Aged Whitebark

Gallery: LandscapePosted September 24, 2013210 views9 comments

Thank you for your comments on my "Leaf Cascade" image.

Back in July, I found this old whitebark pine snag near Tioga Pass, Yosemite. I was drawn to the curves and textures of this fine old tree. (This is the same tree that provided this image.)

I had to employ various tilts and swings along with a rather small aperture to ensure sharpness.

Chamonix 4x5
Nikkor-M, 300mm.
Astia 100F

Please see large version.

Your comments and critiques are always appreciated.

--P

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Dan Kearl on September 24, 2013 at 7:07 PM

Creative use of this tree. A lot of depth and texture.
Wouldn't change a thing.

Registered on September 2, 2013, 209 Posts, 1514 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on September 24, 2013 at 10:08 PM

Preston: Not a bad Flora image

Terrific wider view of this tree. The larger version is really impressive. Well seen and superbly captured.>=))>

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments

Comment posted by Vance Gese on September 24, 2013 at 10:25 PM

This is fabulous, Preston. The sculptural quality of the tree trunks really shines, and I love the dark lines of the ancient wood. The soft light is just perfect too. The large image is stunning and gives one an inkling of what a large print would look like. One superb image.

Registered on November 13, 2008, 298 Posts, 6629 Comments

Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on September 25, 2013 at 6:55 AM

Very nice indeed, intimate scenes like this have a really appeal to me, and this is no exception. Beautiful comp and natural color. Gorgeous work Preston.
John

Registered on May 12, 2006, 626 Posts, 8700 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Chambers on September 25, 2013 at 2:26 PM

Beautiful texture and color, also great detail.

Registered on April 10, 2005, 753 Posts, 21216 Comments

Comment posted by Harley Goldman on September 25, 2013 at 2:28 PM

Beautiful detail, lines and texture. Excellent close-up image, sir!!!

Registered on November 19, 2003, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Overacker on September 25, 2013 at 4:50 PM

You know I like this one Preston. Great detail and I like the somewhat broader view showing multiple trunks. I don't recall if I mentioned this before, but from a personal preference point of view, I think there's room for more color/sat, but then that's just me.
Excellent.

Lon

Registered on November 24, 2006, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments

Comment posted by Eva McDermott on September 25, 2013 at 7:44 PM

Excellent DoF Preston. Beautiful texture and detail. There is a 3D quality about this that is wonderful.

Registered on January 4, 2009, 1015 Posts, 13229 Comments

Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on September 27, 2013 at 10:40 AM

Preston.....this is really a very fine capture.Depth of the view is excellent. Coloring and processing are right on. I could see a bit of contrast and or sat that Lon mentions too, but not so much to lose the soft golden texture here.
As I recall when we talked a bit on this before there was a slight crop from the bottom possibly, that could go either way and both would work just fine IMO. Excellent image overall.....

Registered on February 25, 2006, 525 Posts, 8448 Comments