Palm Tree Detail

Gallery: FloraPosted December 23, 2016176 views3 comments

I'm afraid palm trees are outside my area of expertise, having lived all my life in cooler climes. However, I liked the way the fronds grew off this one and spent a little while playing with it when I was in Florida this past March. Definitely not a classic "beautiful" floral subject, but I liked it nonetheless.

5DIII, EF100 f/2.8 macro, tripod and ballhead, f/16, 1/50, iso 1600, aperture priority, pattern metering, +1/3 EV. Processed in LR5 & CS6. Cropped to a 4x5 and just a touch off the left to remove a dark corner. Taken at 11:18 AM on March 26 at the Indigo Inn on Drayton Island (St. Johns River, FL).

Comments and criticisms are always appreciated.

Thanks,

Comments

3 comments

Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on December 24, 2016 at 7:41 AM

Hi Dennis,

You have some nice diagonal lines and textures in the image. Now, this type of image is suitable for some of Tony Kuyper's luminosity masks to bring out the subtle colors and bring up some additional detail in the shadows. I like this one and the image has a lot of potential.........................Jim

Registered on January 17, 2004, 705 Posts, 3594 Comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on December 24, 2016 at 9:01 AM

Neat and highly detailed abstract. The color and graininess are very true to life. The diagonal pattern is a good strong feature. I really have no nits, except to say living with palm trees is not much fun. The squirrels and roof rats live in them, and the trees can make an amazing amount of litter! crying

Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on December 26, 2016 at 2:57 PM

Dennis: Well seen and composed. Love the textures in the larger version especially. My only <1¢ nit/suggestion would be to make the lone dark "hair" extending down from the top edge in the center disappear. Fine photography.>=))>

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments