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Photo posted by Lon Overacker in the Landscape gallery on 01/10/18 at 5:11 pm EST
Registered on 11/24/06, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments
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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 01/10/18 at 5:16 pm EST
Registered on 11/19/03, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments
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Love this one! It needs to be viewed large, as NPN is hammering the small version. You are channeling your John Sexton beautifully. Great tones and beautifully composed chaos of all the branches that totally works for me. The tiniest of nits might be to burn the slanting kinda horizontal branches right side but really minor.
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"You were born an original. Don't die a copy."
- John Mason
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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on 01/10/18 at 8:58 pm EST
Registered on 09/17/10, 304 Posts, 3507 Comments
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Like the pen and ink feel to the image. These type of BW of yours are among my favorites. Longer lenses to have a magical effect on these kinds of scenes. The vertical and horizontal lines create some nice tension. Does look impenetrable. The tree disclosure point is interesting to know, but not necessary in my assessment of the image. Not like you removed trees or cloned trees into the scene. I have no problem with this kind artistic license considering the subject matter.
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Comment posted by Ed McGuirk on 01/11/18 at 09:11 am EST
Registered on 11/29/17, 19 Posts, 260 Comments
Lon, I am amazed how much variety you can come away with by shooting these tree abstracts, you have a great talent for these type of scenes. As your eye moves from left to right, the progression of leaning trees almost gives the impression of a series of dominos falling over. and you've really nailed the tonality of the shadows here, they are just perfect.
This is a nitpick, but for the straight tree on the far right, I would slightly dodge the bottom 1/3 of the trunk, as presented it is so dark that it recedes, but I think a little dodging would place more emphasis on it.
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Comment posted by Craig Moreau on 01/11/18 at 10:33 am EST
Registered on 04/21/15, 64 Posts, 584 Comments
Lon, this is very nice. I like the rigidity of all the straight trees offset by the two leaners, as well as the structure of the trees against the chaos of the branches. It takes a great eye to isolate a scene like this from what, I'm sure, is chaos of the surroundings.
I think Ed's recommendation to burn that rightmost tree a little bit is a good one. It is quite a bit darker than the rest of the trees.
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Comment posted by Ed Lowe on 01/11/18 at 7:20 pm EST
Registered on 02/07/04, 414 Posts, 7115 Comments
The large version is totally mesmerizing, Lon. All kinds of lines and a beautiful range of tones in this beauty. What really elevates this another notch for me is those two diagonal trees crossing all those vertical trunks behind them. Amazing image and a great find.
Ed
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Comment posted by gary phillips on 01/11/18 at 8:45 pm EST
Registered on 10/24/13, 185 Posts, 4136 Comments
As Harley said, “Sextonesque” for sure. I love the darkness of the background and the glow of the trunks. Very artistic presentation, Lon. I love it.
Ps. I don’t think tweaking things that are already in the image even worth the mention. I tend to think of the finished product and not the process. Sure I’d want to know if things were added, the rest not so much.
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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on 01/12/18 at 2:04 pm EST
Registered on 01/23/11, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments
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Lon, an interesting view into this "impenetrable" forest. the two diagonal trees add some important tension.
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Mark Seaver
Burtonsville, MD & Emigrant, MT
seaverphotos.com
Weekly Challenge Moderator
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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on 01/12/18 at 4:42 pm EST
Registered on 02/01/04, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments
Lon, It is pretty amazing the difference it makes when one looks at the detailed view. I like this a lot just as it is when I look at that version. I think this composition really works and the detail and textures are impressive. Excellent!
Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI.
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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on 01/12/18 at 11:34 pm EST
Registered on 04/10/05, 753 Posts, 21216 Comments
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This is extraordinary, Lon. The large image is one of those you just like to sit back and explore all the fine details one moment and then in the next moment you just want to take in the entire image as a whole. I have absolutely no nits. Beautiful composition and perfect post processing. Well done!
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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 Harley Goldman on 01/13/18 at 07:40 am EST
Registered on 11/19/03, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments
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I have come back to this one a few times and it worth a second comment. It really is a beauty. It is absolutely up there at the top of my favorite Lon images and that is quite a high standard.
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"You were born an original. Don't die a copy."
- John Mason
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Comment posted by Bill Fach on 01/13/18 at 11:48 am EST
Registered on 11/01/03, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments
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Lon: Really good vision to extract this comp from the scene. There is a lot to explore and the overall texture is exceptionally nice. Most excellent.>=))>
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Bill Fach
Soli Deo Gloria
www.sdgimages.com
Houston, Texas
Flora Gallery Moderator |
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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on 01/13/18 at 1:27 pm EST
Registered on 11/24/06, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments
Thanks for the kind words and suggestions folks! Really appreciate them.
Ed McGuirk - thanks for the idea of dodging the tree on the right. I think I will - thanks for the suggestion.
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 Richard Teller on 01/14/18 at 12:13 am EST
Registered on 08/23/10, 1162 Posts, 6692 Comments
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I really like the way you made a pleasing composition out of a place that is very chaotic. The B&W works very well for this image.
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Richard Teller
Scottsbluff, NE
teller-nature-photography.redframe.com |
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The mountains and the seashore scream at you, but the prairie whispers and you have to stop and listen.
Don't shoot what it looks like, shoot what it feels like. David Alan Harvey |
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Comment posted by Mattia Oliviero on 01/15/18 at 03:03 am EST
Registered on 08/24/16, 43 Posts, 254 Comments
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I really like this type of image, Lon. Very intimate scene, the image reveals its spirit the more you looking at it. Well done IMO.
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Mattia Oliviero
Trento, Italy |
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