Gallery: LandscapePosted August 23, 20155,737 views12 comments
This is an older image that I decided to reprocess in LR CC 2015.
It was taken with a Canon 20D with a Canon 10 -22mm lens.at 10mm
ISO200 f/15 10 secs
Thanks for having a look and for critiques and comments.
Comments
12 comments
Comment posted by Stephen Stanton on August 23, 2015 at 6:32 PM
The background trunks appear to be bearing witness to the life cycle. I like your image, Eva, nicely seen and crisply captured, good light on the forest floor and stump.
Registered on March 1, 2015, 54 Posts, 453 Comments
Comment posted by Mark Seaver on August 23, 2015 at 6:41 PM
Eva, there's an amazing difference in sharpness and contrast between this version and the larger version, with the larger version being much much improved. Love the greens in the stump and it's roots, plus how the roots act as leading lines. The "background" forest does a fine job of putting the stump into context.
Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments
Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on August 24, 2015 at 10:45 AM
A nice image of the rebirth of a forest. The shapes and lines are excellent. It could be just me, but the reds and greens look a litlle over-saturated. I agree with Mark on the difference in apparent sharpness between the image here, and the large version. The composition is well thought out.
--P
Registered on November 1, 2003, 471 Posts, 5188 Comments
Comment posted by Igor Doncov on August 24, 2015 at 2:12 PM
This is very representative of the redwood stumps in the area where I lived. I particularly like the moss outline at the top of the stump. The greens may be a bit oversaturated but the magenta is spot on from what I remember. Another option would have been to center the stump in the frame by cropping a bit from the right.
Registered on November 22, 2014, 189 Posts, 2733 Comments
Comment posted by David Schoen on August 24, 2015 at 8:40 PM
The mossy greens in the foreground are a good contrast to the browns of the decaying trees and the darker greens of the trees in the background.
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Comment posted by gary phillips on August 24, 2015 at 11:58 PM
This is very cool, Eva. Love the sense of time and the witnesses to it's passing. I might crop a tad off the top to just below the bright spots top left. Beautiful image.
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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on August 26, 2015 at 4:55 PM
Eva, very nice to see your recent post.
I left a comment here yesterday, but now realize I'd tried through my iPhone after seeing this on line earlier. Now on another review of it I see it did not complete for some reason.
Anyway, the composition works very well for me along with the great contrasting colors too......a really solid scene.....the name fits so well too......
Registered on February 25, 2006, 525 Posts, 8448 Comments
Comment posted by Harley Goldman on August 27, 2015 at 5:55 PM
Very nice forest scene. I like Gary's crop suggestion and the greens and maybe the reds look a bit saturated to my eye. Real nice image.
Registered on November 19, 2003, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments
Comment posted by Kathy Barnhart on August 29, 2015 at 12:15 AM
Lovely old mossy stump. I can almost smell the moisture and fog in the air. Nicely seen and processed, the colors go beautifully together and seem realistic to my eyes. The lighter green on the upper right tree trunk competes for my attention a little...maybe it could be toned down a bit? Regardless, it's a wonderful image.
Registered on November 11, 2011, 404 Posts, 1639 Comments
Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on August 31, 2015 at 9:52 AM
Looks like my backyard. Literally. We are in the process of buying our first house in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Within a month, God willing, I'll be surrounded by big giants just like these.
Eva, I think you composed this very well. I like the placement of the dead trunk in the gap between the trees in the background. I don't mind the bright spots top left. I think it lends to the atmosphere of the region, foggy.
Registered on November 1, 2003, 474 Posts, 5555 Comments
Comment posted by Nancy de Flon on September 1, 2015 at 7:18 PM
Eva, this is "my" kind of subject (hey, we're both from the Northeast ) so I love this image; it speaks to me. The green velvet trees are the main subject, they're slightly off-center, and in color and texture they contrast with the trees behind them. Also, the stuff on the ground is neutral-colored, which helps highlight the trees more; if it had been foliage season and the ground had been filled with lots of different colored leaves, it would have been a totally different image and that would have detracted from these strong, mighty and once-mighty trees.
Registered on June 28, 2010, 61 Posts, 284 Comments
Comment posted by Nick Bristol on September 7, 2015 at 2:43 PM
Eva, This is really nice! It has a look and feel that I enjoy very much. The larger version looks great and really puts one right there.
Nick Bristol
Registered on February 1, 2004, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments
Comments
12 commentsThe background trunks appear to be bearing witness to the life cycle. I like your image, Eva, nicely seen and crisply captured, good light on the forest floor and stump.
Eva, there's an amazing difference in sharpness and contrast between this version and the larger version, with the larger version being much much improved. Love the greens in the stump and it's roots, plus how the roots act as leading lines. The "background" forest does a fine job of putting the stump into context.
A nice image of the rebirth of a forest. The shapes and lines are excellent. It could be just me, but the reds and greens look a litlle over-saturated. I agree with Mark on the difference in apparent sharpness between the image here, and the large version. The composition is well thought out.
--P
This is very representative of the redwood stumps in the area where I lived. I particularly like the moss outline at the top of the stump. The greens may be a bit oversaturated but the magenta is spot on from what I remember. Another option would have been to center the stump in the frame by cropping a bit from the right.
The mossy greens in the foreground are a good contrast to the browns of the decaying trees and the darker greens of the trees in the background.
This is very cool, Eva. Love the sense of time and the witnesses to it's passing. I might crop a tad off the top to just below the bright spots top left. Beautiful image.
Eva, very nice to see your recent post.
I left a comment here yesterday, but now realize I'd tried through my iPhone after seeing this on line earlier. Now on another review of it I see it did not complete for some reason.
Anyway, the composition works very well for me along with the great contrasting colors too......a really solid scene.....the name fits so well too......
Very nice forest scene. I like Gary's crop suggestion and the greens and maybe the reds look a bit saturated to my eye. Real nice image.
Lovely old mossy stump. I can almost smell the moisture and fog in the air. Nicely seen and processed, the colors go beautifully together and seem realistic to my eyes. The lighter green on the upper right tree trunk competes for my attention a little...maybe it could be toned down a bit? Regardless, it's a wonderful image.
Looks like my backyard. Literally. We are in the process of buying our first house in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Within a month, God willing, I'll be surrounded by big giants just like these.
Eva, I think you composed this very well. I like the placement of the dead trunk in the gap between the trees in the background. I don't mind the bright spots top left. I think it lends to the atmosphere of the region, foggy.
Eva, this is "my" kind of subject (hey, we're both from the Northeast
) so I love this image; it speaks to me. The green velvet trees are the main subject, they're slightly off-center, and in color and texture they contrast with the trees behind them. Also, the stuff on the ground is neutral-colored, which helps highlight the trees more; if it had been foliage season and the ground had been filled with lots of different colored leaves, it would have been a totally different image and that would have detracted from these strong, mighty and once-mighty trees.
Eva, This is really nice! It has a look and feel that I enjoy very much. The larger version looks great and really puts one right there.
Nick Bristol