Cypress Stand

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 11, 2012268 views12 comments

From Lake Martin last weekend. Lately it has been fairly mild down here, and although the cypress have lost their foliage, there was a fair bit of greenery to be found in the swamp. The bottom was rather messy so I cropped it out.

E-5 ZD50-200 @88, 1/8 f8

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12 comments

Comment posted by Verdon on January 11, 2012 at 6:15 PM

believe or not, last night I had a dream that I was taking picture of the swamps with those beautiful looking trees, to bad it was just a dream, but for shore I am enjoying your shot as well like my last night dreaming.... Thank you for sharing!

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Comment posted by Jean Day on January 11, 2012 at 7:04 PM

Nice separation of these trees to the background. Wonderful light and textures.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on January 11, 2012 at 7:40 PM

I like the light on this impressive stand of trees. Personally, I'd crop the very top to eliminate some or most of the sky in the ULC.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on January 11, 2012 at 7:47 PM

Beautiful job on these wonderful trees. I like your chosen composition with the bit of green in the fg.

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Comment posted by Dan Baumbach on January 11, 2012 at 8:07 PM

Nice tree portrait. No nits from me.

- Dan

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on January 11, 2012 at 10:55 PM

Nice light and excellent fine details here. I agree about the light upper left corner, but I don't like what hapens to the frame when you cut it off. I think I'd just leave it as is.

Chris

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Comment posted by Marc Adamus on January 12, 2012 at 10:09 AM

Pretty lighting there, Bill. I'd be mighty tempted to crop that upper left corner of sky as to focus the eye on the light and trunks a little more. I like the green grasses as a nice contrast.

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Comment posted by Ned Fenimore on January 12, 2012 at 12:10 PM

Some crazy looking trees! I like the light on them..

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on January 12, 2012 at 5:37 PM

Nice light and interesting trees. I am with Chris. While the bright ULC is not ideal, I don't like the comp as much cropped.

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Comment posted by Rick Goldwasser on January 13, 2012 at 12:07 AM

Love the light and texture on the trunks, I think I might favor a little crop off the top too - very nice work!

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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on January 13, 2012 at 3:00 PM

Appreciate the input, gang. Will have to go with the majority and try some different crops from top and left. Thanks again.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on January 13, 2012 at 11:30 PM

This is absolutely gorgeous, Bill. The warm highlights and the graphic trunks go together perfectly. Glad I didn't miss this one.

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