Hoary Oak

Gallery: LandscapePosted December 16, 2010269 views15 comments

With the fog rolling in and out and freezing temperatures it gave some lovely winter light. This was taken mid afternoon when the sun decided to show itself.

All feedback is welcome and thanks for looking.

Gary.

D700, 16-35mm f/4. 1/500 sec @ f/9, iso 200.

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by David Page on December 16, 2010 at 4:14 PM

Works very well with the blue sky as a bg. Great simple contrast of blue, white and the dark tree trunk/branches. Well composed.

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Comment posted by Peter Richter on December 16, 2010 at 4:25 PM

A very pleasant composition, I especially like the play of shady and bright parts.

Peter

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Comment posted by David Cobb on December 16, 2010 at 6:09 PM

This tree has a lot of character, and the frosty limbs just add so much. Nicely seen and delivered Gary.

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Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on December 16, 2010 at 7:10 PM

Gary,

Phenomenal light on that tree. It really has me glued. I like this very much.

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Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on December 16, 2010 at 9:35 PM

I'm drawn to the character of lone trees and the ice dressing on this one makes it exceptional! Great image.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on December 16, 2010 at 9:47 PM

Hoarfrost does wonders for subjects like this. Just with the left side of the tree had the same light as the right to highlight the frost as much.

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Comment posted by Raymond D Smith on December 16, 2010 at 11:04 PM

Wicked Wicked Wicked Wicked awesome light Gary. I love the light hitting those tree limbs. I keep staring at this photo, just an outstanding job of catching some great weather. I also like the soft texture in the clouds, I think it compliments the main subject nicely. Cheers

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Comment posted by Andreas Resch on December 17, 2010 at 5:49 AM

Great shot, Gary. I love how the frozen branches stick out in front of the sky and the dark trunks.

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Comment posted by Michael J Greene, on December 17, 2010 at 10:32 AM

Excellent shot Gary. Wonderful color palette and composition. Have you thought about a B & W conversion too?

Michael

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Comment posted by Arnab Banerjee on December 17, 2010 at 11:05 AM

Really cool shot - the tree is full of character. Love it

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Comment posted by Gary McGhee on December 17, 2010 at 11:22 AM

Cheers for all the nice comments everyone,

Michael, I'm rubbish at mono conversions but I will give it a go,

Thanks, Gary.

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Comment posted by Kyle L. Krause on December 17, 2010 at 11:56 AM

Well done Gary, The hoar frost is beautiful. I might crop from the left and right a little, just to focus on the tree. The b&w version works nice.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on December 17, 2010 at 2:30 PM

This is great. The frost with that light on it really looks nice.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI.