skipc wrote:
the elements are strong enough, the toning is a distraction. best...skip
Hmmm, interesting you should say that. I was wanting to highlight the elements, the tree and thorns, and differentiate them from the background with the toning..
Thanks for the comment, that's why I put both up there to see what the reaction would be.
the strong form of the thorns differentiates them from the background, as well the line of the trunk and branch filigree. (i wish you would have removed that bit of debris : ) best...skip
fredv wrote:
ouch... not a tree for climbing but a great subject for a photo. I thing I like the first one best.... very cool dude
Thanks Fred. This one is in the field next to my house and I've done pictures of it before, but I know of another one I need to spend some time with that makes this one look pretty tame.
Cool looking tree, though involuntarily my hands pulled back from the keyboard just to make sure I didn't get stuck by those thorns!
I like the first one better too. I like your reasoning for the second, but if you could do the focusing by changing the light rather then the tone, that might be the ticket...
Cool looking tree, though involuntarily my hands pulled back from the keyboard just to make sure I didn't get stuck by those thorns!
I like the first one better too. I like your reasoning for the second, but if you could do the focusing by changing the light rather then the tone, that might be the ticket...
Jim
Thanks Jim, I'm still stuck between these two (no pun intended). It is a facinating tree..
I like the 'scratchy' feel all the tree limbs in the background contribute, I intentionally picked a time when I knew the sky and tree limbs in the background would end up overexposed to make the thorn tree standout. I was also thinking about going out after dark and light the tree up with a strobe or two just to blacken out the background completely and isolate the tree totally to see what that looks like too..
