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Weyerhaeuser Tree Farm

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted January 18, 2017244 views6 comments

This is actually from a bit over two years ago. I posted another version of this in Man and Nature in November of 2015, but I thought it was appropriate for this challenge. The tree farm is at the end of our little gravel road and 100 yards left, so it's pretty accessible. In cold weather they turn on the sprinkler system and cover the seedlings with ice to prevent them from being too badly frost bitten. For this image I went out at first light (not that early in November around here). It's amazing how thick they'll let it build up.

5D3, 28-70 f2.8 L at 70mm, tripod and cable release, f/7.1, 1/160, iso 400, aperture priority, pattern metering, +2/3 stop compensation. Processed in LR5 & CS6. Slight rotation for straightening and cropped from hte bottom as when I first posted it some of the comments mentioned that the foreground didn't add anything to the image. Taken November 17, 2014 at 7:32 am (sunrise is theoretically about 7:15 here at that time of year, but it has to get over the Cascade Mountains).

I look forward to your comments and criticisms.

Thanks,

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on January 18, 2017 at 9:39 PM

Have a natural ice coating outside my window, but no where near the thickness of the ice here. Great image that fits the theme well.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on January 18, 2017 at 10:02 PM

That's a ton of ice in the foreground, Dennis, with the reason behind it shown well in the middle distance. The touch of warmth as the sun touches the trees makes a fine contrast to the chilly foreground.

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Comment posted by John Tobias on January 19, 2017 at 12:52 PM

Very interesting image. I like the contrast between the ice covered trees in the FG and the trees in the BG. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Ed Williams on January 21, 2017 at 2:51 AM

Dennis this is really interesting. Amazing it doesn't just wipe the small plants out, but we do the same thing with the citrus here in California when it gets too cold. Hard to believe it actually insulates them from some of the damage. Love the nice warmth showing in the BG against the chilly coldness of the foreground.

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Comment posted by David Schoen on January 21, 2017 at 6:43 PM

I like the colors and the panoramic composition on this one. It really goes from very cold looking to warm looking in the background. Nicely done.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on January 30, 2017 at 1:03 AM

Wonderful scene - the ice looks almost like Photo art.
congrats on a fine WP!
Sandy

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