Leafy Abstract II

Gallery: FloraPosted February 6, 2016123 views9 comments

A different section of the same tree as last time. I tried rotating this to a horizontal to take advantage of the shape of our monitors, but it just doesn't look right to me. What ever happened to those monitors that you could rotate, anyhow?

As a side note, if you ever get to Oahu, this little park is worth a visit. The light was wrong to photograph it, but under this tree they had taken a large branch that had been pruned at some time and was shaped such that three points touched the ground. Someone had lovingly finished it to form an exquisite bench about 30 feet long with several different seating areas.

5D3, 28-70 mm f/2.8 L @ 68 mm, hand held, f/16, 1/80, iso 640, aperture priority, pattern metering. Processed in LR5 & CS6. Full frame. After my last post, I went back and burned a couple of bright spots a bit.

Thanks for looking and commenting-I really appreciate your feedback.

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on February 6, 2016 at 11:44 PM

Dennis: Hard for me to choose between this and the first. The thick trunk in the LLC is the only part that I have some question about. Again, viewing the larger version is a must. Well done.>=))>

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Comment posted by Roel Wijtmans on February 7, 2016 at 5:09 AM

Very interesting to see those trees separated so uniformly. I like this one, but the tree in the LLC is a bit distracting, so I think I prefer your previous version over this one. Thanks for sharing this phenomenon!

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Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on February 7, 2016 at 8:01 AM

Much prefer the horizontal version. As said, the trunk makes the left side heavy and also the open spaces of the blue sky competes with the design of the branches (at least in the thumbnail... not so much in the large version). Regardless, quite a impressive tree, both in size and flow of the branches.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on February 7, 2016 at 2:47 PM

I'll join the majority—horizontal for me. One thing I do like about this over the other is the clearly defined space between crowns, illustrating the competition for sunlight. cool

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Comment posted by Pete Bengeyfield on February 7, 2016 at 3:41 PM

This reminds me of one of those puzzles where you have to trace you way through the maze without reaching a dead end. Well seen.

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Comment posted by Nathan Buck on February 8, 2016 at 1:45 PM

Now THAT is cool, Dennis! Wonderfully seen. I love the abstract qualities of the shot.

Nathan

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Comment posted by scott lanz on February 8, 2016 at 6:30 PM

I prefer this version, Dennis, except for that darn tree trunk. surprise

Very cool nonetheless.

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Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on February 8, 2016 at 8:40 PM

Very nice abstract! I prefer this version. I like the blue lines of sky between the sections of the tree.

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Comment posted by Mark James Ford on February 9, 2016 at 2:36 PM

Hi Dennis, I prefer this shot as well - not easy to get a 'trunk free' shot I am sure. and the complete blue 'distorted oval' is of course the main attraction in the composition. Not sure whether a 16:9 vertical cut would help here but otherwise i would be tempted to move the 'oval' to the left with a cut bottom and left (which would reduce the trunk significantly) There is enough 'weight' from the dark tree on the right then to counterbalance the composition ... worth a thought anyway ...
Cheers, Mark

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