Smokeys. Tim
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From this afternoon.
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A tree, or part of, from me:
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4605/38957448405_4b21532a20_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/22mx79V)Tree (https://flic.kr/p/22mx79V) by Stefan Berndt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/fototypo/), auf Flickr
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Cottonwoods from last night
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4743/39004390415_2a9bb1ff2d_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/22qFGnV)IMGP9310-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/22qFGnV) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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Nice. Can see the wait for the big sky with you wide glass. Such short light to get around to the at least three beauties within this frame. Nature likes to let us know it is still her call . Glad you were on site for the display.
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Above It All
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almost impressionist.
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almost impressionist.
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Nice.
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(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4666/40105165162_335389accf_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/246XsmS)Dark Forest (https://flic.kr/p/246XsmS) by Stefan Berndt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/fototypo/), auf Flickr
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Nice sunset glow on the trees, Stefan.
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Thanks, Eric.
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I love trees too, but not when they fall over in our garden >:(
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At least it didn't land on your house, if I'm reading the photos correctly.
That must be a giant mess to clean up.
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Indeed Eric, we were lucky. We also had two more taken down because they might hit the house at the next storm.
If you love trees too much they might get weak in the knees:
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Two today, Mount Auburn Cemetery,
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San Juan National Forest, Colorado.
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San Juan National Forest, Colorado.
Love it.
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Winter gold
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Oh my, Bill! Love it!
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San Juan National Forest, Colorado.
I also like it quite a lot, the light is beautiful. What I'm struggling with is figuring out with that red rose adds or not to the picture.
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This one was taken last fall. Phase One XF IQ3 100
Steven
(http://images.livebooks.com/width/1600?url=http://bca7f16a46baaf14ad49-a03ae3dc2e71c0d4385fa21f9fdd9757.r35.cf2.rackcdn.com/41d0b94ba4224fb7bf4d9298dca9bc48.jpg)
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I suspect that looks much better printed as big as you can, I suspect a screen doesn't do it justice and it looks very good to me.
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Thanks DrMike.
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I took this one tonight. I think I'll be back to this tree.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4694/39702382734_efbf8e80b9_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/23un6bf)IMGP9909-Edit-2 (https://flic.kr/p/23un6bf) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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Two today, Mount Auburn Cemetery,
I especially like the first one. I have fond memories of Mt. Auburn Cemetery/park
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I especially like the first one. I have fond memories of Mt. Auburn Cemetery/park
Thanks, Bob.
Yes, it's a great place for walking on days when the nearby woods are two icy or muddy for easy walking. And there are always interesting subjects.
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Saguaro scarecrow, tree-like
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Aspens in Fog
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Winter trees and snow
(http://static.livebooks.com/e445f3a48364406ca29391cf460a3c81/i/e954f7be38c34e028ccdad21d051c0ac/1/2GTQbgiNxerRr5gcT6hkjr8dsnb6NBTxXMi2obS)
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Aspens in Fog
(http://static.livebooks.com/e445f3a48364406ca29391cf460a3c81/i/cbc797f63bbe47f885eee373d23e8c40/1/2GTQbgiNxerRr5gcT6hkjr8dsnb6NBTxXMi2obS)
Very nice.
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Winter color. Sigma DP 2.
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From the Eastern Sierra last October. I glossed over this one at first; now after 5 months I am still struggling with it. This is a two-image horizontal stitch but I cropped away most of the right side because it wasn't doing much for me.
STC w/90hr-sw
Dave
(http://www.davechewphotography.com/temp_images/DChew_171009_004090-C1-Pano-FrameShop.jpg)
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Two from today
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Well, this tree has fallen, but it's a tree, still:
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Tall and straight and twisted too.
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You again bring us fascinating and varied trees, Bill.
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In winter raiment
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Aspens in Fog
(http://static.livebooks.com/e445f3a48364406ca29391cf460a3c81/i/cbc797f63bbe47f885eee373d23e8c40/1/2GTQbgiNxerRr5gcT6hkjr8dsnb6NBTxXMi2obS)
Brilliant work!
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Thanks Guido
This one is from Japan.
(http://static.livebooks.com/e445f3a48364406ca29391cf460a3c81/i/c8db817846784900a84a2a202a4fa5f4/1/2GTQbgiNxerRr5gcT6hkjr8dsnb6NBTxXMi2obS)
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Thanks Guido
This one is from Japan.
(http://static.livebooks.com/e445f3a48364406ca29391cf460a3c81/i/c8db817846784900a84a2a202a4fa5f4/1/2GTQbgiNxerRr5gcT6hkjr8dsnb6NBTxXMi2obS)
This one is delicate and lovely! That subtle pastel sky and the tiny tracks in the snow.
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This is an amazing thread, loving it!
One of my own:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/868/41234240942_62ba46e138_b.jpg)
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Nice! I like the rhythm of the horizontal branches.
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One of my own:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/868/41234240942_62ba46e138_b.jpg)
Very nice rendering!
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Nice! I like the rhythm of the horizontal branches.
Very nice rendering!
Thank you both! It was my first post here, nice to have feedback. Concerning the rendering, I probably should have added that this was with film.
A slightly older one - to avoid a reply with no photos - also on film and almost on the same spot (not really a common scene here in Portugal):
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1565/25215489350_d5076b9ff6_b.jpg)
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(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/788/27438648748_5ae08eab0f_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/HNEfjQ)Bare Tree (https://flic.kr/p/HNEfjQ) by Stefan Berndt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/fototypo/), auf Flickr
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A lovely filigree of branches...
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A lovely filigree of branches...
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Reflected trees
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/813/40436740815_1358faf63a_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/24BfSft)
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Very sweet!
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Early Spring tree and grasses reflected, Yosemite NP.
(http://static.livebooks.com/e445f3a48364406ca29391cf460a3c81/i/e9b5e7bce1544d518c250ba7ea32666b/1/2GTQbgiNxerRr5gcT6hkjr8dsnb6NBTxXMi2obS)
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Early Spring tree and grasses reflected, Yosemite NP.
(http://static.livebooks.com/e445f3a48364406ca29391cf460a3c81/i/e9b5e7bce1544d518c250ba7ea32666b/1/2GTQbgiNxerRr5gcT6hkjr8dsnb6NBTxXMi2obS)
What a fine capture. Beautiful scene!
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Thanks Guido. It was a eight image stitch with the Phase One XF IQ3 100. Camera.
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Very sweet!
Thanks! I was hoping for an interesting sunset but got this.
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Iconic Tree at Cape Point
(http://v3.harlempix.com/wp-content/gallery/cape-town-2018/DSCF8498-1.jpg)
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Iconic Tree at Cape Point
(http://v3.harlempix.com/wp-content/gallery/cape-town-2018/DSCF8498-1.jpg)
Lovely image! Thanks for sharing!
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One from last Autumn. Phase One XF IQ3 100 camera with the SK 240mm lens. This lens is incredibly sharp.
(http://static.livebooks.com/e445f3a48364406ca29391cf460a3c81/i/d03a4a00d7d64e3aadfb96674688b1af/1/2GTQbgiNxerRr5gcT6hkjr8dsnb6NBTxXMi2obS)
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One from a couple of weeks ago although we probably still have a little more of this coming.
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One from last Autumn. Phase One XF IQ3 100 camera with the SK 240mm lens. This lens is incredibly sharp.
(http://static.livebooks.com/e445f3a48364406ca29391cf460a3c81/i/d03a4a00d7d64e3aadfb96674688b1af/1/2GTQbgiNxerRr5gcT6hkjr8dsnb6NBTxXMi2obS)
Really fine! Quite a delight.
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Thank you Guido for the kind feedback on this image
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Charcoal coloured aspen trees.
(http://static.livebooks.com/e445f3a48364406ca29391cf460a3c81/i/e1f083d69576449991cccd664302549b/1/2GTQbgiNxerRr5gcT6hkjr8dsnb6NBTxXMi2obS)
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I rode by this old favorite juniper on a bike ride tonight and had to grab a shot with that storm in the background. Beautiful evening on the trails.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/967/41965565932_539ecd5f72_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/26WmuGd)IMGP3916-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/26WmuGd) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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I like this one more than the black and white.
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Charcoal coloured aspen trees.
(http://static.livebooks.com/e445f3a48364406ca29391cf460a3c81/i/e1f083d69576449991cccd664302549b/1/2GTQbgiNxerRr5gcT6hkjr8dsnb6NBTxXMi2obS)
Quite delicate and delightful!
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Thank you Guido
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I've had an image in mind for about a year now for a Redbud tree shot. This isn't what I was visualizing, but I think it's pretty good. Apparently Redbuds don't grow in the kind of conditions I was visualizing, but I've found that flowering dogwoods do. Now to find just the right one in just the right place...
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If the apple blossom is out, it must be summer
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(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/961/40265146690_4b244a9e5a_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/24m6pi5)Albuquerque (https://flic.kr/p/24m6pi5) by Michael Teresko (https://www.flickr.com/photos/miter/), on Flickr
GFX 50S with the GF32-64/4
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Nice image Michael! Really like the B&W processing, the tones and scale are really nice.
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From last Autumn's shoot. Phase One XF IQ3 100 camera
(http://static.livebooks.com/e445f3a48364406ca29391cf460a3c81/i/cb6477eabf284a639ff0e3e1265b9fb5/1/2GTQbgiNxerRr5gcT6hkjr8dsnb6NBTxXMi2obS)
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Nice image Michael! Really like the B&W processing, the tones and scale are really nice.
Thanks! Working with GFX files is a dream.
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I am not sure this is actually a tree. Looks like a tree. It’s called a quiver tree so perhaps it is. Quiver because the local hunter gatherer people used to make quivers for their arrows from hollowed out branches.
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I am not sure this is actually a tree. Looks like a tree. It’s called a quiver tree so perhaps it is. Quiver because the local hunter gatherer people used to make quivers for their arrows from hollowed out branches.
Martin,
Great shot.
It's a Plant... who knew! link below
Peter
https://www.arkive.org/quiver-tree/aloe-dichotoma/
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Thank you.
So not a tree. I will leave it up, poor thing, it thinks it’s a tree I’m sure. Must have been 45C the day I made this photo. Southern Namibia near the Fish River Canyon.
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It is a great shot.
And it looks tree-ish enough for me. ;)
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It is a great shot.
And it looks tree-ish enough for me. ;)
+1
Peter
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Stormy weather plus a tree...
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A fun one that leans over one of our local mountain bike trails.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/975/28366469058_478945d052_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/KdDyYJ)IMGP4643-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/KdDyYJ) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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I was hoping to catch the moon rising under this tree a couple of nights ago but my timing was a little off. I think another time of year I can get it to line up right although that time of year might make getting to this location a lot more difficult. Still a cool tree!
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1757/42395197202_cc59b52f0b_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/27Ajt6U)IMGP2333-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/27Ajt6U) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
Another tree I visit from time to time, taken last night.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1750/28593972988_e2047c2b59_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/KyKzYh)IMGP2368-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/KyKzYh) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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Four of my favorite tees from my recent week on Martha's Vineyard:
Tree and stone wall
Three trees
Bashful tree
Ogre tree
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Black Canyon of the Gunnison tree. Probably gets photographed a lot.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1757/28678161148_4571041a6d_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/KGc5bh)IMGP2651-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/KGc5bh) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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Matt
Cool tree.
Steven
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In the chestnut groves of Tiolo.
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Mt timber top. High country Victoria Australia. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180608/6e435009745d5aa71146eb12903c96f6.jpg)
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Another tree I visit from time to time, taken last night.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1750/28593972988_e2047c2b59_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/KyKzYh)IMGP2368-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/KyKzYh) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
+1 That's a lovely photo.
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Mt timber top. High country Victoria Australia.
Love the mood. I can 'feel' what it's like to walk through there.
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Mt timber top. High country Victoria Australia. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180608/6e435009745d5aa71146eb12903c96f6.jpg)
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That's really nice. Love the shape of those trees and the fog really makes the shot. Our trees are very different around here.
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Matt
Cool tree.
Steven
+1 That's a lovely photo.
Thank you both!
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Four of my favorite tees from my recent week on Martha's Vineyard:
Tree and stone wall
Three trees
Bashful tree
Ogre tree
I really like #3.
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I really like #3.
Thanks, Guido.
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A tree in "The Tangled Garden", Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia.
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four trees in snow
(http://static.livebooks.com/e445f3a48364406ca29391cf460a3c81/i/fcf3f98e634c4e0fa474a39b88ac4ee2/1/2GTQbgiNxerRr5gcT6hkjr8dsnb6NBTxXMi2obS)
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Quite lovely, Steven.
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Thank you Eric. Kind of you to comment. I just finished printing thirty images for a portfolio of these winter images at 18” x 24”. I just booked tickets back to this area for next winter.
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Quite lovely, Steven.
+1
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Her name is Eileen....
(https://photos.smugmug.com/MonochromeMagic/Infrared/i-Pvp2wCW/0/1c7c1333/L/P1015161_edit_2-L.jpg)
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I rode by this stand of cottonwoods on my bike earlier this week and the backlit glow in the evening is just fantastic at this spot. So I returned in the car with my 645D and old film 645 loaded with Velvia 50 last night for some photos. Film isn't developed yet, but here's one from the D.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/835/42325065684_50981f8391_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/27u82rN)
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I like very much the graphic effects of the light (and shadows).
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I like very much the graphic effects of the light (and shadows).
Thanks! I just hope I don't come down with West Nile or Dengue fever from the dozen or so mosquito bites I received while taking it. :o
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Just a lonely tree :)
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1763/29111644988_1a59c818a6_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/LmuMPA)The lonely tree (https://flic.kr/p/LmuMPA) by Hans Kruse (https://www.flickr.com/photos/hkruse/), on Flickr
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A Weeping Birch, Arnold Arboretum, Boston, MA.
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Been busy. Sorry been a way for a while. Heres one from the west during a nice fall. Tim
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Just a lonely tree :)
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1763/29111644988_1a59c818a6_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/LmuMPA)The lonely tree (https://flic.kr/p/LmuMPA) by Hans Kruse (https://www.flickr.com/photos/hkruse/), on Flickr
That's a beaut
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+1.
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Solitary Tree In A Lake
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Quite lovely, Les. The colors are great.
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Thank you, Slobodan
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Quite lovely, Les. The colors are great.
+1.
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One of my favorite trees from a bike ride this evening. I was happy to see how healthy it looks.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/836/41672914500_8d23614e3a_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/26uuzBS)IMGP1033-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/26uuzBS) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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It eked out a hard existence on the rocks. All that remains is a skeleton.
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Forest crossing guard.
-Dave-
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From last week's park walk.
-Dave-
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(https://fursan.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-3/p2990911267-6.jpg)
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Was trying to capture a "big sky" photograph. Not sure if I succeeded or not.
(https://i.imgur.com/QhRmDh3.jpg)
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Looks great. Well composed, nicely framed in umbrella shaped blue sky.
JR
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Looks great. Well composed, nicely framed in umbrella shaped blue sky.
JR
+1.
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Some from a walk on my local hills (Quantocks) yesterday
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Lovely, the first and last are really nice!
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Thanks, Matt. One more, a variation on a theme ...
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These are really lovely, Bill.
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These are really lovely, Bill.
Indeed. Lovely light.
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In advance of the Yorkshire 3 Peaks Cyclocross today, vicariously cycling the dales yesterday with son, can only respond with the intensity one senses the history of place. Your West Bagborough image Bill, does the same. There is something in those tree knees down to the pathway that feels as the stone at the end of pilgrimage where so many hands came to rest. I think you have posted this viewpoint in other seasons and it affected me the same way. The opportunity for mind over brain is always a welcome part of your shares. Thanks Bill.
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Beautiful old world charm, Bill. What we need is you walking in that tunnel of green and dappled light.
JR
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Beautiful old world charm, Bill. What we need is you walking in that tunnel of green and dappled light.
JR
I'm searching for a 30ft selfie stick, just for you :-)
Thanks, everyone for the positive comments. Much appreciated.
Patricia, the last one from the view down to West Bagborough was a while ago. This one I think ...
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I'm searching for a 30ft selfie stick, just for you :-)
Thanks, everyone for the positive comments. Much appreciated.
Patricia, the last one from the view down to West Bagborough was a while ago. This one I think ...
Maybe I didn't see this one before...but my the atmosphere is fine. Must look great on big screen! I do note the roads starts very close to where the photographer stood. No need for selfie sticks. I am sure part of you is in this landscape.
JR
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the colour palette and the light through the trees plus the frost/snow on the trees are just magical.
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Cottonwoods on the valley floor yesterday morning.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1927/30073243257_b9b0f00b69_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/MPteu6)IMGP0377-Pano-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/MPteu6) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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From a trip with some fellow photographer friends to the redwoods this spring. From on top of a nurse log; seemed to be my preferred vantage point for most of the trip.
Dave
(http://www.davechewphotography.com//temp_images/DChew_180605_1457-C1-2-FrameShop_2.jpg)
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That's a fine capture, Dave.
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Thank you very much, Eric.
Dave
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Dave
Very nice.
Steven
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From a trip with some fellow photographer friends to the redwoods this spring. From on top of a nurse log; seemed to be my preferred vantage point for most of the trip.
Dave
Love the atmosphere in that.
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Love the atmosphere in that.
Also like the soft tones.
JR
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Dave
Very nice.
Steven
Thank you Steven. Your trees are an inspiration to us all.
Love the atmosphere in that.
Also like the soft tones.
JR
Thanks guys. Lately been experimenting more with keeping my hands off the Clarity turbocharger.
Ciao,
Dave
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Thanks Dave you are very kind. Just finishing a three week shoot. Feeling pretty tired. Off again for another shoot in 12 days.
Here is an image of a capture from this shoot. Not sure why it is rotated, must be iphone thing. Oh well, you will get the idea.
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When you click on the image is comes up oriented correctly. Whatever that metadata field is for iPhone orientation, some software doesn't read it right. Regardless, looks like another great image in the making.
I am frustrated this year; fall is my favorite time to shoot but I've been busy doing other things during Sept-Oct so I will have no time. The leaves will be appreciated and celebrated, but un-recorded.
Dave
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Thanks Dave. To bad you are missing out on fall. Steven
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Anarchy in the garden.
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Anarchy in the garden.
"Pumpkins don't grow on trees, Son. Not like Money!"
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A Pod Mahogany in Zimbabwe. A fragrant oasis of shade in a hot dry landscape
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looking up
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Along the road to Piatta (Eastern Grosina Valley).
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More from my local hills
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Two from this morning
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Two from this morning
I really like that first one. It reminds me of impressionist images of the french countryside.
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These are on Walnut creek between rains.
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Two from this morning
Perfect sky for that tree!
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little ones
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Not particularly my thing, but it may interest posters here.
A link, then, from The Online Photographer:
https://anewkindofhuman.com/ancient-trees-woman-spent-14-years-photographing-worlds-oldest-trees-2/
Rob
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Lovely, the first and last are really nice!
The first is top-notch. Trees are tricky.
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Not particularly my thing, but it may interest posters here.
A link, then, from The Online Photographer:
https://anewkindofhuman.com/ancient-trees-woman-spent-14-years-photographing-worlds-oldest-trees-2/
Rob
Thanks for the link. Some of my all-time favourite tree species!
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I was luckier than him...
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Pine Needles, 2018
(Backstory: We planted several pine trees one spring several years ago, shortly after we built a new home in a small Maryland city near Washington, D.C., and were alarmed when they developed yellow patches the following autumn because ... well ... pines are supposed to be evergreens. Turns out that is expected behavior for this type of pine and now we look forward to the annual color change.)
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Young (I presume) white willow on the bank of Adda river, Bosco dei Bordighi (Bordighi wood), Faedo, Valtellina.
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Cucumbers growing on a pine tree
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Cucumbers growing on a pine tree
Shoe Tree :)
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Another shoe tree (New Brunswick)
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Another shoe tree (New Brunswick)
Wow! What a lot of "shoe fruit"!
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A couple new ones from the blue ridge and smokeys trip with my friend Steven Friedman and his wife.
Terrible colors but we managed to find some exhibition images.
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A couple new ones from the blue ridge and smokeys trip with my friend Steven Friedman and his wife.
Terrible colors but we managed to find some exhibition images.
That second one is stunning.
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A couple new ones from the blue ridge and smokeys trip with my friend Steven Friedman and his wife.
Terrible colors but we managed to find some exhibition images.
The flat diffuse light makes the first one like an oil painting. Well done !
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Pinus mugo subsp. uncinata ( Today, Falck refuge, Eastern Grosina Valley.)
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Last light hitting the cottonwoods by the river yesterday
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4861/44905678345_c4201b0179_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2bqakFx)IMGP4360-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/2bqakFx) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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Wow! What a lot of "shoe fruit"!
Ever seen "Wag the Dog"?
Jeremy
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Ever seen "Wag the Dog"?
Jeremy
Somehow I missed that one but, judging by the trailers, I'll put it on the TBW list (to be watched).
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Last light hitting the cottonwoods by the river yesterday
by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
Very nice, Matt!
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Very nice, Matt!
Thanks John! Great light that evening.
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Thanks John! Great light that evening.
Agreed - that's a beautiful image, Matt!
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Who knew sunlight could turn autumn leaves to copper & gold?
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Who knew sunlight could turn autumn leaves to copper & gold?
You did, we did. Although nice I bet you will agree that the image is nowhere as nice as what you saw with your eyes. Sigh...but if tell you to keep trying I get to see more landscapes from your neck of the woods.
JR
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Autumn dogwood tree
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local
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local
Nice, I like that effect. I like it and it reminds me of this older one of mine.
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8311/8065513015_09e93a101e_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/dhHS2e)
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It is extremely difficult to take less than horrible shots in the wonderful chaos of the Bordighi wood (a riparian forest along the Adda river), but I have a few months to try (I'm on sabbatical leave until May 2019). These are White alders (Alnus incana), I think.
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Skeletons
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Skeletons
Nice.
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A few more from the fall trip. Great trip with great friends. T
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Jacaranda in bloom here in Johannesburg.
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Skeletons
Majestic. I love the atmosphere here.
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Majestic. I love the atmosphere here.
Thanks.
Here's some more atmosphere, in grainy B&W
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Another good one, Bill.
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Gorgeous Bill. But it looks like you sharpened the fog. But that is to my eye, as it it should look soft.
JR
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Gorgeous Bill. But it looks like you sharpened the fog. But that is to my eye, as it it should look soft.
JR
But where Bill photographs, they have all kinds of fog: sharp, blurry, and in-between. :D
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I haven't applied any sharpening
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Cottonwoods by the creek this morning. It was about 9am and had warmed up to 0 F.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4881/31112380947_0de6e5ac3b_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Ppi5Va)
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Cottonwoods by the creek this morning. It was about 9am and had warmed up to 0 F.
Great shot...nice work on flkr too.
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Nice one.
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I haven't applied any sharpening
Perhaps its the grain as you said. Doesn't matter Bill, was just trying to bring it to your attention. One of your best.
JR
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Great shot...nice work on flkr too.
Thanks Bob!
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These trees are actually in the last photo I posted. Here's a more isolated view of them a few minutes later.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4850/44238006310_352f54e71f_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2apam3J)
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Abandoned and overgrown chestnut grove, Valtellina.
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Dogwood in all its glory.
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Birch along the right bank of river Adda, high Valtellina.
(https://www.nikonclub.it/forum/uploads/ori/201812/d8cccafbd22510db9a186c38fa23e701.jpg)
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In the Fog...In a Cypress Swamp
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Ooh! Good set!
I especially like 1 and 2.
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Leaning tree
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Fisheye trees
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Frosty trees from yesterday morning. It was a fruitful morning for me. :)
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4844/45865313515_11d6bbe1b4_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2cSXHMv)
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Frosty trees from yesterday morning. It was a fruitful morning for me. :)
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4844/45865313515_11d6bbe1b4_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2cSXHMv)
Nice, too bad about those power lines.
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Nice, too bad about those power lines.
Yeah I knew they were there and positioned a power pole behind the frosty tree. They normally blend better but the frost really makes them pop.
I still like the shot; that is how it looked. Maybe one day they will bury those lines...
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More Hurricane Michael Aftermath
It's a Winter's Day and this would not be an unusual sight, but these are Magnolias that do not lose their leaves... perhaps these will come back his spring...sighhhhhh.
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Sad but very nice shot.
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Snow on a Dogwood, Rockville, Maryland, 2019 (specifically in my backyard, this evening, after a modest but very wet snowfall)
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Redwoods
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Nice, too bad about those power lines.
Now a related question:
If I were a painter painting that landscape, I would NOT paint those power lines . I'd leave them out
Inversely and as a humble photographer: what speaks against photoshopping out those power lines?
We are not charting trees, we are "creating works of art" ::)
We're the whole time manipulating reality from the camera to the print trying to make something up to our expectations.
I see no point in leaving - as in this case - the power lines there. And this is - to me - valid for any disturbing artifact in any image.
Any opinions?
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Now a related question:
If I were a painter painting that landscape, I would NOT paint those power lines . I'd leave them out
Inversely and as a humble photographer: what speaks against photoshopping out those power lines?
We are not charting trees, we are "creating works of art" ::)
We're the whole time manipulating reality from the camera to the print trying to make something up to our expectations.
I see no point in leaving - as in this case - the power lines there. And this is - to me - valid for any disturbing artifact in any image.
Any opinions?
I'm not opposed to 'shopping out power lines for works of art. I just didn't have the patience for it with this shot to do it well. I actually made a version with them removed but it's not perfect and I'm not sure it's a special enough image to spend a bunch of time on. Maybe one day if I run out of other stuff to do (like that is likely to happen). :)
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Just to double annoy Rabanito ;)
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As for the trees, it looks easy, a lasso and a content aware magic - Presto!
For the red one there is of course no remedy. I would just blame my cat for those scratches on the left bottom corner
The power lines are less ugly
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As for the trees, it looks easy, a lasso and a content aware magic - Presto!
For the red one there is of course no remedy. I would just blame my cat for those scratches on the left bottom corner
The power lines are less ugly
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Yeah, I did basically that and they are mostly gone but need some touching up that I haven't bothered to do.
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Yeah, I did basically that and they are mostly gone but need some touching up that I haven't bothered to do.
Sorry Matt. I in no way tried to tell you how to do your photography.
I am just a newbie who learned about some tools only lately.
I just tried to rise the subject of "purity" in the sense of "not touching anything" but in a general way.
Just to discuss it :)
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Sorry Matt. I in no way tried to tell you how to do your photography.
I am just a newbie who learned about some tools only lately.
I just tried to rise the subject of "purity" in the sense of "not touching anything" but in a general way.
Just to discuss it :)
No problem, I'm not offended. It's a very reasonable topic to discuss (although maybe not in this thread much longer).
If you were telling me how to do it and I didn't agree, I'd just ignore you. :)
I doubt I'm really a purist at anything.
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Few more reds. From Muir Woods btw.
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A very nice set, Armand.
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A very nice set, Armand.
+1
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Thank you!
Another one
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lonely
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Lone walnut tree - I've photographed this one so many times ...
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I've photographed this one so many times ...
There's a reason for that. This could be the quintessential tree photo. Love it.
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There's a reason for that. This could be the quintessential tree photo. Love it.
+1.
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Thanks, both, much appreciated
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Arizona White Oak
Well done. Perhaps just a tad more breathing space around?
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Thanks, Slobodan. I will look at that. I might have the space as it was 4 frame merge.
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From today's bimble on my local hills
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Plane Trees
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Lovely subdued light on those planes.
One from today's bimble on the hills ...
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Nutcombe Bottom, the site of England's tallest trees
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I really like those images!
Best regards
Erik
Lovely subdued light on those planes.
One from today's bimble on the hills ...
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Tim, I like the first one at Mono Lake.I took the liberty of posting one of my own favorites.
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Thank You, Dave. This one was taken in Kolob Canyons,Utah. Not sure on composition;comments anyone?
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Not sure on composition;comments anyone?
Fascinating scene. I do think focusing on the dead tree/branches right of center would make for a stronger composition; I find the left-hand side of the current frame distracting.
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Dave,the dead tree was my intended subject in this image so are you saying crop some of the bottom and the left? Thanks for looking.
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Dead things
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48254674656_5eca6f8603_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2gw6PBf)IMGP5217-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/2gw6PBf) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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Dave,the dead tree was my intended subject in this image so are you saying crop some of the bottom and the left? Thanks for looking.
I'd say an 8x10, eliminating that left side. FWIW. YMMV.
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Dead things
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48254674656_5eca6f8603_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2gw6PBf)IMGP5217-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/2gw6PBf) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
Love it
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Thanks Bill. I found the skull nearby and decided to set it here for this shot. Too good to pass up!
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Nice one, Matt.
By the way, Edward Weston also moved a skull to make a better photo.
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Dave, I believe I've accomplished what you suggested although I don't know what the initials used stand for. Please bear with me , I'm self taught-1 class in high school,no mentor.Thanks for your help.
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FWIW = "For what it's worth."
YMMV = "Your mileage may vary."
I think Dave was meaning to say his suggestions are just that, not edicts.
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Thanks Eric and oops I forgot to attach redone image. Here it is.
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I don't do many trees.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47830618842_4b763af2f8_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2fSCqA7)
Mike
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Thanks Eric and oops I forgot to attach redone image. Here it is.
Sorry, been away for a while. Glad Eric filled in with the definitions. I like your most recent composition, personally much better because in my humble opinion (IMHO), the remnants of the dead tree are more emphasized. I know the abbreviations can be obscure some times, but just type them into your browser and you'll find a definition that works.
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Old juniper remnants
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48320089897_a23cff0d43_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2gBT6he)
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Thanks Bill. I found the skull nearby and decided to set it here for this shot. Too good to pass up!
Tell that to forensics!
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Tell that to forensics!
:-)
...and I don't know how my fingerprints got on it!
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I have processed this two different ways and am asking for C&C. I like the softer/matted process. What I wanted to capture and emphasize was the contrast between the softness of the snow and the sharpness of the bark and needles. Thanks, -t
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I have processed this two different ways and am asking for C&C. I like the softer/matted process. What I wanted to capture and emphasize was the contrast between the softness of the snow and the sharpness of the bark and needles. Thanks, -t
I think I like the second a little more but find them pretty similar to each other. Both nice but the second seems more natural.
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Here's one more of the tree I posted last night. A little tighter composition and the colors in the sky got a little more intense too.
This is a 3 exposure HDR which I did to get some shadow detail and keep the sky from blowing out.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48323278007_b895074153_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2gCaqZD)
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I think I like the second a little more but find them pretty similar to each other. Both nice but the second seems more natural.
Thank you Matt. That was my choice. The difference between the two is more apparent in print. Thanks for taking the time to reply, -t
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I think I like the second a little more but find them pretty similar to each other. Both nice but the second seems more natural.
I agree with Matt. But every time I show a punched up image vs a more natural looking image, people almost always choose the punchier image. In the snow, however, the white does not seem to hold as much influence as color.
JR
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walnut
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A wee bimble on Exmoor yesterday. From Alderman's Barrow down to Badgworthy Water, the proper 'Doone Valley' south of Malsmead, and the remains of the medieval village. This one was taken near the ruins of Larkbarrow farm.
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A wee bimble on Exmoor yesterday. From Alderman's Barrow down to Badgworthy Water, the proper 'Doone Valley' south of Malsmead, and the remains of the medieval village. This one was taken near the ruins of Larkbarrow farm.
I like it, and the sun behind the tree is great. However, I think the vignette is a little strong and the sky on the left is rather blotchy.
Jeremy
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since some of the blotches resemble hexagons, perhaps some internal reflections ?
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I like it, and the sun behind the tree is great. However, I think the vignette is a little strong and the sky on the left is rather blotchy.
Jeremy
I didn't apply any vignette, in fact, I tried to reduce it! And at f22 as well. I've not noticed it on any other images shot with the lens (Nikkor 24-70 f4S) and it is quite surprising at this aperture. As for the blotchiness, I've no idea where that's derived from, other than being artefacts from the direct light into the lens maybe?
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Maybe we are seeing some jpeg compression artifacts ?
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Along the drove road on the Quantock Hills, earlier today.
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Lovely, Bill.
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Thanks, Eric
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Big Tree
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A nice panorama, Steven.
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Thx Mike
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A nice panorama, Steven.
+1
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Thanks Bill. I appreciate the feedback.
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what's left of
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Lavender and a single tree
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Lavender and a single tree
Very nice! Definitely better that what I usually see with these subjects.
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Thank you Armand.
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Another beautiful image, Steven!
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Baobabs among the ruins on the island of Songo Manara in the Kilwa region of Tanzania.
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Thanks Mike for the kind feedback
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Lavender and a single tree
Love it, Steven. You don't have one taken from an inch or two further to the left, do you, so the tree is slap in the middle of the rows of lavender?
Jeremy
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Lavender and a single tree
Great shot.
(To please Jeremy you could move the tree slightly in PhotoShop.)
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Baobabs among the ruins on the island of Songo Manara in the Kilwa region of Tanzania.
I've never seen a baobab, but have always been fascinated by them. Maybe some day...
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Thanks Jeremy and Eric for the feedback. I tried centering the tree in the middle of the rows. This was as good as I could get it. It was a struggle to get the right dof on this image.
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connecting
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Another fallen tree (from film days).
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cover
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From Colorado last autumn. Stitched panorama.
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tree
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In my Backyard...Afternoon light was enough of a reason to make this.
Peter
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I've shot this tree before. It's irresistible when conditions are right.
This was this morning.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48842636416_6f35f48465_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2hq4h9Y)
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Another from this morning
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48842635721_b975b742f4_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2hq4gWZ)
and one from last night.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48840128113_bd694f3898_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2hpQqwn)
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ghosts on the soccer field
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(https://live.staticflickr.com/3172/2826256907_c002bce372_c.jpg)
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Town cottonwoods in autumn regalia (pano).
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48868699266_e49aac62f3_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2hsmRJs)
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A few others from past trips. Sorry been gone a while been dealing with a few things.
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Welcome back, Tim.
Nice set.
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Welcome back, Tim.
Nice set.
+1
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Old juniper and wildfire smoke plume last night.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48917210686_6a55c94382_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2hwDuuf)
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Old juniper and wildfire smoke plume last night.
The clouds bring out the movement of the tree, noble and enduring in the face of all the elements. Lovely.
JR
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The clouds bring out the movement of the tree, noble and enduring in the face of all the elements. Lovely.
JR
Well put. I agree.
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I drove past this and then decided I needed to go back and shoot the scene. It was drizzling heavily with fog and a mist rising off the field. I used a shallow depth of field and did it quickly as I was along the side of a busy highway. Didn't get out of my rig.The last few years this field has been plowed each fall so take the shot when you think you should,things change. Thoughts?
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I drove past this and then decided I needed to go back and shoot the scene. It was drizzling heavily with fog and a mist rising off the field. I used a shallow depth of field and did it quickly as I was along the side of a busy highway. Didn't get out of my rig.The last few years this field has been plowed each fall so take the shot when you think you should,things change. Thoughts?
The word, "etherial" comes to my thoughts.
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Quite lovely, and yes, ethereal.
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I drove past this and then decided I needed to go back and shoot the scene. It was drizzling heavily with fog and a mist rising off the field. I used a shallow depth of field and did it quickly as I was along the side of a busy highway. Didn't get out of my rig.The last few years this field has been plowed each fall so take the shot when you think you should,things change. Thoughts?
this shot should be the "mem" for LULA.
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I drove past this and then decided I needed to go back and shoot the scene. It was drizzling heavily with fog and a mist rising off the field. I used a shallow depth of field and did it quickly as I was along the side of a busy highway. Didn't get out of my rig.The last few years this field has been plowed each fall so take the shot when you think you should,things change. Thoughts?
I agree, take the shot when you can. I did that with my five trees in the fog. Went by them and then did a u-turn. May never those conditions again. However, yours is fantastic. Is the glow because of the shallow depth of field or just the ambient light?
JR
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Thank you all. I would say primarily I took advantage of the light.This shot was taken looking NE on an Autumn morning in northern Idaho. The shallow DOF was to keep detail out of the foreground and background so as to make the pine standout a bit more.
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Some larches in Eastern Grosina Valley (Valtellina). (I had only the 100 macro and the 25).
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The clouds bring out the movement of the tree, noble and enduring in the face of all the elements. Lovely.
JR
Well put. I agree.
Thanks to you both. Those clouds were really nice and what brought me out. One thing I would change about this image is maybe a little fill flash on the tree for better separation from the background. I might try some simulated fill on it if I get motivated enough. I wouldn't normally use a flash on a landscape image but on occasion it's just the thing.
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I drove past this and then decided I needed to go back and shoot the scene. It was drizzling heavily with fog and a mist rising off the field. I used a shallow depth of field and did it quickly as I was along the side of a busy highway. Didn't get out of my rig.The last few years this field has been plowed each fall so take the shot when you think you should,things change. Thoughts?
I like this too. Nice contrast of sharpness to softness, and the softness is glorious here.
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A beech, pretty much stripped of its leaves but with quite a few seed-pods left open & hanging on the branches - these usually fall before the leaves.
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Another from this morning
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Love #1.
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Love #1.
Thanks. The light really popped for that one which is so often the difference between ok and good.
It's a "low hanging fruit" spot that is easy to get to so the scene is in regular rotation for me when I'm short on time or motivation.
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One from tonight's walk. I expect this one to fall sometime soonish.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48971611347_784a0092d2_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2hBsiUF)
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This morning.
Jeremy
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I've been looking for a tree like that for a few weeks and haven't found it.
Lovely!
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Horner Wood, Exmoor, in the rain
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And another
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both are splendid. i really like the almost "pointillist" style handling of the leaves. The distant light on the background trees just makes them pop.
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both are splendid. i really like the almost "pointillist" style handling of the leaves. The distant light on the background trees just makes them pop.
+1
with a preference for the first
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Thanks, both. If you want a more 'pointillist' leaves image, this might do it.
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You are on a roll here!
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All three are stunning.
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Nice ones Bill. I especially like the second of the last three.
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Quantock Hills this morning
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Wish I could walk that path, Bill.
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It's just a plane flight away, Russ!
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There. I've changed the subject a little to fit my own feelings.
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:D - Thanks, Eric
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Wish I could walk that path, Bill.
Could not say it better than Russ. Pretty pictures aren't enough. Making the viewer want to walk the path, now that says something.
JR
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I've had to dial back the saturation to try to make the colour believable
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I've had to dial back the saturation to try to make the colour believable
Why wouldn't the real color look real? I would believe it...
Peter
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Peter, we just don't get such vibrant colour here in the UK normally. With the sun on it, it was so vivid I honestly would expect people to assume I'd increased the saturation to get the look. As it happens, the opposite is true.
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Peter, we just don't get such vibrant colour here in the UK normally. With the sun on it, it was so vivid I honestly would expect people to assume I'd increased the saturation to get the look. As it happens, the opposite is true.
The sun creates all kinds of amazing light. In my painting classes I teach to paint what the light does to the subject, not the color of the objects...Anything is possible in sunlight.
Peter
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The sun creates all kinds of amazing light. In my painting classes I teach to paint what the light does to the subject, not the color of the objects...Anything is possible in sunlight.
Peter
Thus spoke Zarathustra Velvia.
Not connected, but where did all the "street" shooters go?
;-)
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Thus spoke Zarathustra Velvia.
Not connected, but where did all the "street" shooters go?
;-)
One can't spend all one's time on the street....; ) Well at least for now. Nietzsche would agree.
Peter
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I've had to dial back the saturation to try to make the colour believable
With the newer Nikon cameras, with good exposures, if I increase the contrast and get some extra blacks the color becomes so intense that occasionally I find myself decreasing the saturation for the same reason.
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With the newer Nikon cameras, with good exposures, if I increase the contrast and get some extra blacks the color becomes so intense that occasionally I find myself decreasing the saturation for the same reason.
Can I assume your referring about jpgs?
Peter
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Can I assume your referring about jpgs?
Peter
Nope, in raws. Now part of that is that I'm starting to use more the Lightroom auto settings as a starting point, but even before this.
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Nope, in raws. Now part of that is that I'm starting to use more the Lightroom auto settings as a starting point, but even before this.
Then it has to be LR flavoring...
Peter
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Possibly, I can get it with other cameras too. There used to be a term for this around this parts, raberization I think ;)
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Possibly, I can get it with other cameras too. There used to be a term for this around this parts, raberization I think ;)
A long ago known color phenomenon...
Peter
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back on topic, oak and pine
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Old Juniper this evening.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49058354582_16cff6b1cc_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2hK7TDG)
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Old Juniper this evening.
Nice try Matt. How much water did you offer that tree before it agreed to hold up the moon like that 8)
JR
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And I hope you got model releases from both the juniper and the moon.
Nice shot.
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Nice try Matt. How much water did you offer that tree before it agreed to hold up the moon like that 8)
JR
And I hope you got model releases from both the juniper and the moon.
Nice shot.
Ha! Thanks guys.
The tree was kind of serendipitous. I shot the moon on the horizon from a planned location nearby and just saw this tree while setting up in a little low spot that made it a challenge to line up with anything distant. But I found my angle (in a rush - the moon won't wait) and shot away through the tree. I bracketed focus with the intent of focus stacking but my stacks are not looking good so I just went with this single stopped down shot where I focused on the tree at f/18. I'll probably revisit the stack but I'm not that into spending a lot of time in Photoshop. C'est la vie!
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Spruces (Picea abies), larches, birches, european aspens (Populus tremula ) and… (I can't identify the green one), yesterday, from the road to Chemp (Mortirolo, Valtellina)
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Like that one matt.
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Spruces (Picea abies), larches, birches, european aspens (Populus tremula ) and… (I can't identify the green one), yesterday, from the road to Chemp (Mortirolo, Valtellina)
No need to worry about names, this image is about expression. A fine painterly image.
JR
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Street (actually a parking lot) and trees?
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No need to worry about names, this image is about expression. A fine painterly image.
JR
+1.
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Spruces (Picea abies), larches, birches, european aspens (Populus tremula ) and… (I can't identify the green one), yesterday, from the road to Chemp (Mortirolo, Valtellina)
very nice! like the falling snow very much..
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Street (actually a parking lot) and trees?
RB, you have a good eye. And many of your images remind me of the Kodachrome look and feel, especially this one.
JR
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No need to worry about names, this image is about expression. A fine painterly image.
JR
Probably too painterly, but so it was during my cardio walk.
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Probably too painterly, but so it was during my cardio walk.
I can there is such a thing as "too painterly," but it doesn't apply in this case. After all, it is not a blizzard which is quite difficult to convey in a two dimensional image. Your image reminds me of the snow globes, shake and watch the snow fall. Make it big so you 'feel' the snow falling against all those trees
JR
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Thanks John. I started with an Olympus OM-1 in the seventies. Loved that camera. All gone now, house burned down. Didn't take up photography again till the Nikon D300 came out. Huge lapse of time in between there(35 yrs). Saved the slides and negatives though.
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Two images from the Mt. Rainier area, Reflection Lake. Preferences?
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Two images from the Mt. Rainier area, Reflection Lake. Preferences?
Wow, what a scene! I prefer the color. Nice rays (assuming they didn't appear in post :) ).
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Thanks Matt. They were there(didn't know they could be added in processing), but what I neglected to mention is that the large snag on the right is no longer standing. Storm took it down little over a year ago.
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Thanks John. I started with an Olympus OM-1 in the seventies. Loved that camera. All gone now, house burned down. Didn't take up photography again till the Nikon D300 came out. Huge lapse of time in between there(35 yrs). Saved the slides and negatives though.
I have almost the same experience. Left photography for about 20 years after shooting slides with my Nikon FA, first multi-pattern metering SLR. I think digital produces too much emphasis on Post processing techniques and not enough on Composition and Aesthetics. Anyway, thought you may enjoy this video which is a review of the OM-1, still available on the market. Apparently you can no longer buy the 1.3 volt battery it needs. You have to modify it to use 1.5 volts which are still available. I really like the simplicity of the controls! It seems film photography is on the rise and Kodak is expanding!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH_c4qqk2ns
JR
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Wow, what a scene! I prefer the color. Nice rays (assuming they didn't appear in post :) ).
Outstanding!! Is this image from a slide?
JR
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No, I don't have any film cameras anymore. Taken with a Nikon D300 on a Manfrotto tripod in August of 2012.16-85 Nikkor lens, ISO 125,f25,1/160s. White balance manual. Processed in Adobe CS4 from a NEF.
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No, I don't have any film cameras anymore. Taken with a Nikon D300 on a Manfrotto tripod in August of 2012.16-85 Nikkor lens, ISO 125,f25,1/160s. White balance manual. Processed in Adobe CS4 from a NEF.
That was a good year for taking photographs!
I also prefer the color-one
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offtopic
i was wondering what i did in august 2012.. I was camping..
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Ibex? Where in the world were you?
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Thanks Matt. They were there(didn't know they could be added in processing), but what I neglected to mention is that the large snag on the right is no longer standing. Storm took it down little over a year ago.
There are a few new "AI-powered" editing apps that can pretty easily add things like rays with a few clicks. Or swap skies or whatever. That stuff really turns me off. A legit photo of an actual occurrence has so much more appeal. Even more so if it includes something that is now gone like the snag.
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Ibex? Where in the world were you?
In Gran paradiso, the Italian Alps. They were almost gone due to hunting, but then they spotted a group in Gran Paradiso- Now they are protected and the numbers grow.
They are now also transported to other parts of the Alps. As you can see they are not afraid at all- they know were are not a threat to them anymore. They are really intelligent animals.
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In Gran paradiso, the Italian Alps. They were almost gone due to hunting, but then they spotted a group in Gran Paradiso- Now they are protected and the numbers grow.
They are now also transported to other parts of the Alps. As you can see they are not afraid at all- they know were are not a threat to them anymore. They are really intelligent animals.
The Steinbocks are (at least now) not considered endangered. There are around 45'000 exemplars in the Alps.
But anyway, real intelligent animals would still avoid humans ;)
Just a little joke
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Since this is about trees: this one i made a few days ago...
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This is one of my Tree paintings...it all starts with an idea and then the search for the right motif. 60"x70" O/L
Peter
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Peter, that looks like my backyard which provides quite a bit of inspiration. Like it. Thought I'ld throw in a few more in memory of the snag.
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Love the painting, Peter.
We've just had our first snowfall of the winter here in Somerset (UK).
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... We've just had our first snowfall of the winter here in Somerset (UK).
Such a lovely scene, the first one, the combination of fall (autumn) leaves and snow. The subdued tonality contributes to a tapestry feel.
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Really like the feel of the first one. First rate!
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About a month ago across the street.
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A fine scene at a highly photogenic moment.
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This is one of my Tree paintings...it all starts with an idea and then the search for the right motif. 60"x70" O/L
Peter
Some time ago I looked into your website and liked what you do
This is no exception
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Some time ago I looked into your website and liked what you do
This is no exception
Thank you so much...
Peter
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Wonderful series Bill. You sure you don't live in a winter wonderland that you aren't telling us about. The light is just fabulous.
JR
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John - I wish. It was thick, low cloud, with a biting northerly wind. So wintry, but with pretty flat light for the most part, but probably all the better for it.
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John - I wish. It was thick, low cloud, with a biting northerly wind. So wintry, but with pretty flat light for the most part, but probably all the better for it.
Flat light is soft light and it works well here. I really like the lines the trunks create and the not-quite symmetric pattern. Cool. (no pun intended)
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Flat light is soft light and it works well here. I really like the lines the trunks create and the not-quite symmetric pattern. Cool. (no pun intended)
+1.
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Broken
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Broken
Another fine image.
I'm headed to the Michigan next week to visit family so I'll be back in the land of oaks and fog myself. Hoping to find something like this!
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I look forward to seeing them
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Handheld shot in Palm Springs.
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Broken
Nothing broken about this one Bill! Really like it. The light enveloping the dark trunks and woods. Fantastic!
JR
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A young beech, not yet turned orange but sporting an acid yellow-green mix
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I do enjoy scenes like this one at this time of year, when most of the big trees have lost their leaves.
Nice one.
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Two shots, one similar to the last one. Both shot at Amicalola SP in Georgia, USA
The first one is titled Last Days of Fall (even though it says Summer) and the second, Hanger's On
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Catch All - It must have been one hell of a ride as this is close to a 60 degree slope and right at 100 feet below the roadway.
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Michigan woods
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The woods around Crowcombe Heathfield
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Ooooh, nice color
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Ooooh, nice color
+1.
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Michigan oaks today visiting mom.
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Nice. Very nice.
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Good eye on the leaves Matt. One does a double take to see the leaves on the ground!
JR
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Lovely image and colours Bill! I see you left the blue on the path. It does create a strong contrast. I often find I have to scale back the blue because, although it is there and natural, it sometimes gets too blue.
JR
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While shooting in in the Smoky Mountains National Park with my good friend Steven Friedman and his chocolate loving wife Joni. Here is one that I really enjoyed.
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Matt, good shot on the Michigan Oaks.
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Taken in Arches NP earlier this year.
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Thanks all for the oaks comments. It was just one of those moments that presents itself unexpectedly.
I like that Canyonlands tree too. Those old junipers are so expressive.
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Speaking of old junipers, I visited this old friend tonight. Had to ski in. Pretty cold on the way out.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49262758512_99048de51d_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2i4bvPo)
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The extension cord for the tree lights must be pretty long. Three miles? Five?
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The extension cord for the tree lights must be pretty long. Three miles? Five?
About three to my house. :)
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Way to go Mat!
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About three to my house. :)
Excellent...also excellent job cloning out the extension cord. :~)
Peter
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Excellent...also excellent job cloning out the extension cord. :~)
Peter
I thought he pulled the plug and then shot the photo real quick before the lights could dim. 8)
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Yes I'm fast like lightning!
I did actually need to clone out a battery pack that didn't fit the aesthetic. 8)
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A long extension cord might have been easier to clone out. ;)
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Very atttactive shot; it might have great commercial possibilities on cards and other yuletide materials. Shame the great agencies that could earn you big sales have gone away with Santa.
:-)
P.S.
Why is this particular year's ending making me feel especially unenthusiastic about the coming one? Is it a premonition of something about to break over our collective head? From politics to photography, it feels generally bleak, with a few exceptions such as the above image which works so well. I feel like pulling the blankets over my head. At least I still have blankets.
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Texas hill country last Fall. C&c please. Perhaps some encouragement Rob?
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Last light in the forest
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A damp & foggy day today. I like damp & foggy.
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A damp & foggy day today. I like damp & foggy.
Very nice!
In the second I would darken a little the bottom/ bottom right to draw the attention more on what's ahead where all the good things happen.
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Thanks - I'll give it a try
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Blonde Wood...
Peter
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Bill,
The first is especially powerful.
Those trees look like threatening demons.
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Peter,
That also invites a painting.
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Peter,
That also invites a painting.
Eric,
It will be so, one day....
Peter
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Trees from Hokkaido
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Trees from Hokkaido
Elegant.
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Thank you Eric
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A foggy ancient woodland
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dancing wood elves....
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Could be :-)
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A foggy ancient woodland
Love that!
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Could be :-)
It's lovely. Maybe a reply to the Druids. Bill I think you will like this video as it goes with your image and that lovely copse of trees that keeps on giving to someone like you who is receptive. Unfortunately this singer died in a plane crash. He was an outstanding writer and singer.
JR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtRQMii8tuE
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A foggy ancient woodland
Danse Macabre.
Gorgeous!
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Path
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Cottonwoods along the river
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An old favorite tree I revisited this chilly evening.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49490468818_fbba1bb4fa_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2ipiAa9)
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Beeches and snow ...
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Oh my! Wow.
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Beeches and snow ...
The thumbnail looks pretty "meh" but knowing you and your tree photos I clicked on it and was rewarded with a very nice image. :)
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Thanks, both. Much appreciated.
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There is an Ent in there somewhere .....
Special image.!
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There is an Ent in there somewhere .....
Special image.!
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Really great photograph.
Rob
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Mountain trees
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49514830282_27679e8e16_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2irsrYo)
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Mountain trees
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49514830282_27679e8e16_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2irsrYo)
Nice! Great light.
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different perspectives
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Nice! Great light.
Thank you! The light through the blowing snow is what caught my eye and convinced me to get the camera out in such an inhospitable environment.
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Trees and reeds.
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Giving my Galaxy S6 another try
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Nice set, Rab.
My favorites are the second and fourth.
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Spreading
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Good one, Bill.
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Going over photos I took last year, I found some I'd not processed. Like this one. Nutcombe, Exmoor
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You really do marvelous trees, Bill. Bravo!
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You really do marvelous trees, Bill. Bravo!
+1.
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Thanks, both
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Spreading
Good one, Bill. The mist really adds to it.
Jeremy
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San Luis Valley cottonwood
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Very nice Armand - especially the first one :)
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This morning from my breakfast spot on my balcony.
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Ice storm.
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Yosemite
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One more for now.
Golden light.
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Very nice Armand - especially the first one :)
Thank you James!
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more
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bw
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winter tree
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Old snag
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Yosemite
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2 springs ago
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One from recent trip into Zion NP.
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alone
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spring
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..
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An early morning stroll and a local orchard in blossom =
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And a couple more ...
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You handled the light beautifully, Bill.
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Thanks, Russ
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Yes, the light is captured beautifully.
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An early morning stroll and a local orchard in blossom =
Makes me wish I were there, walking down what once obviously was a passageway. Beautiful!
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An early morning stroll and a local orchard in blossom =
Lovely!
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Suburban Tree in Dappled Sun
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Beautiful.
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An early morning stroll and a local orchard in blossom =
prefect
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One from last night while having a "Zoom happy hour" with some old friends.
The cell tower is close so the reception is very good here.
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An image taken 20 years ago. Hasselblad xpan Velvia 50 film.
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Old juniper this evening
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Morning stroll and orchard. Second shot is exquisite.
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Older juniper near last night's camp site. Maybe 800-1000 years old and still alive!
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I love those old Junipers.
Some Beeches from yesterday
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Good stuff, Matt and Bill.
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Life's a Beech
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I can tell you love those trees, Bill. Good work.
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I can tell you love those trees, Bill. Good work.
+1.
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Isolated
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After the rain
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One from last November that I'd somehow missed
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From a little backpack trip over the weekend.
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From a little backpack trip over the weekend.
Nice one
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Pretty wild tree.
The clouds provide an excellent backdrop.
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Thanks guys. We camped nearby so I got this same tree in various lighting conditions. I liked these sunset clouds the best.
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Quantock Hills, this morning
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Thanks, Bill. Those definitely are lovable trees. The flowers aren't bad either. ;D
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Quantock Hills, this morning
Beautiful Bill. Three dimensional as the fog gets mistier and mistier as my eyes try to see deeper into the forest.
JR
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Quantock Hills, this morning
Ooh, love that.
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Ooh, love that.
Ditto!
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Thanks, Bill. Those definitely are lovable trees. The flowers aren't bad either. ;D
+1
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Tree heart
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An old Beech with a trunk that is poetically elephantine in appearance. Abbotsbury Sub-Tropical Gardens, Dorset.
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Watching Out for the Big Bad Wolf
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Old Guard
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Grand shot, Chris, and the lens flair in the middle of the trunk helps too.
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Wish I could filter with the 14mm, but alas....
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Ooh, that's great. The flare wouldn't be too hard to clone out but I agree it doesn't diminish the shot at all.
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Grand shot, Chris, and the lens flair in the middle of the trunk helps too.
+1.
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Old Drove Road, Quantock Hills
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Old Drove Road, Quantock Hills
Love it!
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Love it!
Me Too!
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Fabulous stuff, Bill. Makes me want to walk that lane.
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Love it!
+1
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+1
Beautiful misty glow.
JR
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Cottonwoods next to the river this evening
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Cottonwoods again this morning but next to the creek this time.
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Both very lovely, Matt.
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Both very lovely, Matt.
+1
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+2
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Love those trees in a solid 20 knot breeze
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Love it, Chris. Did something similar with a Cottonwood in the wind last week.
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Here's another shot whilst it was also raining...fun stuff to do on a rainy, windy day and you have a big stopper to fiddle with.
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Here's another shot whilst it was also raining...fun stuff to do on a rainy, windy day and you have a big stopper to fiddle with.
Now that one is moving into John R territory. ;)
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A resilient juniper
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A resilient juniper
Great shot!
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Great shot!
+1.
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Great shot!
+1.
Thanks!
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+1.
Oh Yes.
JR
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Path guardians
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A resilient juniper
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50507659568_7881803d4a_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jXbXwG)
I do like the way the shape of the Juniper is echoed by the high cloud
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Good one, Armand.
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Chipola Magic
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Good one, Armand.
Thank you Russ!
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both are really fine. Almost pointillist.
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I love those oak trunk and branch shapes. Nice!
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both are really fine. Almost pointillist.
+1.
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Thank you!
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ISO 11400, shockingly usable
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Nice.
I've got to try pushing my Sony RX103 higher than my usual 800 (which always seemed shockingly daring, from back in film days.)
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Nice.
I've got to try pushing my Sony RX103 higher than my usual 800 (which always seemed shockingly daring, from back in film days.)
Thank you. The RX10 iv (same sensor) can be occasionally very good at even higher ISO with a good exposure, but it's very unpredictable when.
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One from Rx10iv, ISO125 though
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Quantock Hills, this morning
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Another winner, Bill.
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I wish I had your Quantock Hills and your fog machine!
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I wish I had your Quantock Hills and your fog machine!
+1
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Thanks, all. Yes, the fog machine is particularly useful.
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Trying to find some order in the chaos this morning
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Nice seasonal shots, Armand and Matt.
What a contrast!
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We've lost our autumn colour now, so looking forward to a similar transition to some winter frost & snow
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We hit the frost jackpot this morning.
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That is great, I want some of that. Here is gray and it will stay that way for a while.
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Roadside grab on my way home from the above shot. All within 10 miles from home.
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Good stuff, Matt.
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I'm not quite ready for winter yet myself, but I love seeing others' winters. These are fine.
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Winter doesn't care if you are ready.
But I'm ready. :)
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Fog, sun and trees go together rather well, I think
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Excellent - very atmospheric. Taken on the Quantocks?
Best wishes,
Jonathan
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Another beauty, Bill. Bravo!
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Another beauty, Bill. Bravo!
+1
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... Taken on the Quantocks? ...
How did you guess?
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A great shot, as usual, Bill.
Jeremy has gotten pretty good at the "fog machine," but you are certainly still the Grand Master!
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+1
+2JR
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Thanks all. Positive comments much appreciated
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Fog, sun and trees go together rather well, I think
Glorious, Bill. Fog can be a wondrous thing.
Jeremy
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Glorious, Bill. Fog can be a wondrous thing.
Jeremy
I have this magic fog machine, which helps
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Fog machine working overtime
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Fog machine working overtime
Beautiful Bill. Love how the first branches of the bare tree gives way to the other softer, almost disappearing trees. Depth...just wonderful Bill!
JR
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Beautiful Bill. Love how the first branches of the bare tree gives way to the other softer, almost disappearing trees. Depth...just wonderful Bill!
JR
+1.
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Great grabs, Bill. Keep that fog machine going.
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Thanks for the positive comments. Much appreciated.
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Beautiful Bill. Love how the first branches of the bare tree gives way to the other softer, almost disappearing trees. Depth...just wonderful Bill!
JR
and the two ghosts add to the feeling.
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Fog machine working overtime
A beauty! I like how the puddle add another dimension as well as all the other good stuff already noted about this.
My fog machine has been on the fritz since Thanksgiving!
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Thanks for the positive comments. Much appreciated.
Much merited, too.
Jeremy
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Fog machine working overtime
Really excellent!
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One from while I was skiing Monarch Mountain yesterday. This is at just under 12,000' on the continental divide. It was brisk!
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Another from XC skiing in some high desert today. I love this tree but it is in a challenging spot for photos.
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More trees from my staycation over the past few days. Hope I'm not boring you.
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Some really fine shooting, Matt.
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Some really fine shooting, Matt.
+1
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+2.
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More trees from my staycation over the past few days. Hope I'm not boring you.
One would have to be soulless to be bored by the second.
Jeremy
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Some really fine shooting, Matt.
+1
+2.
One would have to be soulless to be bored by the second.
Jeremy
Thanks! It's been pretty scenic lately. Such a nice change from the brown of late fall.
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Keep them coming, Matt!
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If you insist...
One from today. XC skiing again in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison NP. Nice day for skiing but a bit clear for photography.
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Really cool tree!
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I'm on a roll with trees lately. I guess they become my companions on solo excursions. :)
Here's one in my yard from the morning. It was cold and I shot this from the porch.
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Canadian geese ?
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Canadian geese ?
No, local ravens. The geese come through now and then but aren't usually here in the depths of winter.
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thanks. They are flying L-R instead of my perceived R-L.
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Here in Newton, Massachusetts, we have geese that have gotten quite lazy over the years. They tend to spend their summers on or near a small pond on the North side of State Route 30. Then, late each fall they begin practicing short flights getting ready for their Fall Migration. Then, one day, they all take off making a great hullaballou about it, form a great V-formation, and fly across route 30 to the small pond on the South side for the winter.
Then, of course, next Spring...
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Jack Frost's Dance
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That's gorgeous too.
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A real beauty.
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A real beauty.
Yes, love how the white helps the tree separate itself from the background.
JR
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Very nice Armand and Bill!
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Matt - incredible stuff on the last page. I missed them when you posted, but wanted to stop in and give a well-deserved compliment!
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Texas Hoarfrost from 11 years ago.
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Texas Hoarfrost from 11 years ago.
Nice.
I don't think I've ever heard the words Texas and hoarfrost together before!
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Nice.
I don't think I've ever heard the words Texas and hoarfrost together before!
+1
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Thanks Bill and Matt. In 2010 we were still snowbirding, and we were on our way from Colorado to Florida. Actually, there were two days in a row of hoarfrost in the panhandle. We stopped, I think it was in Amarillo, and this shot is from the next morning. No trees, but the windmill will substitute.
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Frosted trees
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Frosted trees
Now that is awesome. A beautiful looking phenomenon that belies its terrible effects on trees and other vegetation.
JR
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That is gorgeous, Bill.
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I concur, that is a thing of beauty!
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+1
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Thanks for the positive comments - it does look good at full size on a 27" monitor.
Today, we've had snow
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Beautiful, Bill. Almost makes me wish I were where there's snow. But not quite.
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Today, we've had snow
The first is a gem.
Jeremy
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That's nice Bill. I like the first as well.
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We got some snow too but we need a lot more to get back anywhere near normal levels.
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That's looking, Matt.
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+1.
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Frosty cottonwoods this morning.
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Lovely, Matt.
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Lovely, Matt.
Yes. Has an infrared look.
JR
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Yes. Has an infrared look.
That was my first thought, too.
Jeremy
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Yes. Has an infrared look.
JR
+1
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Good stuff, Matt, infrared or non-infrared.
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Thanks guys! I like the IR-esque look as well. It makes me wonder what a winter IR photo might look like. Hmmm.
Here's another from yesterday. Backlight is key for making the frost stand out.
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About ten years ago I set out to hang myself from this tree. Fortunately, things didn't work out quite as I'd planned. I still think it's a remarkable tree.
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About ten years ago I set out to hang myself from this tree. Fortunately, things didn't work out quite as I'd planned. I still think it's a remarkable tree.
Really? Wow. That's powerful. Glad you didn't go through with it!
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+1
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+100.
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The Lonesome Pine. Cue for a Laurel & Hardy tune ...
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Nice, Bill, but I have to ask: Did your usual lovely forest take the day off?
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I just took a slight detour :-)
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I love the three layers, white grey sky, yellow-green land, red and white foreground-- a very natural rendering.
JR
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The Sun's Embrace ...
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Another beauty, Bill.
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Another beauty, Bill.
+1.
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Thanks, Russ & Eric. Glad you like it.
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You are on a roll Bill, some great shots that you posted lately!
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Bent Cottonwood last night
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Lovely, Matt.
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Vancouver Island
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Very nice!
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Thank you Eric
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Lovely, Matt.
Thanks!
Vancouver Island
Otherworldly scene! Really nice.
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Thanks Matt
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The tree in the above shot is on the right side of this patch.
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Nice shot with his big brothers, too.
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Nice shot with his big brothers, too.
Thanks Eric! I was kind of scrambling for a composition as the light was about to disappear.
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I'm a sucker for sunlight through trees, casting shadows over snow.
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I'm a sucker for sunlight through trees, casting shadows over snow.
Me too. 8)
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You caught it, Matt. Couldn't have been better.
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I have been waiting all winter for a simple image of this group of trees without a distracting background. Yesterday there was a light mist behind and I was there!
Fuji X-T4 with 56mm f1.2 lens.
Best wishes,
Jonathan
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Nice one, Jonathan.
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Love, Those Trees ;)
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Love, Those Trees ;)
Postcard perfect :) (That's a compliment)
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Postcard perfect :) (That's a compliment)
+1.
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I often walk past this; obviously it was pollarded when young, and then left ever since. What a wonderful climbing tree!
Jonathan
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One from autumn, Quantock Hills
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One from autumn, Quantock Hills
So nice. Love the depth. Colors and light are so dreamy soft too.
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So nice. Love the depth. Colors and light are so dreamy soft too.
Thanks, Matt. I had the fog machine with me
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Thanks, Matt. I had the fog machine with me
Clearly! (or not :) )
I had thick fog the other day but we also had 2 feet of fresh powder so I concentrated on skiing instead of photography.
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One from autumn, Quantock Hills
The shape of the trees along with the use of your trusty fog machine created a masterpiece!
Bravo.
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The shape of the trees along with the use of your trusty fog machine created a masterpiece!
Bravo.
+1.
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Cypress Trees with a Knee or Two
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I like the first and third a lot. The second seems a bit busy.
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We had some local bike trails open for the season over the weekend which is always an exciting time for us enthusiastic trail users.
Nice to be able to gain a little more elevation for the fun downhills and of course these views.
Can you guess which way the wind typically blows here? :)
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Clearly the wind blows from right to left, and the trees lean into the wind just as any person would. ;)
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We had some local bike trails open for the season over the weekend which is always an exciting time for us enthusiastic trail users.
Nice to be able to gain a little more elevation for the fun downhills and of course these views.
Can you guess which way the wind typically blows here? :)
What about the uphill climbs, Matt? hmm?? I like the contrast of the foreground trees against the mountains.
JR
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What about the uphill climbs, Matt? hmm?? I like the contrast of the foreground trees against the mountains.
JR
Thanks! I actually enjoy the whole experience! Same for backcountry skiing. Just being out there is something to savor. And exertion feels good as long as I'm in decent shape which is where I try to stay. The climbs can be like a meditation and then the thrill of going down feels like flying!
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I visited this old pine for the first time in a while tonight.
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I visited this old pine for the first time in a while tonight.
Lovely!
JR
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Mesquite in Spring light.
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Nice!
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Lovely!
JR
Thanks! It's a great tree. One of the first I photographed when taking a photography class in college here.
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Mesquite in Spring light.
Love those vibrant spring greens. Nice!
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Love those vibrant spring greens. Nice!
Yes. And now I know what mesquite is.
JR
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Thanks Eric and Matt.
Yes. And now I know what mesquite is.
Thanks, John, that's exactly what I was trying to convey.
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Yes. And now I know what mesquite is.
JR
You mean it isn't one of those pesky little insects that leaves an itchy bite??? :o ???
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They grow like weeds here, Eric. The trees, not the insects. We have cedar gnats that enjoy breeding in our skin.
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Ouch. We have nothing much worse than mosquitos.
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Oak copse, Quantock Hills
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Crooked trees, great depth and finally that fog are all combined for a winner shot.
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Crooked trees, great depth and finally that fog are all combined for a winner shot.
+1.
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Oak copse, Quantock Hills
Yeah, another nice one. It almost looks like that around here but not because of fog, it's because of wildfire smoke from OR and CA.
It just doesn't have the same kind of charm.
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Bill has not only a reliable fog machine, but also a first-class tree-twister.
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One of these days Bill, someone is going to tap on the shoulder while you are photographing in the fog and scare the living daylights out of you. And they will say, "Sorry mate, just wanted to say what fine images you are posting on LuLa." And proceed on their merry way 8)
JR
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Larches in spring at the Posa del fén, along the track to Védàit (Valtellina).
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Those trees seem to huddle together to resist the wind…
Well seen.
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Larches in spring at the Posa del fén, along the track to Védàit (Valtellina).
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Love that sea of fresh leaves!
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Thank you Francois!
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That tree looks very lonely and maybe envious of the dense woods on the other side of the valley…
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Avenue of Beeches at Killerton House, Devon
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Armand and Bill,
Both fine images, though with very different moods.
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Cottonwoods
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Lovely one, Matt.
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Lovely one, Matt.
+1
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Lovely one, Matt.
+1
Thanks! It was windy today - I bet this looks different now.
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Windy.
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Windy.
Oh yes, windswept, but also tenacious. I was an oak, but now I am a willow and can I bend... that's what this reminds of. Lovely.
JR
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Fuji '100S, 32-64.. Mogollon Rin, central AZ.
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Fuji '100S, 32-64.. Mogollon Rin, central AZ.
Great atmosphere here. Nice one.
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Great atmosphere here. Nice one.
Indeed lovely. Especially like the complimentary colours of yellow-orange and blue sky. I would, however recommend cloning all those spots.
JR
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Fog machine working again
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Nice one, Bill.
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Fog machine working again
Yeah, that's nice! My machine is on the fritz as usual.
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That is one cheerful image, Michael.
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Just dinking about...
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That is one cheerful image, Michael.
Thank you.
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I love the crescendo sizes of those trees (cypress trees?). The round cloud behind the tree is also nice and welcome.
Well done.
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I love the crescendo sizes of those trees (cypress trees?). The round cloud behind the tree is also nice and welcome.
Well done.
+1.
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I love the crescendo sizes of those trees (cypress trees?). The round cloud behind the tree is also nice and welcome.
Well done.
Thank you.
I've been waiting for those clouds for years now. yes i am serious.
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I've been waiting for those clouds for years now. yes i am serious.
I hope you at least have gone inside for a snack from time to time during those years.
They are fine clouds.
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Southern Colorado Cottonwood in front of the Sangre de Cristo range with a bonus bald eagle!
My wife and I took a little road trip over the weekend to Northern NM and this was a spot we stopped for a little break near Monte Vista (where the migratory cranes gather in spring and fall).
I didn't have my best lenses with me but did the best I could with what I had.
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I hope you at least have gone inside for a snack from time to time during those years.
They are fine clouds.
Yes on rare occasions do i spend more than 12 hours waiting in that location.
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Matt,
You should never go anywhere without your Bald Eagle lens!
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Matt,
You should never go anywhere without your Bald Eagle lens!
I guess not!
I just got through an ordeal repairing it (150-450 4.5-5.6) from a fall it took from just having it along. But I was wishing I had it this time!
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You need to hire a sure-footed Sherpa to carry your lenses.
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You need to hire a sure-footed Sherpa to carry your lenses.
I've offered my wife the job but she just doesn't seem all that into it.
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Maybe she wants to be paid more than 25 cents per outing.
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Maybe she wants to be paid more than 25 cents per outing.
I offered 30!
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Quantock Hills
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That's a beauty, Bill.
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Quantock Hills
Such a majestic tree and those colors (and light), wow!
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Quantock Hills
Oh My! I like it .
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Quantock Hills
yes
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Christmas tree
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Nice one.
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We're still waiting for some decent winter weather. It is unseasonably mild. I want conditions like this, from last year
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I really love this one. Everything is perfect in that shot.
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I really love this one. Everything is perfect in that shot.
+1.
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I recently put together a show on the theme of trees, hopefully to be displayed locally next year. I plan to subject you gents to some of my images over the next little while. Here's a shot taken in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia when we woke up one morning to the most glorious fog.
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That is a beauty, Peter.
(That is my own opinion, and thus not necessarily a fact?)
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That is a beauty, Peter.
(That is my own opinion, and thus not necessarily a fact?)
Yes, this fog really preserves the mystique of what lies beyond what we can see.
I also really like Matt and Bulls shots. Nice work guys.
JR
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Somewhere in Utah.
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Beautiful and nicely processed.
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Beautiful and nicely processed.
Yes, I agree… I especially like how luminous the tree is vs the dark background.
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Here's another one, taken just a few miles from my home.
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Nice!
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Here's another one, taken just a few miles from my home.
Very effective with very few elements.
I like it a lot, well done.
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Alien Queen
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Alien Queen
Really massive!
What a nice tree.
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Definitely regal.
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I've decided I prefer the 5:4 B&W version
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Really nice as usual Bill. Great mood and fitting for a mono image.
Do you focus stack these or just stop down or use hyperfocal? So nice and sharp all the way through.
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I don't have the means to focus stack - hopefully something for Capture One to include in its next update. It's just stopped down to about f11-ish
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I don't have the means to focus stack - hopefully something for Capture One to include in its next update. It's just stopped down to about f11-ish
Photoshop will do focus stacking.
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Here is a very moist photo, taken in Glacier National Park, Alaska.
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Here is a very moist photo, taken in Glacier National Park, Alaska.
Moss has a special place in my heart .. The doctor tells me its incurable.
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Nice shots.
I guess the trees in Alaska grow fur to keep them warm during the long winter nights. ;)
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Nice shots.
I guess the trees in Alaska grow fur to keep them warm during the long winter nights. ;)
here in Californina its the droughts....that cause all the moss....
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Could be another tree from the Walt Disney Nursery
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Love this last one.
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Love this last one.
Yes, the treatment is exquisite.
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In the gardens of the Imperial Palace, Tokyo.
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Nice dancing trees.
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the moss wont maim a tree but some vines will
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Ooh! I love that one, Michael!
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Ooh! I love that one, Michael!
Thank you.
The raw file was hiding on the drive I had falsely assumed to be dead...and gone.
The hunt for lost treasure continues..
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In the gardens of the Imperial Palace, Tokyo.
Quite surreal. Really like this Peter.
JR
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Quite surreal. Really like this Peter.
JR
a batch of moss and a bunch of lichens
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I'm really taking a lichen to this one, too. ;)
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I am posting these two photos together because of their similar composition and the fact that they both demanded B&W treatment. The silver birch was near Myvatn in Iceland while the dark tree was near my house in NC.
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I'm really taking a lichen to this one, too. ;)
Thank you.
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Peter,
Both very nice.
What time of year were you near Myvatn?
I was there during late June many years ago, and the midges were awful (Myvatn means Midge Lake) so I didn't get any pictures.
-Eric
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The tenacious one
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The tenacious one
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Nice!! Great composition.
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Nice!! Great composition.
Thank you.
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Peter,
Both very nice.
What time of year were you near Myvatn?
I was there during late June many years ago, and the midges were awful (Myvatn means Midge Lake) so I didn't get any pictures.
-Eric
It was also in late June. We were fortunate to have rather windy conditions that kept the midges at bay. We heard how wretched they can be.
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The tenacious one
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A great lesson in persistence.
Nice shot.
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A great lesson in persistence.
Nice shot.
Thank you.
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Aspens
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Aspens
More than aspens. A shadow tapestry. Good eye!!
JR
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Aspens
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I love this one. It's like trees riding on zebras.
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More than aspens. A shadow tapestry. Good eye!!
JR
I love this one. It's like trees riding on zebras.
Thank you both! I was skiing and had to stop and back up a little when I saw how the angle of the sun and this hillside combined with the trees to create this magic. Glad I noticed it! There were some other interesting spots too but this one really stood out.
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This one is superb!
One of the best I've seen here in a while.
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This one is superb!
One of the best I've seen here in a while.
Thank you Eric! I'm happy with it too.
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Thank you Eric! I'm happy with it too.
this tree is no longer "with us"
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More than aspens. A shadow tapestry. Good eye!!
JR
+1 !!
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Wonderful combination… Once in a lifetime for some photographers…
Bravo.
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Excellent juxtaposition.
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Aspens
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Excellent on many levels!
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Excellent on many levels!
Thank you Peter!
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Fall color at Korakuen Garden in Okayama, Japan.
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More aspens in snow from today's ski outing
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while not a tree....this is an abstract.... from....a tree
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Elegant is what comes to my mind.
Bravo!
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Elegant is what comes to my mind.
Bravo!
+1.
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Elegant is what comes to my mind.
Bravo!
I hate to make assumptions so I will somply guess that was directed at my "weeping leaf" image.?
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a ghostly Lombardy poplar and friend
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One might say, "That tree is smokin!" ;)
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One might say, "That tree is smokin!" ;)
•"+1"•
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Trees in a swamp near Charleston SC.
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Trees in a swamp near Charleston SC.
I like it a lot but where is the gator?
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just below the frame ;D
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Great shot. Peter.
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I like them both but have a preference for the first one. I like the blue sky vs golden leaves (and it's less busy). The rust colored tree is very appealing, though.
Well seen.
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I like them both but have a preference for the first one. I like the blue sky vs golden leaves (and it's less busy). The rust colored tree is very appealing, though.
Well seen.
thats pretty much my take
both images are a bit unconventional. the first to its favor. i think...the second might become an "acquired taste"...
the first image is far more "effortless" to look at.
Thank you.
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thats pretty much my take
both images are a bit unconventional. the first to its favor. i think...the second might become an "acquired taste"...
the first image is far more "effortless" to look at.
Thank you.
I like the first because of its different "shades of glow." It makes the leaves against the sky come alive.
JR
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Another vote for the first, for all the reasons cited.
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I like the first because of its different "shades of glow." It makes the leaves against the sky come alive.
JR
Three Votes for Number ONE! the two images are not in the same class.
some images are made" to be seen...some are just minor whimsy.
Thank you Gentlemen.
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One more vote for the first. Definitely on another level from the second (which is fine but definitely not as engaging).
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One more vote for the first. Definitely on another level from the second (which is fine but definitely not as engaging).
Thank you.
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An interesting patch of aspens
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I like the look of the dense aspens, it's something very graphic.
Well seen.
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I like the look of the dense aspens, it's something very graphic.
Well seen.
It's interesting to note that a grove of aspens is in reality a single organism, all interconnected underground. Here is more: https://www.nationalforests.org/blog/tree-profile-aspen-so-much-more-than-a-tree
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It's interesting to note that a grove of aspens is in reality a single organism, all interconnected underground. Here is more: https://www.nationalforests.org/blog/tree-profile-aspen-so-much-more-than-a-tree
Very informative, thanks for the article!
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Fascinating, especially with the back story.
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It's interesting to note that a grove of aspens is in reality a single organism, all interconnected underground. Here is more: https://www.nationalforests.org/blog/tree-profile-aspen-so-much-more-than-a-tree
I heard of this before for other kind of trees and plants. Nice shot and I have to read article!
JR
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Thanks! Yes, this particular grove is one of the largest known single organisms on Earth!
I did a quick google for it and found a 2013 article from right here on LL.
https://luminous-landscape.com/improbable-leviathan-the-kebler-pass-aspen-grove/#:~:text=This%20aspen%20grove%20has%20been,the%20largest%20in%20the%20world.
More info:
https://www.5280.com/2015/11/colorado-by-nature-the-worlds-largest-living-organism/
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Thanks for both articles.
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Cottonwoods
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I love the "arc"!
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I love the "arc"!
Thanks, me too! I was at the end of a mountain hike after work last night and the arch is what compelled me to get out my camera and tripod just one more time.
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That's a great catch!
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that's one thirsty cottonwood !!
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Different places, similar compositions. The silver birch was taken in Iceland, near Myvatn, and the other (unidentified) tree down the street from my house in North Carolina.
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Both very nice.
What time of year were you near Myvatn (which means "Midge Lake")?
When I was there in June, many years ago, the midges near the lake made it impossible to stay outside the car for more than a few seconds. But it is a beautiful place.
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Love the Vs!
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Both very nice.
What time of year were you near Myvatn (which means "Midge Lake")?
When I was there in June, many years ago, the midges near the lake made it impossible to stay outside the car for more than a few seconds. But it is a beautiful place.
We were there in June also--last week IIRC. We had heard about the midges but were lucky in that the day we were there was very windy and we were spared the little buggers. Although I came very close to getting my dumb ass blown off a cliff!
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I found this tree more interesting than beautiful, at least as I photographed it. A reminder of who we share these forests with.
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Cherry tree trunks on the grounds of the Dalecarlia Reservoir at the border between Washington, D.C., and Bethesda, Maryland.
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This is a silver birch photographed near Myvatn in iceland. I'd love to hear opinions as to color vs. B&W. Thanks
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Both nice, but I have slight preference for the color.
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Leaning trees along the Taylor River.
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Leaning trees along the Taylor River.
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The leaning trees along with the exposure give a much more dynamic look, there's a sense of speed.
The sky is also very well suited to the scene.
Well done!
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The leaning trees along with the exposure give a much more dynamic look, there's a sense of speed.
The sky is also very well suited to the scene.
Well done!
Thanks Francois!
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I took B&W film photos of this tree when I was in college 30 years ago and I still visit it from time to time. Still a really great tree. :)
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Another one from the same general area as the last.
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Very nice. Almost like the old tree was giving shelter and protection to that little hatchling-boulder nestled under its trunk.
JR
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Aspens near Ohio Pass. Part of one of the largest known organisms on Earth!
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Old juniper
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To everything, there is a season...
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To everything, there is a season...
Not dead yet, this tree must have seen better times. Processing is a really perfect for this shot.
Bravo.
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Smoky Mtns in the Falls can provide some beautiful trees to shoot. Been away for awhile guys but have been shooting a lot. TW
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Glorious reds in the fog. They are very different but I like them both. The second one, with the muted reds, is particularly relaxing…
Well done, Tim.
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A 'reborn" cottonwood
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Reaching from below the snow to the sky.
Great shot!
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Four from the Abruzzo region in Italy:
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Four from the Abruzzo region in Italy:
Nice! I especially like the third one. Simple and with lots of pop from the illuminated tree in front of those shadows. All very nice.
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I took this one last night. I was checking up on the creek ice and it's now all sealed up under snow so that is probably done for a while. Looking around for another subject while the light was nice I remembered this cluster of cottonwoods that might work well.
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I may have missed the obvious but to my eyes, the last photo looks exactly the same as the previous one. That said, it' such a beauty that I don't mind having it twice on the same page!
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I may have missed the obvious but to my eyes, the last photo looks exactly the same as the previous one...
Because it is ;)
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I may have missed the obvious but to my eyes, the last photo looks exactly the same as the previous one. That said, it' such a beauty that I don't mind having it twice on the same page!
Oops, my mistake! I removed the extra one. Thanks.
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Reaching from below the snow to the sky.
Great shot!
Thanks!
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A quirky group
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Willows by the creek
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I like this one a lot. The sky with those clouds makes me imagine a wide valley, frame by mountains. The light is sweet.
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I like this one a lot. The sky with those clouds makes me imagine a wide valley, frame by mountains. The light is sweet.
That's what we have here! :) Thanks.
This was kind of low hanging fruit I grabbed while the light was popping. A couple of minutes later it had faded and the sky turned dark instead of the color explosion I was hoping for.
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A lonely tree at Uluru, Australia.
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Phase One XF IQ4 150, SK 45 mm lens
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Two excellent shots from stevenfr and PeterAit. Those superb trees seem to prosper well in the mineral word!
I would say that the color of the rocks give very different feelings as the Uluru red rock is very warm. The white rock of the second shot (as well as the light/sky) conveys a bit of an hostile place (I'm exaggerating). I like them both a lot.
Bravo…
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Thank you Francois.
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Two excellent shots from stevenfr and PeterAit. Those superb trees seem to prosper well in the mineral word!
I would say that the color of the rocks give very different feelings as the Uluru red rock is very warm. The white rock of the second shot (as well as the light/sky) conveys a bit of an hostile place (I'm exaggerating). I like them both a lot.
Bravo…
Merci!
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A few from a few shoots a couple years ago
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Lovely trees since I last checked in here.
Bravo, all!
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A few from a few shoots a couple years ago
Great shots. I especially like #2 and #3 with the fog. It adds en sense of mystery and also mutes the colors.
Well done.
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this tree rock outcropping and have been reprocessed in Lightroom 12.4
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Intriguing, why is the tree leaning?
Well done!
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Intriguing, why is the tree leaning?
Well done!
To get away from the telephone pole!
Lovely.
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To get away from the telephone pole!
Lovely.
the wind ...
The Lombardy Poplar is quite flexible