Along Eagle Creek Trail

Gallery: LandscapePosted December 15, 2012142 views8 comments

Well known oak grove along Eagle Creek Canyon trail, Columbia River Gorge. Happened to catch the light 2 early springs ago on my way back from a successful visit to Punch Bowl Falls. Completely forgot about this and just found it again.

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Comment posted by Julian Barkway on December 15, 2012 at 8:00 AM

Great tree portrait! I particularly like how you've isolated the tree against the dark BG...

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Comment posted by Gary Reed on December 15, 2012 at 8:25 AM

Love the purple field in the foreground and tree isolation.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on December 15, 2012 at 9:53 AM

What a wonderful tree, lots of character. The field of flowers is a nice lead in. Great image.

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Comment posted by Michael Cothran on December 15, 2012 at 10:31 AM

What makes this image for me is the brilliance of the tree standing in front of the shaded background. The foreground of wildflowers gives a good foundation.

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Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on December 15, 2012 at 12:08 PM

I like how you have used the high contrast here to isolate the tree against the dark background. With more detail in the background the tree would not stand out very well. You definitely made the most out of the difficult lighting here.

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Comment posted by Navin Sarma on December 15, 2012 at 12:24 PM

great light daniel! love the stark dark background. this image is amazing viewed large.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on December 15, 2012 at 1:43 PM

Daniel,

The field of grass and flowers is sure bright, but I'm really enjoying that contrast between this and the dark background. The lovely and beautifully lit tree just seems to bring the two contrasts together. Excellent image and nicely processed.

Lon

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Comment posted by Joel Hazelton on December 15, 2012 at 9:32 PM

Absolutely gorgeous! As others have said, the way you isolated the tree against the background is awesome. The purple flowers are icing on the cake.

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