Gallery: LandscapePosted December 1, 2012152 views7 comments
As the sun began to set the last direct light painted the glow of leaves at the top of the tree
A little strange angle but I hope you enjoy
Sony A 77
Minolta 20 mm prime f 2.8
ISO 100
1/50 sec
f5
handheld
LR 4 raw conversion
PS 5 adjustments
Comments
7 comments
Comment posted by Balan Vinod on December 1, 2012 at 12:29 PM
Rick...love the wide angle frame here ..and the importance you have given to the tree trunk ..may be my monitor ..but a tad bit more light overall would have make this even better IMHO
Balan Vinod
Registered on March 20, 2006, 889 Posts, 2312 Comments
Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on December 1, 2012 at 1:26 PM
Nice concept. I think Balan had a good observation, it looks a bit dark to me as well. I also wish you would have used just a little smaller aperture to get the closest part of the trunk sharp.
Registered on November 1, 2003, 474 Posts, 5555 Comments
Comment posted by Lon Overacker on December 1, 2012 at 3:08 PM
Rick,
Great job filling the frame, what a grand old tree and the light on the leaves is captured very nicely. I would agree with the previous comments and think this could be a little brighter, although there certainly isn't an issue with shadow detail. Also, not sure if you still have an opportunity, but if you could do this again with a tripod and a smaller aperture, using hyperfocal distance and get more of the trunk in focus, this could be a great image. With nearly all of the trunk in soft focus, it takes away from the overall impact of the beautifully lit leaves.
Lon
Registered on November 24, 2006, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments
Comment posted by Mark Metternich on December 1, 2012 at 4:56 PM
Love the extreme angle here! Maybe a great op for DOF bracketing.
Registered on June 19, 2009, 276 Posts, 6240 Comments
Comment posted by Mark Seaver on December 1, 2012 at 7:07 PM
Rick, it's a very interesting look up the tree trunk and the glow up top is good. I agree that it would be nice to have more of the trunk sharp. Part of me would like to not have the extra trunk creeping in at the top left, but I'm not sure that changing your angle to avoid it would give such a well balanced pattern in the main trunk.
Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments
Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on December 1, 2012 at 7:25 PM
The angle is more unique than strange, IMO. The only thing that maybe bothers me a bit is the OOF bark on the tree. It's closeness might make it necessary, but with with the pinpoint sharpness of the leave it might have been worth trying to focus-blend in the bark as well for consistency.
Registered on November 1, 2003, 364 Posts, 22328 Comments
Comment posted by Morris McClung on December 3, 2012 at 12:07 PM
A unique look with this pov. I like you creativity. Ditto on a little brighter and maybe a touch more dof. Cool shot.
Registered on May 7, 2007, 670 Posts, 19650 Comments
Comments
7 commentsBalan Vinod
Great job filling the frame, what a grand old tree and the light on the leaves is captured very nicely. I would agree with the previous comments and think this could be a little brighter, although there certainly isn't an issue with shadow detail. Also, not sure if you still have an opportunity, but if you could do this again with a tripod and a smaller aperture, using hyperfocal distance and get more of the trunk in focus, this could be a great image. With nearly all of the trunk in soft focus, it takes away from the overall impact of the beautifully lit leaves.
Lon