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Photo posted by Lon Overacker in the Landscape gallery on 12/14/17 at 1:36 pm EST
Registered on 11/24/06, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments
Post last edited by Lon Overacker on 12/14/17 at 1:38 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 Harley Goldman on 12/14/17 at 2:15 pm EST
Registered on 11/19/03, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments
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This is cool. It looks like the charcoal part is floating on its own in front of the trees. Real minor but I might burn or clone the bright vertical line on the right edge. I like it.
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"You were born an original. Don't die a copy."
- John Mason
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Comment posted by Ed McGuirk on 12/14/17 at 3:06 pm EST
Registered on 11/29/17, 19 Posts, 260 Comments
Okay Lon, I will bite on this one. I think I see four trees, but it might be five if the very far right is a separate tree.
This one one too would make a jigsaw puzzler go crazy. Nice bit of seeing here. I really like the gritty feel to it.
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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on 12/14/17 at 5:48 pm EST
Registered on 09/17/10, 304 Posts, 3507 Comments
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I like the way the far trunks act as bookends for the image, sandwiching the charcoal trunk. Normally I would think vertical with tree trunks, but the horizontal does work well for this. Focus stacking looks fine, I do like that gritty charcoal and slightly blue tones.
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Comment posted by Igor Doncov on 12/14/17 at 6:57 pm EST
Registered on 11/22/14, 189 Posts, 2733 Comments
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I really like this as an abstract rather than an optical illusion of which is closer. The comparison of similar colored shapes with opposite texture qualities is very artistic imo. John Paul Caponigro has been playing with this idea recently in a series of images where he builds a composite image in a clever way to achieve results like this. I'm talking about overlapping sand dunes at DVNP. I think the charcoal sandwiched between similar textures works effectively, although the texture on the right is different that the one on the left.
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Comment posted by Jim Gavin on 12/14/17 at 7:51 pm EST
Registered on 08/14/08, 293 Posts, 1250 Comments
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Needs to be viewed large to emphasize the illusion. Very intriguing. I am guessing between 1 and 100 trees, but settling on 6 (maybe).
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Comment posted by Dave Dillemuth on 12/14/17 at 8:46 pm EST
Registered on 12/10/15, 104 Posts, 1112 Comments
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Amazing what focus-stacking does... almost an optical illusion. This is a very intriguing and captivating image, Lon. This image is all about shape and texture with not much color. Given that, I'm wondering how a B&W rendering would work?
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Dave Dillemuth
Santa Barbara, California
davedillemuthphotography.smugmug.com
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Comment posted by Ed Lowe on 12/15/17 at 2:15 pm EST
Registered on 02/07/04, 414 Posts, 7115 Comments
Very cool stuff here, Lon. The FG charred tree appears to be hanging in mid-air and the large version is full of some wonderful textures and details. I also like the blue tones in the trunks. My guess is five. BTW, the focus stacking looks spot on.
Ed
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Comment posted by Craig Moreau on 12/15/17 at 2:42 pm EST
Registered on 04/21/15, 64 Posts, 584 Comments
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I guess 4. This is definitely a mind-bender of an illusion. I know what I'm looking at: trees, charred and not, but at the same time, I really have to think about what it is I'm seeing. Good work creating this photographic illusion. I like it.
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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on 12/15/17 at 7:27 pm EST
Registered on 11/01/03, 471 Posts, 5188 Comments
Cool abstract, Lon. Near sa I can figure, there are three trees. I love the tonality and detail in the charred snag. Nicely done, sir.
--P
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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 Paul Breitkreuz on 12/16/17 at 3:26 pm EST
Registered on 02/25/06, 525 Posts, 8448 Comments
Lon, I like this one as well as the earlier one for a bit different reason. And yes, it for me works well on the illusional view too. For me to see the effect it has to be pretty darn good as I've never been able to see any 3-D scenes my entire life because of defective eyes. My entire life has been 2 dimensional views only with a skewed dof. So a tip of the hat for obtaining the look I think you were looking for overall.......
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Paul Breitkreuz
Corona, California
Trailimages.com
NPN 2326
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