Standing strong

Gallery: LandscapePosted February 16, 2018885 views4 comments

This picture was taken on a trip to Zion national Park. Was it a sunny afternoon it is hiking we noticed a tree hanging onto the side of a cliff. It looked like it been through a lot but it was standing strong. I wanted to capture the rugged environment and highlight the tree that was hanging on beyond all odds.

Panasonic DMC-ZS19
ISO   200
FOCAL LENGTH   4.3 mm (25.0 mm in 35mm)
APERTURE   f/4
EXPOSURE TIME   0.00625s (1/160)

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on February 17, 2018 at 5:02 PM

I like the composition, Ry, but the light is just too harsh. I love the old snag and the reds in the rock. It is too bad the light was not doing you any favors.
--P

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on February 19, 2018 at 10:34 AM

I like the comp, but it looks likes some haloing was introduced during processing. Especially evident around the tree and left rock edge. For this kind of shot, I would think a single raw, maybe on the darker side of the histogram would allow you to process this without any severe need to create haloing. I would expect the tree to be darker anyway, so not sure you needed to brighten as much as you have done.

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Comment posted by Doug Koepsel on February 19, 2018 at 11:06 AM

Ry, nice strong diagonal scene and the dead tree against the sky is nice. I agree with Harry's comments about the halo.

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Comment posted by Igor Doncov on February 19, 2018 at 12:57 PM

The idea and the composition is good in this image. The exaggerated coloring of the rocks works for me and the rich texture is good, in fact, the best part of the image. I would not have dodged the tree but left it darker.

Registered on November 22, 2014, 189 Posts, 2733 Comments