Strangled

Well, as we were photographing those beautiful aspens at Aerie Crag a few weeks ago at the CANP gathering, I started to notice the blues that were showing up in the sage. They made for a good balance against the yellow trees, but I happened to look down and my imagination was captured by this twisted sage. I wanted to photograph it without balancing the blue color and so I did and with Provia's inherent cyan cast I got this intense blue photo which worked real well in my favor when converting this to B&W.

Your thoughts on this image much appreciated.

Shen-Hao 4x5, Nikon 150mm, f45, 1 sec, Fuji Provia 100F, no filters.

Youssef, Nice tones and textures. Works great as a black and white. I can feel the twistedness.

This was a perfect item for the B&W conversion, Youssef. What an amazing twisted object, lots of twists, turns, and interwinding of the branch stock.

wow!! this is outstanding !! Those little flowers bottom right giving us scale. I like the circle formation, eye go round the twisted object. Great find and great composition.

-Murali

Very nice, Youssef! This works very well in B&W. The textures are wonderful. Did you try working with the other channels to see how they looked in B&W? Nicely seen and done!

-P

Youssef,

What a fantastic scene for b&w! I remember watching you work this little scene so intently and wondered to myself, what the heck is he photographing? It's not wildflower season is it? Now I know and wow, this was certainly worthy of the time and effort - I really like this. I especially like the natural darkness in the corners; either from vingetting or just inherent in the scene, but it works well to showcase the twisted frame of the sage. Well done Youssef.
Lon

Wow this is hauntingly beautiful... I could stare at this for a quite a while. This is a real mind bender trying to figure out this twisted mess. Great stuff!

Very nice indeed... but I think I would have chosen
a less violent title like "Why Knot" teehee....
sorry, I am still HIGH from being in the Park and meeting you....
What a wonderful weekend...
This image almost looks like a spider....
..to Native Americans it represents "Creativity"
Create, create , create, so you don't get caught in the web of Fate...
I think from Lon's description ...she had you in her web
Very nicely created thought-out image....
Nice texture (very tactile) and contrast.

in gratitude,
Nelcha

I have always noticed these sagebrush messes and have taken pics of them from time to time, but you have a great eye and this is a magnificent sagebrush well depicted.

Warren