Trees #1

Gallery: LandscapePosted March 25, 20181,842 views10 comments

This was taken back in February, and is the first of several images of these trees. I was standing on a snow berm along a gravel road to take this. As you can see, snow is plastered to the sides of the trees. The flat light and white sky gave an unusual feel to this.
The bushes in the foreground that look like they are cut off are small trees that have been browsed by moose.
There was so much detail in this that I had to make the image a little smaller, and then save it as a jpeg at about 80 quality, so I hope it has not lost too much.

Comments and suggestions appreciated.

Fuji X-t1, 18-135 lens at 40 mm
ISO 800, 1/60 sec, F20

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Marjie Jones on March 26, 2018 at 2:20 PM

I like this! The snow lining makes each individual tree stand out beautifully. The larger image shows it best.

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Comment posted by Doug Koepsel on March 26, 2018 at 2:29 PM

The tan grass is nice among the trunk bases, as is the plastered snow that gives contrast and definition to the trees. Too bad that the loss of detail at the required image size robs the image's beauty.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on March 26, 2018 at 3:32 PM

Genny, This is really nice work! I love scenes like this and even more so in the winter. Wonderful work capturing the special look and feel of these woods. Beautiful. cool

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI.

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Comment posted by Ed McGuirk on March 26, 2018 at 3:52 PM

Genny, I like the way the snow accentuates the base of the trees and makes them stand out. I also like the spacing of the trees here. It's not always easy to get a pleasing arrangements of trees in a scene like this, but you have succeeded.I like the cold somber, mood created in this image. Look forward to seeing your other takes on this location.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on March 27, 2018 at 10:11 AM

There's a wonderful amount of detail in this, Genny, that the flat light really shows off well. Clearly this is an image that gets better as it's viewed larger. The subtle bit of color from the grasses and through the trees are a great addition.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on March 28, 2018 at 11:05 AM

This is excellent, Genny. I love the snow covered trees and the snow and bushes provide a fine lead-in. Great work.

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Comment posted by John Williams on March 28, 2018 at 1:10 PM

There's a lot of beauty in that chaos. This would make a nice BW too.

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Comment posted by Peter Richter on March 29, 2018 at 12:17 PM

Genny, this is an excellent artistic presentation of the scene to me. The repetitive pattern of the trunks together with the almost hidden diagonals keeps my attention. I also enjoy the subtlety of the details a lot. A very sensitive way to see!

Peter

PS: one minor technical note - I think there is a tiny white stripe in the upper right corner that might be a bug due to cropping.

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Comment posted by Genny K. on March 29, 2018 at 2:56 PM

Thanks for the comments, everyone. I liked this better with all the original detail, but it was twice as big as allowed.
Peter: sharp eye! Yes, I had straightened it, and that bit of white showed up when I cropped it. Good catch; I will be sure and watch for that.

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Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on March 29, 2018 at 10:12 PM

I find these kind of scenes to be very difficult to compose, but you have done really well here. The foreground vegetation compliments the strong vertical lines of the trees and helps to add some rhythmic structure to an otherwise chaotic scene.

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