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Photo posted by Igor Doncov in the Landscape gallery on 12/15/17 at 10:07 am EST
Registered on 11/22/14, 189 Posts, 2733 Comments
Post last edited by Igor Doncov on 12/17/17 at 07:12 am EST
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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on 12/15/17 at 7:09 pm EST
Registered on 11/01/03, 471 Posts, 5188 Comments
The tree has a nice shape, and wonderful tonality and texture. You might consider burning down some of the highlights in the background. This would definitely rate a return trip, Igor.
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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 Harley Goldman on 12/15/17 at 7:13 pm EST
Registered on 11/19/03, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments
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Beautiful lines and shapes in the tree. My thought before reading Preston's comment was the same. The background highlights are pulling me a bit away from the tree, which is the star here. Works nice with the iPhone, worth a trip with the big camera if you can.
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"You were born an original. Don't die a copy."
- John Mason
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Comment posted by Stephen Stanton on 12/16/17 at 1:49 pm EST
Registered on 03/01/15, 54 Posts, 453 Comments
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Some beautiful flowing lines and tones in the old trunk. I've got to think that shooting it RAW would provide ample opportunity to bring out some of the subtle tones of the wood and needles. I know my old Samsung III would not come close to producing an image of this quality.
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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on 12/16/17 at 2:07 pm EST
Registered on 02/25/06, 525 Posts, 8448 Comments
Wonderful detail and well processed on this old hunk of lumber, Igor......I like it......
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Paul Breitkreuz
Corona, California
Trailimages.com
NPN 2326
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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on 12/16/17 at 2:23 pm EST
Registered on 11/24/06, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments
Igor,
I just love these old, weathered trees. Makes on think what they have seen and experience for so long. They make me want to get close, feel the texture of the worn old tree.... and also look for interesting shapes, textures and patterns, that I can photograph! :-)
You've captured that well for me, which triggers all those thoughts about why I love trees (mind you, trees usually don't move and they don't argue or talk back.)
I particularly like the short pine needles and the random little sticks around the base. In fact, this could be cropped to square I think and still portray the same.
Would agree about the highlights in the back; just a little burning to keep the emphasis up front.
Lon
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Comment posted by Michael Lowe on 12/17/17 at 03:09 am EST
Registered on 02/11/04, 777 Posts, 5252 Comments
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Love this as presented but think I would love it even more with a crop from the top to focus more on the bottom. To me that's where all the great looking stuff is.
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Comment posted by Igor Doncov on 12/17/17 at 07:05 am EST
Registered on 11/22/14, 189 Posts, 2733 Comments
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Square crop as suggested:
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Comment posted by Igor Doncov on 12/17/17 at 07:09 am EST
Registered on 11/22/14, 189 Posts, 2733 Comments
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I did a 2 pass sharpening on the original. The second pass on just the tree.
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Comment posted by Ed Lowe on 12/17/17 at 6:35 pm EST
Registered on 02/07/04, 414 Posts, 7115 Comments
The repost nailed it for me as it places all the emphasis on the sweet stuff like the weathered look of the tree and the scattering of the pine needles around the base. I think Lon said it very well. Nicely done, Igor.
Ed
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Comment posted by Dan Kearl on 12/17/17 at 8:44 pm EST
Registered on 09/02/13, 209 Posts, 1514 Comments
The last repost best for me.
I would erase the tree on the left side.
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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on 12/20/17 at 11:14 am EST
Registered on 04/10/05, 753 Posts, 21216 Comments
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Splendid Igor. For my tastes, the original composition is best, by far. The sharpening on the last repost looks slightly over sharpened on my monitor. Somewhere between the original and the last repost would be perfect. As for the tree on the left, IMHO opinion it actually helps the scene instead of hurts. It's an extra element that fits well but muted enough as to not distract the eye.
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Bill Chambers
Gulf Breeze, Florida
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Comment posted by Igor Doncov on 12/20/17 at 2:29 pm EST
Registered on 11/22/14, 189 Posts, 2733 Comments
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Thank you for your comments. To be honest I was surprised by the suggestion to crop the tree in half. The image to my mind was about as much about the flowing lines of the tree from top to bottom as anything else. It was the best feature of the image imo. But I made the crop to see what the reaction would be. In general, I would say that people are less enthusiastic with smart phone images. That's not surprising since they are inherently technically weaker.
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