Shack & Trees

the bg tree does standout nicely and seems quite protective of the old shed.

This is very nice, Dan. The large version really makes this scene work! Some wonderful detail in the old barn and I agree, those bg trees really get your attention! Nice work!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

Love those trees covered in moss! Reminds me of the Smokies! I wonder what a B&W treatment would look like?

I haven't been around for a long time, over a year, but looking over the photos in my favorite topic, this one stands out. Very nice. I like the lichens, of course, but the building treatment is superb. I enjoyed your comment "might not be straight". I have this problem all the time with old buildings, the field is definitely square but many of these old buildings always seem to lean in crazy ways, and I think we just have to learn to enjoy having these subjects mess with our sense of proportion and horizon. This is very inviting.

Kat

This is a lovely photo-story about the way nature, in the form of those trees, is somehow recapturing the old shack. Thus you're quite right to have good DOF rather than having tried to highlight the shack only. Your title for the photo is spot-on. My only slight quibble: How would it look if you were to clone out the dark shrubbery in the bottom right? I'm ambivalent about it: on the one hand my eye is drawn to it and thus I find it a tad distracting; on the other hand, it is balanced by a similar clump on the right side just below the shack, which tends to mitigate the effect. Oh! The contgrast in texture between the shack and the trees is another plus.