Wall of trees.
by Ronald Murphy
New growth in the destruction zone near Mount St. Helens. Hazy conditions due to the wildfires. Very little light.
Raw file processed in LRCC. TK resize/sharpening for web.
Canon 80D, 1/25 s, f/5.6, ISO 800, EF 24-105mm f/4 @ 60 mm, CPL.
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Seeking any and all advice and comments. Thanks in advance.
Comments
7 comments--P
Similar to Harley's image next door in that you've got a very nice, and compact, arrangement of tree trunks here. As mentioned the trunks upfront with more moss than the others stand out a little more helping to anchor an otherwise chaotic scene (these are always so difficult to pull off.)
I think your processing is excellent here. There is a hint of blues, but given you description of "very little light" I think the colors are right on.
Definitely agree on the yellow leaf. I think you could easily crop in from the left as well. The only suggestion I have would be to somehow make those two main trunks stand out a little more to separate them from the rest of the trees. I suppose you could boost the brightness/contrast in addition to some added saturation to those forward trees. At the same time doing the opposite to the rest of the trees. We're talking minor tweaks, but could have a bigger change to the impact of the image.
I think though as presented you've done a great job condensing a chaotic forest scene of tree trunks in to a cohesive intimate forest image.
Lon