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Photo posted by Lon Overacker in the Landscape gallery on 11/09/17 at 12:57 pm EST
Registered on 11/24/06, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments
Post last edited by Lon Overacker on 11/09/17 at 5:36 pm EST
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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 Mark Seaver on 11/09/17 at 2:01 pm EST
Registered on 01/23/11, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments
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Lon, this is quite a cloudscape. There's a fine, gentle invitation in the sky that the lone tree and the rounded slope complete beautifully. I could see this one hanging on my wall and generating a gentle smile every time I viewed it.
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Mark Seaver
Burtonsville, MD & Emigrant, MT
seaverphotos.com
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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on 11/09/17 at 2:29 pm EST
Registered on 11/19/03, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments
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Simple and beautiful. Good call on the flip, works really well as presented. Lovely!
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"You were born an original. Don't die a copy."
- John Mason
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Comment posted by Igor Doncov on 11/09/17 at 3:37 pm EST
Registered on 11/22/14, 189 Posts, 2733 Comments
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I love the sky and the tree and the overall composition. The beauty of the sky is particularly well seen in the large version. The luminosity of the land looks flat to me and could use a bit more 'punch'. I think it would benefit from that but I'm not sure. Lot of ways to go with it. Lightened up with more color? Darkened up still further?
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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on 11/09/17 at 5:35 pm EST
Registered on 11/24/06, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments
Thanks for the comments so far. Great call on the grassy hill Igor! You're right, it's rather flat and lifeless. I've brought up the brightness, color and contrast of the hill.
Let me know if this is better. I did want to be careful too given the time of day and low, diffused light, so hopefully not too bright. Certainly more life than the original. Thanks for pointing that out!
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 Don Young on 11/09/17 at 6:49 pm EST
Registered on 04/23/15, 56 Posts, 224 Comments
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Lon, this is a fantastic image! Wow! The tree being such a small subject still draws the eye straight to it. The composition is beautiful.
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Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on 11/09/17 at 9:08 pm EST
Registered on 05/28/04, 114 Posts, 2890 Comments
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Beautiful composition, Lon! I like the sense of scale conveyed by the big sky and the lone tree. The subtle light and color in the sky is beautiful and the warm / cool contrast is always appealing. I don't remember the last time that I saw a sunrise or sunset photo from you! Nicely done!
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Brian Schrayer
Nashville, TN
"The mountains sing your glory, hallelujah, the canyons echo sweet amazing grace. My spirit sails the mighty gales are bellowing your name, and I've got nothing to say." Andrew Peterson, "Nothing to Say" |
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Comment posted by gary phillips on 11/10/17 at 01:42 am EST
Registered on 10/24/13, 185 Posts, 4136 Comments
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Interesting Lon. I just took a few images where left third vs right third became an issue. I ended up shooting both plus centered, cause I couldn't make my mind up. It's almost like if you are right eyed or left eyed. I ended up deciding to offset my image on the left side but went back and forth forever. Really love this. The repost with the brightened foreground works for me. You can't hide a good image from you...no way you wouldn't find it.
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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on 11/10/17 at 11:17 am EST
Registered on 11/19/03, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments
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Put me down for the original post. The brightened grasses look odd to me contrasted against the sky and I much prefer the mood of the original (far more emphasis on the sky).
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"You were born an original. Don't die a copy."
- John Mason
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Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on 11/11/17 at 4:56 pm EST
Registered on 01/17/04, 705 Posts, 3594 Comments
Hi Lon,
I like the second version slightly over the first. The lone tree is awesome and adds a lot to the sense of isolation. However, the two versions have different sense of emotions based on the lighting and warmth present in the image..................Jim
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Comment posted by Craig Moreau on 11/13/17 at 10:52 am EST
Registered on 04/21/15, 64 Posts, 584 Comments
Lon, I love this composition. The dark tree contrasted against the brightest part of the sky pulls my eye right there, leaving no doubt as to the focal point of the image, and that sky creates a wonderful background.
I think I would like a balance of the darker and lighter grasses you present. The light looks unnatural to my eye. Also, on the repost, there seems to be some dark fringing along the horizon, particularly on the right side.
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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on 11/14/17 at 12:55 pm EST
Registered on 04/10/05, 753 Posts, 21216 Comments
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I like this a lot, Lon, especially the report. So simple yet says so much. It wouldn't hurt my feelings any if the subdued colors in the clouds were brought out/enhanced just a little to give the image just a little more POP.
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Bill Chambers
Gulf Breeze, Florida
Please visit Enchanted Light Photography
"You don't make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved.” - Ansel Adams |
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Comment posted by Silvia Richter on 11/19/17 at 04:03 am EST
Registered on 02/27/11, 18 Posts, 167 Comments
Lon, I will comment on the first version, as the foreground in the repost is a bit to bright for my taste.
What I really like is the plainness of the composition that does the lonesome oak tree justice in my opinion. Exploring or "reading" an image from left to right, I start at the brighter spot in the sky which draws my attention first, and then follow the edge of the hills, finally resting at the tree as focal point. Thereby you lead me trough the composition in a very appealing way. So I think flipping the image was a good decision.
Silvia
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Silvia Richter
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