Early Spring

Gallery: LandscapePosted February 27, 2011293 views20 comments

From yesterday morning,,,,,the buds are starting to open.

5D, 70-200L

David
South Louisiana

Comments

20 comments

Comment posted by Peter Richter on February 27, 2011 at 8:58 AM

David, the delicate buds are interestingly contrasting the mighty trunks. I could imagine cropping the water at the bottom to offer a more abstract and graphic composition. On the other hand, I like how these trees are emerging from the water. A pleasant shot!

Peter

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Comment posted by Mitch Erwin on February 27, 2011 at 9:55 AM

A great intimate view here! I love the earthy colors in this to! Another well done cypress photograph David

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on February 27, 2011 at 10:21 AM

I like this intimate view of this buds.

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Comment posted by mark cillo on February 27, 2011 at 10:38 AM

Great capture! I wish it was starting to bud here in MO

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Comment posted by Michael Dreese on February 27, 2011 at 10:47 AM

Beautiful textures, has a magical quality to it!

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on February 27, 2011 at 11:10 AM

Very nice composition. I like the pink in the trunks and it contrasts nicely with the few green branchs.

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on February 27, 2011 at 11:45 AM

Great colors and composition David. I've been canoe shopping this past week, hoping to get my own cypress images. Well done.
Bob

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Comment posted by Mark Pelton on February 27, 2011 at 12:15 PM

Very nice, David. I'm amazed that you already have new spring growth. You are deep south.

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Comment posted by Dan Baumbach on February 27, 2011 at 12:35 PM

I particularly like the large version. The colors and lines make this work as an abstract.

- Dan.

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Comment posted by Floris van Breugel on February 27, 2011 at 1:43 PM

This is wonderful, David! I love these more intimate compositions of the mossy trees. The green buds add a great little accent. I do see Peter's point about the water - I often think about how these comps would look without the water, but in the end, I think I prefer having it in the image for context's sake.

Love that 'tiger stripe' on the tree!

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on February 27, 2011 at 2:51 PM

Wonderful color in the trunk and beautiful intimate scene David. I also like the coppery reflection and elegent detail in the moss especially in the large view.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on February 27, 2011 at 4:35 PM

Fascinating, David. I like the focused comp with elements that work very well together.

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Comment posted by Andrew Morrill on February 27, 2011 at 5:05 PM

I really enjoy the array of subtle colors in this. Larger version looks great.

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Comment posted by Tom Haxby on February 27, 2011 at 6:11 PM

Beautiful colors especially in the trunk. The reflection is a good lead in to the rest of the image too. Hard to fathom spring, it is still another 8 weeks until we see leaf buds in the north country.

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on February 27, 2011 at 8:25 PM

Stunning image, David. The brilliant green leaves against that brown moss speaks of spring so very well, and your phenomenal composition with the wonderful forms of the trees and the beautiful light makes this simply amazing.

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on February 27, 2011 at 11:11 PM

You sure build some great comps, and capture amazing details. I always like the chocolatey brown water too!

Chris

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Comment posted by Jay Patel on February 28, 2011 at 8:05 AM

Very nice light and wonderful textures.

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Comment posted by Gary Crabbe on February 28, 2011 at 9:50 PM

I'll bet the fine detail in a large print would look great. It's a wonderful shot. I hate to admit, I like it equally as well with the green buds cropped out.

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Comment posted by Jimmy Gekas on March 1, 2011 at 3:52 PM

Nice, nice, nice! Gotta love those colors in the trunks!

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on March 2, 2011 at 12:11 AM

As with all of your images, perfect light, perfect sharpness, perfect comp.

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