Entanglement

Gallery: LandscapePosted February 3, 2010213 views23 comments

Hey, guys!

Last weekend I spent a whole day at the foot of a mountain not far from home. It was cold, windy and the landscape looked very desolated and moody. From time to time, the light of the "freezing" sun was filtered through high altitude clouds. I spotted this group of young trees and thought they would be a good subject given the conditions. I know it looks more like autumn, but I was actually standing in almost 10cm of snow. The dry wind and a group of older trees from behind really helped in bringing the chaotic feeling in to the picture (and the lack of snow). I'm really interested in your opinions about this one. Thanks!

Taken with my little and brave 350d and Tamron 55-200 at 161mm, f/8

Check the larger version for better detail

Comments

23 comments

Comment posted by Phil Pogledich on February 3, 2010 at 2:11 PM

Very good work. I like the soft light on the tree trunks and the strong vertical patterns in the image.

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Comment posted by Paul Marcellini on February 3, 2010 at 2:39 PM

So many hidden colors, I love it! The soft light on the green trunks is really nice. I would have a hard time processing this, so many ways to take it.

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Comment posted by Mike Ryan on February 3, 2010 at 2:45 PM

Hi Dorin

Very nice find and well presented. There is a lot going on but for all the right reasons. Looks realy good

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Comment posted by Benjamin Glatt on February 3, 2010 at 2:53 PM

Great detail!!! Love the textures. Perhaps a bit right heavy, as the concentration of larger trees is positioned towards the right of the image. Regardless, a finely crafted image.

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Comment posted by Rudy Ruberti on February 3, 2010 at 3:33 PM

I like this a lot. Great colors and lines.

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Comment posted by Aaron Ellingsen on February 3, 2010 at 3:42 PM

This is great. Shots like this are hard to pull off sometimes, but this one works very well for me. Nice work, Dorin.

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on February 3, 2010 at 3:44 PM

Love the detail and the lines with that lovely soft light. Well done.

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Comment posted by Dan Baumbach on February 3, 2010 at 3:59 PM

This is really nice. I love the abstract quality of it.

- Dan.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on February 3, 2010 at 4:14 PM

Overall, this is extremely cool! I have one thought/critique that maybe most folks wont agree with (but they're all wrong

) which is that the green hue in the trees takes away from some of the beautiful chaos in this; the gree is complimentry to the reddish hues, which basically 'breaks' this down into strong vertical lines/shapes. Personally id prefer it to all blend together so that is morea study of the textures rather than the forms--for that reason i think id even prefer this monochrome. Just a presonal preference.

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Comment posted by Dorin Bofan on February 3, 2010 at 4:49 PM

Stan, I totally agree. The green was my main concern also. I feel it's a bit too strong, but also intriguing, so I let it as it was. I tried a b&w, but just didn't work for me. I'll give it another go. I do have some shots where I got a little closer, that were processed in a almost high-key b&w. Maybe I'll post one of those.

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Comment posted by Laurent Baig on February 3, 2010 at 4:57 PM

I really like this!

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Comment posted by Rick Lundh on February 3, 2010 at 6:46 PM

Great photo. The chaos really works here, but I think it would have more impact if the contrast was pumped up a little...especially bringing the midtones way down.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on February 3, 2010 at 9:12 PM

Wonderful colors and light Dorin! A lot to look at here that is beautiful.

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Comment posted by Jeff Hackett on February 3, 2010 at 9:37 PM

Tons of detail. Great for a curoius eye. Very nice.

Registered on March 13, 2006, 65 Posts, 1119 Comments

Comment posted by Robert Dayton on February 3, 2010 at 10:39 PM

I like the lines, color, and textures of this group of trees. Well done, Dorin.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on February 3, 2010 at 10:46 PM

Rhythm, color, texture, and excellent light. It all comes together for a very pleasing image. My eye enjoys wandering all over this.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on February 4, 2010 at 12:15 AM

I particularly like the greenish/reddish color contrasts on the right. The right 40% could almost be it's own picture.

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Comment posted by Anil Rao on February 4, 2010 at 1:22 AM

An incredibly beautiful photograph. This one must be true delight to view as a print. The light on the trunks is sublime.

Registered on November 15, 2003, 234 Posts, 4923 Comments

Comment posted by Bruno Silva on February 4, 2010 at 6:11 AM

man, this isn´t an easy one to pull but you did very well, friend. I like the contrasts here between red/brown and green trunks and the detail top to bottom. I don´t know why but when I see these kind of comps I kind of see them in b&w, you know I´m a b&w addict, maybe it´s just that but this works nicely for me as is. nice piece of work dorin.

Registered on May 6, 2009, 132 Posts, 1406 Comments

Comment posted by Kevin Trinkner on February 4, 2010 at 7:43 AM

Works for me Dorin, I like the primary colors here, and the nice lines of the trunks. I do find the right side of the image a little stronger than the left. I might consider cropping some of the left if it were mine. Just a thought, very nice image.

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Comment posted by Jimmy Gekas on February 4, 2010 at 2:14 PM

The larger version is really a nice way to get lost. I love all the subtle colors and the way the smaller twigs form a net around the vertical trunks.

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Comment posted by Tom Nevesely on February 6, 2010 at 9:19 AM

This is really nice Dorin. The colours and lines are beautiful. I'll bet this would look great as a very large print.

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Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on February 6, 2010 at 9:54 AM

Dorin,

Staggering amount of detail and the vertical lines hashed with the diagonal branches is amazing. Really nice.

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