Old Cottonwoods

Gallery: Photo ArtPosted November 11, 2010124 views10 comments

I was playing with this image of dead cottonwoods in the Missouri River bottom. Just for fun, Comments good and bad welcomed.

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Comment posted by denise ippolito on November 11, 2010 at 2:46 PM

I like the moody feel to this. The colors are lovely.

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Comment posted by David W. Kelly on November 11, 2010 at 4:09 PM

I like it Dan. It looks like you ran a simplify plug in on it. It has a very painterly quality to it. The larger version really shows off the beauty of this image. Well done.

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Comment posted by Phil Pogledich on November 11, 2010 at 7:32 PM

This is very elegant and painterly . . . I have to look for a second before realizing it's not a "straight" shot. I particularly like the old trees as a subject.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on November 11, 2010 at 7:42 PM

Absolutely feels and looks like a painting!

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Comment posted by scott lanz on November 11, 2010 at 8:31 PM

Need to look at the larger image to really appreciate this. Looks like a beautiful watercolor painting. Would be interested in knowing how you did this (hint, hint).

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Comment posted by Dan Harbour on November 11, 2010 at 9:07 PM

Thanks for all the great comments. Scott, I am not really sure how I did this (honest). I had this bland photo which for some reason caught my interest. I did use Topaz simplify, and Tony Kuyper's basic midtones with reverse Z curve, some saturation and some additional sharpening in photoshop. But I was just playing around and suddenly It kind of popped out and I liked it. So I saved the file and posted here on impulse.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on November 12, 2010 at 3:19 PM

Thanks, Dan. Your workflow sounds a little like mine - I fool around until I get something I like, and then I am unable to recreate what the heck I did.

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Comment posted by Brigitte Lorenz on November 13, 2010 at 11:52 AM

looks like a painting...wonderful mood and colors

Brigitte

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Comment posted by Bruce King on November 14, 2010 at 12:01 PM

Very cool Dan.

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Comment posted by Larry Lynch on November 15, 2010 at 9:11 AM

Love the mood and textures you captured here. Beautifully done.

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