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Oak Opening Silhouette
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Oak Opening Silhouette

by Dwight Folts

Category: Earth, Sea & SkyAdded January 16, 2008200 views

Trees, Clouds

Keywords: oak opening, Geneseo, dark, foreboding

Taken near Geneseo, NY. This oak is within a remnant of an “Oak Opening” once maintained by Native Americans. When settlers arrived the Oaks were left standing in what became tilled fields or pasture.
Used Photoshop Elements to convert to B&W and layering using exclusion to get the backlit effect.
Image Crop: Greater than 75% of originalDigital Enhancement: Digital RetouchModel Release: NAProperty Release: NoCaptive: NA