Lonely Tree

ebwestebwest Registered Users Posts: 416 Major grins
edited December 8, 2005 in Landscapes
I took this in Custer State Park, South Dakota last year and I still kinda like it.

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  • BystanderBystander Registered Users Posts: 52 Big grins
    edited December 3, 2005
    EB,

    I like it too -- a classic, stylish image with elegant lines and composition. Would make a good book cover, methinks. Great eye!

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  • USAIRUSAIR Registered Users Posts: 2,646 Major grins
    edited December 3, 2005
    Wooh that is one loney tree
    Good shot..kinda reminds me of the Windows desktop background :D

    Thanks
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  • ebwestebwest Registered Users Posts: 416 Major grins
    edited December 4, 2005
    Thanks for the compliments.

    I never thought of it looking like the desktop until you mentioned it. You don't thingk Bill Gates will mind do you?
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  • babybluetx23babybluetx23 Registered Users Posts: 150 Major grins
    edited December 4, 2005
    Ok have you ever seen Six Feet Under on HBO?!?!?! That looks ALMOST like their Opening Credit Screen! hehehe Good Job!
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  • problemchildproblemchild Registered Users Posts: 44 Big grins
    edited December 5, 2005
    The sky is severely clipped on the histogram. If you open the picture in photoshop and then look at the histo you will see the sky pushing off the right side. Its not fixable.

    The composition is OK but 2 shots layered together next time would make this better.

    Shoot one for the sky and one for the ground. Then layer them or use hdr.
  • CantfeelmyfingersCantfeelmyfingers Registered Users Posts: 531 Major grins
    edited December 6, 2005
    I really like the colour contrast of the sky and ground.. And I do like the whole idea of having a single tree.. the one thing that kinda bothers me though is that the tree looks like a big ball cause the photo was taken so far away.. I would move in a bit closer just so you could get some better definition between the tree, the trunk and the ground. Jamie
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  • illuminati919illuminati919 Registered Users Posts: 713 Major grins
    edited December 7, 2005
    Thats a neat photo, the simplicity is great, I took a photo similar to that but developed and accidentally left it at school, kinda bummed about it. But great photo thumb.gif .
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  • ebwestebwest Registered Users Posts: 416 Major grins
    edited December 8, 2005
    Thanks everyone for your comments and suggestions.

    At the time I took this I didn't have a tripod with me (doesn't happen anymore) so the exposure is the best I could do at the time, although I do like the harsh contrast.

    As far as getting closer, I did try that as much as I could and found that I liked this shot best. I didn't have access to the property to get REAL close, so that may have made a big difference.

    Thanks again for the comments.
    E.B.

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