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Photo posted by Lon Overacker in the Landscape gallery on 12/16/17 at 3:16 pm EST
Registered on 11/24/06, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments
Post last edited by Lon Overacker on 12/16/17 at 9:31 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 12/16/17 at 3:24 pm EST
Registered on 11/19/03, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments
Cool shapes, lines, textures and colors. The colors look very realistic, so you are not quite in the Kuyper school yet.  No offense, Tony, if you are checking in. This turned out great.
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"You were born an original. Don't die a copy."
- John Mason
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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on 12/16/17 at 6:36 pm EST
Registered on 11/01/03, 471 Posts, 5188 Comments
This tells a great story. Yes, it is a cedar. I think your 'color mining' works really well. It's not over the top, but does bring out the subtle colors that are present in char. Nice textures and detail!
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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 Kah Kit Yoong on 12/16/17 at 8:49 pm EST
Registered on 09/27/06, 636 Posts, 10682 Comments
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Great job with the illusion of compressing the 4 elements into one. The slivers of more vivid orange really jump out of the more dull colours in a good way.
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Comment posted by Michael Lowe on 12/17/17 at 02:49 am EST
Registered on 02/11/04, 777 Posts, 5252 Comments
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I like the balance achieved from the "look" of the center folds of bark resting against each other. The highlights peeking out from underneath look like embers still burning. Processing looks great to me.
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Comment posted by Igor Doncov on 12/17/17 at 09:07 am EST
Registered on 11/22/14, 189 Posts, 2733 Comments
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One of your best bark images ever. There was a red one you did during the 4X5 days that was exceptional but that's about it. This is better than the charcoal images. An emotional abstract that has the tension of muscle fibers yet mystery about it. The blues and yellow lichens are the colors that I like here. The oranges are appropriately subdued. The flatter wood on the left feels different than the rest. Is that for the best? If you crop half of it's width and some from the top would that be an improvement? Can't say because all of the wood flakes would become larger and they look optimally sized for this frame. A very fine image.
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Comment posted by Ed McGuirk on 12/17/17 at 09:47 am EST
Registered on 11/29/17, 19 Posts, 260 Comments
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Lon, this my favorite of your recent series of bark images. The textures are wonderful, but I also really like the green moss on the right hand side of the tree. I think that color accent is just as important as the orange strips on the left. The diagonal lines just pull your eye through the image. not everyone would have seen this image in the field, but it is a real gem.
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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on 12/17/17 at 8:17 pm EST
Registered on 09/17/10, 304 Posts, 3507 Comments
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Definitely not overdone to my eye, though maybe compared to the raw file it is. Looks great, you've brought out a lot of nice detail and colors and it has a 3-D feel. Almost like magma beneath cool lava. Converging and diverging parts of the wood add another layer of interest. Another fine macro-esque shot of your tree studies.
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Comment posted by gary phillips on 12/17/17 at 10:27 pm EST
Registered on 10/24/13, 185 Posts, 4136 Comments
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Maybe not quite Kuyperesque, but I like the colors alot. Excellent image. I love the ribbing of this old tree. I collected quite a few stumps like this in my furniture building days. Very nicely done, Lon.
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Comment posted by Ed Lowe on 12/18/17 at 10:13 am EST
Registered on 02/07/04, 414 Posts, 7115 Comments
This is even better than your last one, Lon. The large view opens up to display the gorgeous details and textures of the char and I love the bands of red running through the bark as though the tree is still on fire from within. I do not know how you spot these gems, but I am glad that you do so you can share with the rest of us.
Ed
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Comment posted by Craig Moreau on 12/18/17 at 8:14 pm EST
Registered on 04/21/15, 64 Posts, 584 Comments
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I think you did a great job of pulling color out of a flat raw file, as you say. It has a lot of life, but doesn’t look unnatural. My first impression when viewing it was that most of the folds in the bark are to the center and right of the image, and I wonder about a crop off the left to center them more. But as Igor says, I don't know if that would be better. It is very nice as is.
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