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Wall of trees.

by Ronald Murphy

Gallery: LandscapePosted September 9, 20172,353 views7 comments
New growth in the destruction zone near Mount St. Helens. Hazy conditions due to the wildfires. Very little light.

Raw file processed in LRCC. TK resize/sharpening for web.
Canon 80D, 1/25 s, f/5.6, ISO 800, EF 24-105mm f/4 @ 60 mm, CPL. 

Please view the large image! 

Seeking any and all advice and comments. Thanks in advance. 
 

Comments

7 comments
Comment posted by Ryan Kimball on September 10, 2017 at 11:51 AM
The darker moss covered trees help balance this image well against the lighter bark on the background trees. A very small nit but I would have taken out the small yellow leaf in the upper left as it is slightly distracting to the overall cool greeness of the photo.
Registered on August 14, 2017, 11 Posts, 34 Comments
Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on September 10, 2017 at 1:56 PM
A nice scene of re-birth. The detail is excellent. I agree with Ryan about cloning that yellow leaf. There is a lot of nice texture, here, Ronald.
--P
Registered on November 1, 2003, 471 Posts, 5188 Comments
Comment posted by Lon Overacker on September 10, 2017 at 11:45 PM
Ronald,

Similar to Harley's image next door in that you've got a very nice, and compact, arrangement of tree trunks here.  As mentioned the trunks upfront with more moss than the others stand out a little more helping to anchor an otherwise chaotic scene (these are always so difficult to pull off.)

I think your processing is excellent here.  There is a hint of blues, but given you description of "very little light" I think the colors are right on.

Definitely agree on the yellow leaf. I think you could easily crop in from the left as well.  The only suggestion I have would be to somehow make those two main trunks stand out a little more to separate them from the rest of the trees.  I suppose you could boost the brightness/contrast in addition to some added saturation to those forward trees.  At the same time doing the opposite to the rest of the trees.  We're talking minor tweaks, but could have a bigger change to the impact of the image.

I think though as presented you've done a great job condensing a chaotic forest scene of tree trunks in to a cohesive intimate forest image.

Lon
Registered on November 24, 2006, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments
Comment posted by Mark Seaver on September 11, 2017 at 9:17 AM
The low light lets the details show up very well here, Ronald.  This is an interesting, abstract view of quite the collection of trees.  Nicely seen.
Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments
Comment posted by Harley Goldman on September 11, 2017 at 10:04 AM
Nice collection of trees. I might prefer to see the blues dialed back quite a ways, but that is very much a personal preference. And I agree about the yellow leaf suggestions. 
Registered on November 19, 2003, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments
Comment posted by John Williams on September 11, 2017 at 12:56 PM
The even lighting gives this an abstract quality. I'd be interested to compare with a shot with very late or early light trickling into the scene, but it's amazing how much the smoke cuts the light; nice job using what was available.
Registered on September 6, 2007, 221 Posts, 5985 Comments
Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on September 11, 2017 at 4:50 PM
This is very nice, Ronald. Seems to have a bit of a "fuzzy' look to it from all the tree moss clinging to the sides. The blue is slightly strong but at the same time it makes a really neat image and would make a nice print as is......laugh
Registered on February 25, 2006, 525 Posts, 8448 Comments