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Photo posted by Genny K. in the Landscape gallery on 03/05/17 at 01:11 am EST
Registered on 06/05/06, 132 Posts, 2001 Comments
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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on 03/05/17 at 07:16 am EST
Registered on 11/19/03, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments
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This is really nice! I love the abstract quality of the lines and the high contrast presentation creates quite a mood. Excellent job at taming the chaos.
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"You were born an original. Don't die a copy."
- John Mason
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Comment posted by gary phillips on 03/05/17 at 2:10 pm EST
Registered on 10/24/13, 185 Posts, 4136 Comments
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Chaotic for sure, Genny. But I really like this. I spent quite a few years cutting small timber, building fences, etc. It also reminds me of Yellowstone, and the remnants of the fires in'88. I like this as presented, but also like some or all of the sky cropped.
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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on 03/05/17 at 2:10 pm EST
Registered on 02/01/04, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments
I like this too, Genny. Like Harley I like the graphic abstract look and the feel of the high contrast. Very nice work on the composition which I'm sure wasn't so easy to come up with. Very cool shot!
Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI.
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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on 03/05/17 at 4:05 pm EST
Registered on 11/01/03, 471 Posts, 5188 Comments
This is quite abstract to me. I like the leaning trees in counterpoint to the vertical trunks. The snow has nice tonality, and I like the deep blacks. Cropping the sky gives a totally different feel. Personally, I like this the way it is.
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Preston Birdwell
Columbia, California, USA
NPN 429 | California Nature Photographers (CANP) Moderator | 'NPN Discussion' Moderator
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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on 03/06/17 at 12:35 pm EST
Registered on 11/24/06, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments
Genny,
I'm gonna go against the grain a little and say that this isn't striking me as much. I do like the graphic nature of this and especially the diagonal lines of the few fallen/leaning trunks. I think the hard time I'm having is that all the black trunks are merging so much that it takes away from the overall impression.
I do think Preston's suggestion of cropping the sky works as an alternate view.
Lon
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To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Comment posted by John Williams on 03/06/17 at 1:44 pm EST
Registered on 09/06/07, 221 Posts, 5985 Comments
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My eye is fighting with itself over the mix of vertical and diagonal lines too. I do like the austere, almost BW, of the image, but slightly less chaotic would be more attractive to my eye.
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John Williams
www.tranquilviews.com
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I often have wandered in deep contemplation, It seems that the mind runs wild when you're all alone. -John Denver
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Comment posted by Genny K. on 03/07/17 at 9:39 pm EST
Registered on 06/05/06, 132 Posts, 2001 Comments
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Thanks for the comments, everyone. For me, sometimes I like this and sometimes I don't. I almost have to be in the right mood to like it, but this really is a true depiction of what that place looks like.
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