Ohia Tree Hawaii

The details in the trees and how they create a fine sense of depth works very well at inviting me to go walking down this path. The strong presence of the path suggests that this should be in the Man and Nature Gallery.

I like the shapes in the tree and particularly it's shadows. Interesting detail throughout the image as well. I was stationed on Oahu in the Marines for a couple of years and I wouldn't have guessed this was Hawaii. That was forty years ago. This makes me want to go back and see the islands again. I like the mood of this very much.

pat

Pat:

The higher elevations of some of the Islands has a very different ecology than the lower tropical zones. On Big Island the local weather patterns and environments can be astounding, going from desert to rainforest in much less than a mile. These Kipuka are slightly elevated areas which protect them from lava flows and an older forest grows with better developed soil. I had stated earlier that I had made just one exposure, but actually that is not correct as I also made a color exposure using a second back, which was a common technique for me at the time.

Hope you make it back!

Regards: Tom

Really nice tones, composition and light. Beautiful tree portrait.

Really like the simplifying quality that B&W brings to this. The tree architectures stands out very nicely. Could maybe see trying to take this further by lightening the grays to more closely match the lighter grays in branch crotch that includes the URC.

Tom, This looks really nice to me. It has an inviting feel that just makes me wish I was there.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

Hi Tom,

This is a great tree to study, and you captured the tree and the surrounding scene beautifully. The B&W conversion has great tones, and the details are very enjoyable, but most of all, I love how the image gives the viewer a feeling of being present in the image.