The forest has eyes

Gallery: LandscapePosted November 24, 2012201 views9 comments

This reminded me a bit of a Greenland whale, which also has green patches on its head sometimes. But this was a dead tree, lying in just the right angle for this picture.

Klampenborg nature reserve, Sweden, november 2012. 100 mm, 3 sec, f/25 (effective aperture), iso 200.

Roel

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9 comments

Comment posted by Evan Olson on November 24, 2012 at 8:26 AM

nice photo, I like how the tree resembles an animal. pretty cool!

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Comment posted by John Clulow on November 24, 2012 at 9:05 AM

It's true that our eyes see eyes in the forest. Excellent eye on your part in this regard.
Beyond that, I love the contrast in the apparent fluidity of the lines in this against our knowledge that it is hard wood and the horizontal and vertical contrasts, and how, if the mind anthropomorphizes this, perhaps in the reptilian part of the brain, then the little lichens and mosses are like adornments for this fallen dinosaur, in its prime long before our birth.

And if that were true, what would it be thinking at this moment of our viewing, I wonder? What wisdom would it wish to tell? Could it be the admonition not to think too short-term?

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Comment posted by Nick Palmieri on November 24, 2012 at 9:21 AM

You certainly captured something interesting. I love the detail in the "whale".

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Comment posted by David Chauvin on November 24, 2012 at 2:23 PM

There is always something watching in the forest. It seems a bit reptilian to me, but I'm always seeing gators.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on November 24, 2012 at 3:14 PM

Great to see this and craft a nice image, telling a good nature story I think; right down to the lichen on the forehead! I think you could play around with the color balance and exposure - dropping some off the highlights. Maybe even toss in some additional blur in the bg to separate the head and eye even more from the background - but a minor suggestions.

Good catch, well seen and photographed.

Lon

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Comment posted by Chad Merrell on November 24, 2012 at 3:39 PM

I like this. I would blurr/darken the background a little and crop off about 1/4-1/3 of the top. Love the texture of the lock and moss.

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Comment posted by Jim Greenwood on November 24, 2012 at 6:12 PM

This is a wonderful example of nature imitating nature. It's a great find, and nicely composed.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on November 24, 2012 at 8:06 PM

This is a cool shot! Interesting what you can find in nature.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Roel Wijtmans on November 25, 2012 at 2:43 AM

Thanks for the comments everybody, always interesting to hear other opinions!

Lon and Chad, I played around with your suggestions, and came up with this one. I changed the exposure a bit, and blended the original picture with an identical one which was shot with a larger aperture. The problem with that one was that the lichens started to blur a bit, so therefore I originally took the one with the smaller aperture. I also tried cropping from the top, but that made it a bit too tight to my taste. But I'm a pretty claustrophobic person, hehe.

Roel

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