Ni

Gallery: LandscapePosted October 12, 20133,168 views27 comments

I stopped to shoot these Aspen during my fall trip this year because of the light coming through the forest on them. I was hoping it would convert well to black and white, and I think it translated in some degree to what I saw. It really revealed the textures of the trees, and the lines of the foreground trees spelled out N and i which, of course, is the symbol for Nickel so I tried to process it to emphasize that.

Large version included,

C&C always welcome, and thanks for looking,

Morris

Comments

27 comments

Comment posted by Hamed Musharbak on October 12, 2013 at 12:52 PM

nice closeup shot of the Aspen Morris

well done

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Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on October 12, 2013 at 1:35 PM

Well done Morris, I do be leave you accomplished what you were looking for, I like this alot. Beautiful work.
John

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on October 12, 2013 at 1:41 PM

A fabulous stack of Aspens!!!!!!!!

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Comment posted by Ian Cameron on October 12, 2013 at 1:57 PM

hmm Like this Morris, wish we had Aspens nearest to it for Scotland is silver birch but not as spectacularly clean I fear.

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Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on October 12, 2013 at 3:44 PM

Interesting concept and great eye to see this. Although the boles are bunched up together the interplay of light and shadow really works well to convey the depth of the scene. Very nice.

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Comment posted by Chet Dowell on October 12, 2013 at 4:01 PM

Well composed and exposed, Morris. Great subject for bw. Excellent.

Chet

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on October 12, 2013 at 4:19 PM

Well done, although there is more white and near white tones than I would like. Still, that is the subject, and this is an excellent b/w rendition.

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Comment posted by Kane Engelbert on October 12, 2013 at 5:14 PM

Beautiful photo of aspens Morris. The comp is top notch and I love the b&w application.

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Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on October 12, 2013 at 6:10 PM

DIG :)

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Comment posted by Grant Collier on October 12, 2013 at 6:57 PM

Really nice B&W!

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on October 12, 2013 at 7:40 PM

Very creative. Beautiful processing and a fascinating composition. I'm giving it three thumbs up!

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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on October 12, 2013 at 7:58 PM

Works for me. This is a nice group of trees. There's a small, dark branch in the background, near center that catches my eye for some reason, but that's minor--nicely done, Morris.

--P

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on October 12, 2013 at 8:32 PM

Morris, You made a wonderful image here! I think your processing worked wonderfully.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Nick Palmieri on October 12, 2013 at 9:38 PM

Sweet, simple image. Well done. Love it!

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on October 12, 2013 at 11:40 PM

Love this Morris. Exquisite B&W almost abstract in a way.

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Comment posted by John Mumaw on October 12, 2013 at 11:49 PM

This is just superb, Morris. The leaning aspens add so much character here, and b&w was the way to go. Not quite sure what 'nickel' processing entails, but whatever it is, it turned out perfectly. Eminently printable!

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on October 12, 2013 at 11:53 PM

"We are no longer the knights who say Ni! We are now the knights who say ekki-ekki-ekki-pitang-zoom-boing!"

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Comment posted by Jared Warren on October 13, 2013 at 1:46 AM

Nice eye and execution - and Stan said what I was thinking.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on October 13, 2013 at 8:59 AM

Real nice, Morris! I like the aspen bole study.

"We are no longer the knights who say Ni! We are now the knights who say ekki-ekki-ekki-pitang-zoom-boing!"

Say what???????

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on October 13, 2013 at 10:12 AM

Thanks for the comments everyone.

Harley, it refers to the movie "Monty Python and The Holy Grail." One of the skits in the movie was about knights who say Ni!

I was wondering who would come up with that reference first from my symbol for nickel. Of course it was Stan.

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Comment posted by Bill Reid on October 13, 2013 at 11:05 AM

Simple with wonderful detail and I like the processing and comp. Morris. Very nice image.

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Comment posted by Peter Nievaart on October 13, 2013 at 1:18 PM

I also like it. Nice texture and lines.

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Comment posted by Zack Clothier on October 14, 2013 at 11:37 AM

Fine presentation, Morris. The black and white conversion looks perfect. This will look great printed large!

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Comment posted by Karsten Wrobel on October 14, 2013 at 12:11 PM

wonderful B&W... the textures of the bark are superb

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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on October 14, 2013 at 3:25 PM

Great collection of aspen tree trunks, Morris. The B&W is the perfect look on this scene.

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on October 14, 2013 at 10:17 PM

Fantastic, Morris. The graphic appeal / design / composition /tonality/ everything, of your image makes this a grand slam. Exquisite work.

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Comment posted by Todd Caudle on October 14, 2013 at 10:28 PM

That's fantastic, Morris!

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