What a beautiful place to sit and watch the sunset.

Well seen and captured. Really admire how you composed this Looks nice in BW.
You have put several BW's up.
Say, did you find a ladder up the tree? Planning an outing to capture that sunset? I suppose you'll have
to take your husband along to gain entrance

Originally Posted by DaddyO Well seen and captured. Really admire how you composed this Looks nice in BW. You have put several BW's up. Say, did you find a ladder up the tree? Planning an outing to capture that sunset? I suppose you'll have to take your husband along to gain entrance

I have done more BW's then colored photos lately. Must be my mood. I remember Randy saying he can tell someone's mood by how they edited a photo. I think one can too.

The setting sun lightens up this tree beautifully. Would love to go up in there. The ladder is behind the tree. You can barely see the steps sticking out on the left side. I've attached the color version I did too. You can see the steps better. They're just slat style boards nailed to the tree .. YIKES!!

I chose my final edit to be BW because the light was a little too harsh, but thought it would help out in a BW version.

Hi Mary K...... I like the color one the best, great lighting ......That isn't the safest looking tree house I have seen.

Originally Posted by Dogdots What a beautiful place to sit and watch the sunset.

Nice one Mary. Yup the bright highlights help the B&W

Originally Posted by Azzaro Hi Mary K...... I like the color one the best, great lighting ......That isn't the safest looking tree house I have seen.

Howdy ...

The color sure gives it a different look. No .. it's not the safest looking tree I don't know how safe it would be to even venture up there.

Lighting was good .. wish I had waited a little longer, but had to head home.

Thanks for commenting

Originally Posted by torags Nice one Mary. Yup the bright highlights help the B&W

Glad to hear you like it .. thank you I'm slowly learning more working in BW.

Yes and there I was also thinking if one could look into the photographers mood from their pictures. I agree that it sure seems too. Makes one wonder. Like wonder what my recent work ups reflect Or more than recent. Fluctuation over time maybe.
BW was a good call for this one. Slates too thin does make it questionable for a climb.

Originally Posted by Dogdots I have done more BW's then colored photos lately. Must be my mood. I remember Randy saying he can tell someone's mood by how they edited a photo. I think one can too. The setting sun lightens up this tree beautifully. Would love to go up in there. The ladder is behind the tree. You can barely see the steps sticking out on the left side. I've attached the color version I did too. You can see the steps better. They're just slat style boards nailed to the tree .. YIKES!! I chose my final edit to be BW because the light was a little too harsh, but thought it would help out in a BW version.

Y'all must have been raised on a different planet than I was. We boys had about a zero chance of keeping girls out of our tree houses. In the South, the ladies learn very early who really rules the roost.

In this case, I go with the B+W.

Tom

Originally Posted by black mamba Y'all must have been raised on a different planet than I was. We boys had about a zero chance of keeping girls out of our tree houses. In the South, the ladies learn very early who really rules the roost. In this case, I go with the B+W. Tom

Northern girls do it differently ... we built our own that the guys begged to come into

Thanks for commenting Tom .. glad to hear you like the BW one.

Hi Mary,

I notice you didn't request C&C, but since that's the going thing here, I hope you don't mind my input also

While I'm not a personal fan of portrait orientation for landscapes, I think this works here due to your vertical subject matter. You have used the rule of thirds well to place your subject at a good spot. My nit is in your processing. For me (and we know how subjective each of our likes are), your B&W conversion has left your subject almost lost in the image due to blending in so well with everything else. The tree leaves in the upper left draw my eye there, away from your subject due to more contrast. If you would dodge/burn the image to better lead/hold the viewers eye on the treehouse, the B&W would work fine.

As they stand now, I agree with Gary. The color version, due to the same comp rules, and the additional benefit of the nice warm sunlight on the treehouse, (giving a visual color separation), holds it as the main subject.

All that said, nice image!

Originally Posted by rwells Hi Mary, I notice you didn't request C&C, but since that's the going thing here, I hope you don't mind my input also While I'm not a personal fan of portrait orientation for landscapes, I think this works here due to your vertical subject matter. You have used the rule of thirds well to place your subject at a good spot. My nit is in your processing. For me (and we know how subjective each of our likes are), your B&W conversion has left your subject almost lost in the image due to blending in so well with everything else. The tree leaves in the upper left draw my eye there, away from your subject due to more contrast. If you would dodge/burn the image to better lead/hold the viewers eye on the treehouse, the B&W would work fine. As they stand now, I agree with Gary. The color version, due to the same comp rules, and the additional benefit of the nice warm sunlight on the treehouse, (giving a visual color separation), holds it as the main subject. All that said, nice image!

C&C is always welcomed. I hope anyone that takes a look at an image of mine would give me some guidance. I only learn that way I see what your saying about the upper corner. I'll correct that. Seems I was to carried away with how the light was hitting the leaves I forgot about the focal point. Not a good thing to do.

Glad to hear that you liked the image