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WC 593 Smoke Tree
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WC 593 Smoke Tree

by Ian Wolfenden

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted July 14, 201385 views4 comments

I find the smoke tree one of the strangest of trees, with its short-lived candy floss pink flowers and myriad tiny fruits sprinkled all over among the overlapping leaves.

Canon 7D, Tamron 55-200mm lens @ 108mm, 1/400 sec @ f 6.3, - 1ev, ISO 400, hh.

Comments

4 comments
Comment posted by Mark Seaver on July 14, 2013 at 10:21 AM
Ian, I sure like the gentle colors and there's plenty of randomness with the leaves, flowers, and branches, yet you've let the branches and lighting do a fine job of controlling eye movement. Nicely seen.
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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on July 15, 2013 at 12:25 AM
I like the composition and the DOF as well as the colors and the light.
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Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on July 15, 2013 at 12:29 PM
What a wonderfully chaotic mixture of colors, textures, and lighting Ian. I like your underside POV, looking through the more clearly focused branches to the bright OOF flowers and background. I, too, have always found these trees interesting. Nice comp you found in the chaos.
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Comment posted by RL Potts on July 15, 2013 at 11:29 PM
This is a great example of how nature seeks out order and harmony. Love the colors and composition.
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