Took this during the last snowfall near my home. The snow was still drifting down lightly at the time. The hundreds of pine cones at the top of one pine caught my eye and were enhanced by the light covering of fresh snow. The more I view this the more I think I like it. Probably doesn't stand alone, but I can visualize it in a portfolio of others.
I'm liking the concept, Ken. And I think it could stand alone, but would benefit from being posted at the full 720px in order to enjoy the details that are critical to making this scene work. Doing that might also make the cones on the middle-ground pine (near right) more conspicuous, creating a stronger connection between the foreground tree and the rest of the scene.
Overall very nice!
Posted by Todd Caudle on March 31, 2007 at 4:51 PM
Not what I expected from your title, so a pleasant surprise! ("Snow ON pinecones"?) Nice image.
I could see this image going in either of two different directions:
1) emphasizing the separation of the cone-laden tree from the BG trees by, for example, reducing the BG contrast a bit (a technique well within the bounds of traditional photographic practice, IMO).
2) striving for a "pressed landscape" look a la Eliot Porter (see "Shad Bushes" on this page http://pretty-serendipities.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_pretty-serendipities_archive.html for an example), where the BG and subject are of equal sharpness and contrast, to flatten the image and produce a kind of "find the hidden objects" effect. This image may already be there if reproduced larger and sharper as Rick suggests.
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3 repliesTaken with 5D and 100-400 at around 250mm.
Ken
Overall very nice!
1) emphasizing the separation of the cone-laden tree from the BG trees by, for example, reducing the BG contrast a bit (a technique well within the bounds of traditional photographic practice, IMO).
2) striving for a "pressed landscape" look a la Eliot Porter (see "Shad Bushes" on this page http://pretty-serendipities.blogspot.com/2004_01_01_pretty-serendipities_archive.html for an example), where the BG and subject are of equal sharpness and contrast, to flatten the image and produce a kind of "find the hidden objects" effect. This image may already be there if reproduced larger and sharper as Rick suggests.