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by Ronald Murphy

Gallery: LandscapePosted September 26, 2014149 views4 comments
Seward Park, Seattle, WA

Seward Park is adjacent to the city of Seattle and boasts "old growth" forests (although only about 250 years old). Some trees are quite large, and I find conveying tree size difficult in a photo. This is one attempt.

Raw file processed in LR5, with TK resize/sharpening for web.
Canon T3i, 0.8 s, f/8, ISO 400, EF 24-105 mm @ 50 mm, CPL

Please view the large image!

Seeking any and all advice and comments. Thanks in advance.

Comments

4 comments
Comment posted by gary phillips on September 26, 2014 at 11:52 AM
I like the detail in the fore tree and it is an interesting comp. I think I would clone the two bright spots in the upper center as they interrupt the clean line of the back tree. I also might slightly lighten the triangle of foliage to provide definition between the two trees.
Registered on October 24, 2013, 185 Posts, 4136 Comments
Comment posted by Mark Seaver on September 26, 2014 at 12:20 PM
Don't know that this conveys a sense of size, Ronald, but it sure is a fine look at the bark details in the front tree with the rear tree showing that this is a forest, not a single tree.
Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments
Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on September 26, 2014 at 7:02 PM
I really like all the nice detail and color in the main subject. My only nits are the white area in the background tree and the two spots of light in the vee: both really draws my eye. I like the reddish hues in contrast with the greens.

--P
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Comment posted by Mike Ramy on October 6, 2014 at 11:25 PM
Hey Ronald,
Well seen and captured, you managed to show the age of these trees very well and the details in the subject tree are very nice. I agree that you have not conveyed the size aspect as you had hoped, that is always hard to do without inclusion of some sort of reference point or object for comparison.
Registered on June 16, 2012, 567 Posts, 2809 Comments