Lodgepole Pine Stand

Gallery: FloraPosted July 23, 2014100 views4 comments

How to characterize a stand of trees? This stand is not especially picturesque or colorful, but it may have its charms. Lodgepole pine stands have a rather sterile, uniform, gallery-like trunk space, as shown here. Lodgepole pine stands are common and widespread in Yellowstone National Park where this image was obtained on 30Jan2012 using
- Canon EOS 5D Mark II
- EF24-70mm/2.8L ASM at 70mm
- f/22, 0.8sec, ISO100 on tripod with

Ron Davis

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on July 23, 2014 at 7:17 PM

Ron - Welcome to the Flora Gallery

and a cool first post.

I love the graphical quality of this image. You can play with some more contrast, blacks etc to make this punchy if you so wish. I'd have loved some more space at the bottom !

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on July 24, 2014 at 7:00 AM

I like the subtle tones here, Ron, as well as the rendering of the bark textures. Like Ram, I might wish for a touch more at the bottom, but this otherwise is beautifully composed ( the occasional slanting branch and fallen twigs are very neat ! ). Hope to see more from you !!

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on July 24, 2014 at 3:36 PM

I agree with Ram and Ian about the bottom. As for contrast, I would darken up the darks, if anything.

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Comment posted by Lucy Aron on April 7, 2015 at 8:11 PM

Strong image. Borders on but doesn't quite get overly busy. Somehow makes me think of the visual equivalent of the music of Phillip Glass.

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