Day's End

Gallery: LandscapePosted December 23, 20178,973 views7 comments

Thanks for your comments and observations on my last post. It was more well received than I thought it might be - so thanks, much appreciated.

Still on this Yosemite trip from early November with Kyle and Harley. It was nearing the end of our first day and it was also the first day after the clocks moved back an hour, so sunset came early. We headed over to Cook's meadow thinking there might be some nice light and drama around Half Dome. Well, that fizzled but we did get some color overhead and so I grabbed this silhouetted black oak.

Thanks for any comments.

Lon

And a Merry Christmas to everyone at NPN! Hope your holidays are wonderful and safe!

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on December 23, 2017 at 3:55 PM

I have some trees right near my drive way that I have been waiting to get this type of image. The orientation of the tree coming from the side instead of of from below is a little unconventional but I'm OK with that. Wonderful colors decorate the sky around it. Like the simplicity. Happy Holidays to you as well, and thank you for another great year of thoughtful and helpful critiques.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on December 23, 2017 at 6:31 PM

This works quite well. I wondered what you were doing over there. I got one from the medow I might post (shot while the guitar player was serenading away, weird times in Yosemite). No nits here, good showcase for a colorful sky.

Registered on November 19, 2003, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments

Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on December 24, 2017 at 8:51 AM

Lon, always good to find images that work well that are not site identifiable such as this image. Although as mentioned located in YNP this could be anywhere in the world...... laugh

The pastel colors make for an excellent backdrop and silhouette outline to the tree branch. The placement of the branch also makes the scene work...... cool

Only change for me is a really nit pick, but at the same time an easy change. It must be my half-ass gardening neatness maybe more then a photog item. But at the right edge at the bottom area there is just a small stem sticking in the from the border. Not sure why, but that was an immediate eye draw for me..... sad

btw: have a great holiday too...... devil

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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on December 24, 2017 at 12:45 PM

Certainly a different take on a Yosemite oak. I like pastel sky and the spidery branches. The cyan in the sky looks a little heavy--I would expect it to be a tad more blue. I also see the branch bit to which Paul refers. Nice image of a quiet Yosemite sunset.
--P

Registered on November 1, 2003, 471 Posts, 5188 Comments

Comment posted by gary phillips on December 25, 2017 at 4:16 PM

I really like this, Lon. If Paul had not pointed out the twig I probably would not have noticed it. That’s the only improvement that I can see. Merry Christmas, BTW, did you get my email?

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on December 25, 2017 at 8:20 PM

Thanks for the comments guys.

Good catch Paul on that little intruding stick. I should practice what I preach... border patrol!

Gary, NO, I did not get your email. I recently cleared out the spam folder and perhaps an NPN contact email was in there. I'm sending you one back if you want to resend.

Thanks again!

Registered on November 24, 2006, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on December 26, 2017 at 12:54 PM

Lon, a lovely, gentle end-of-the-day view. I could hanging this one for an immediate calming effect every time I looked at it.

Hope your Christmas was good and your New Year's is even better.

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