Majestic Cottonwood

Gallery: LandscapePosted March 5, 2013113 views4 comments

Ran across this from a trip January of 2012 to Fort Davis and Marfa Texas. The very area had suffered a wildfire five months earlier in 2011 and another one this past summer of 2012.

Sony a 700
70-400 G Series f4-5.6 zoom @ 150mm
ISO 400
f 6.7
1/200 sec
PS5
LR4 raw
tripod

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on March 5, 2013 at 5:30 PM

Really shows the barren cottonwood and wildfire ravaged landscape well Rick.
This cottonwood's not so 'majestic' at the moment.. But then there's the spring

Your LP's not an 'LP' BTW

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Comment posted by Eirini Pajak on March 6, 2013 at 7:02 AM

What a gorgeous tree! It manages to give beauty to the scalded landscape!

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on March 6, 2013 at 10:38 AM

That's a beast of a tree. Howard's right, the large version is the same size as this one. Yeah, I've done that before, too.

I do hope you go back for Spring in this area. With any moisture it will be vibrant with greens I bet.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on March 6, 2013 at 7:30 PM

I like this Rick. I think you did a nice job with your comp and I just enjoy the looks of this Cottonwood. Yes, the larger version is about the same size but it looks much better to me. Maybe less compression and sharper I guess.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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