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Signed Sculpture WC#564

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted December 12, 201250 views9 comments

hehe....I found myself responding to several of the B&W images and then realized they are part of Weekly Challenge 564. So this is one I took during a club outing at Danada Forest Preserve in DuPage County, Illinois, USA, end of September.

When I saw this remnant of a tree trunk, it looked like a sculpture to me, and I realized that the trees were the artist, so I tried to put them in the frame in the area typically reserved for the artist's signature.

Pentax K-5, Tamron 17-50 at 40mm, 100 ISO and 1/60s. Intended to become B&W from the intention before pressing the shutter release.

Just something I have, but I wanted to post something to participate in this wonderful set of challenge images which I find so attractive.

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on December 12, 2012 at 7:57 PM

Nice find! Great character shown via the shapes and textures in the wood. I like the hidden story told by its age and shapes.

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Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on December 12, 2012 at 8:26 PM

Tree trunks with all their great texture can be a wonderful B&W subject as your photo illustrates. This tree does have an interesting shape and looks like it also has lots of interesting texture and shadings. A larger version would be helpful to see all that amazing detail better. I was going to suggest cloning out the trees in the bottom right but then. . .pardon me!. . . I saw that that was the trees' "signature"!

Interesting idea, John.

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Comment posted by John Clulow on December 12, 2012 at 8:35 PM

Thank you Patricia, I probably have the RAW file somewhere, but we'll skip it for purposes of this WC deal, and Carolyn, consider yourself pardoned; which is germane to the more general issue of how we interpret images incorporating the intentions of the image maker, isn't it?

But because I said it and you listened, you receive a pardon, my friend

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Comment posted by Lucy VanSwearingen on December 12, 2012 at 9:43 PM

I like the idea....and the shape

Maybe a bit of burning here and there to bring out the texture a bit more. Lots of potential here

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on December 13, 2012 at 9:25 AM

A lot of interesting detail here. A larger image would show this to better advantage, as well as making critiquing easier and more definitive. As is, I like it, but it seems over sharpened.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on December 13, 2012 at 7:00 PM

John, I like your comp which shows off this old tree trunk very well. Looks like you have some wonderful texture and detail here. Maybe just a bit oversharpened but I like it.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on December 13, 2012 at 11:18 PM

Good centered comp to show off the interesting shape, and the textures work well in this light.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on December 14, 2012 at 8:36 AM

What a neat stump. The weathered wood is perfect for a b&w subject.

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Comment posted by John Clulow on December 15, 2012 at 12:09 PM

Thank you, Lucy, Phil, John, Wayne, and Mark for looking and commenting. I particularly like the alliteration in Mark's "weathered wood" description. I should have called it that.

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