T. rex - crop 2

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 19, 201688 views6 comments

Thanks for all the comments! Following suggestions from several of you, here goes a different crop. My original intention was to have the trunks suggest the legs of a T. rex, looking down on the puny photographer. I agree that this crop brings out the shape and colors of the roots much better, but at the same time the T. rex effect is mostly lost. Hence, I see them as two completely different images. Comments welcome!

By the way, the color of the moss is real. We have got a lot of rain, and no cold days until this week, so mosses are going nuts. I have amassed a large collection of images over the last couple of weeks, so there may be more to come...

Thanks for looking!

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Lon Overacker on January 20, 2016 at 1:21 AM

Alberto,

Thanks for the repost. This is what I was thinking. Interesting, I hadn't considered the "leg and foot" impression, but it makes sense now. So I agree, you now have two different versions. I think this works very well. And no worries on the moss, I think we've all experienced the brilliance of the moss when at it's peak.

Lon

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Comment posted by Roel Wijtmans on January 20, 2016 at 11:10 AM

The moss looks totally natural to me, they sure can look like that. This crops works a lot better for me! Now the burning issue I nagged about in the other comp is no longer an issue anymore as well. Nice!

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Comment posted by Dave Dillemuth on January 20, 2016 at 11:54 AM

Alberto,
Much prefer this crop version. I think it creates a much stronger comp. by focusing on the roots. Very nice!

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Comment posted by gary phillips on January 20, 2016 at 12:30 PM

I agree that you now have to different comps. Both are very nice, but I think I like this one cause the roots are where it's at. The moss looks very natural to me, although we don't see much of it here in the desert.

Registered on October 24, 2013, 185 Posts, 4136 Comments

Comment posted by Dietrich Gloger on January 20, 2016 at 3:03 PM

I prefer the other version - it does give the impression of legs and feet, while this is more about roots.
An interesting lesson in composition!

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on January 22, 2016 at 5:18 PM

Albert, Interesting seeing both versions of this now. The colors, textures and details here look great and I love the natural and earthy feel this has. For me the other version just seems to work a bit better overall but I do like this one as well.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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