Standing Tall

I took this shot up in the woods above my wife's family farm last November. I'm trying to capture the feel of walking through these woods. The trees are really straight and very tall. Your comments are welcome thanks for taking a look.


Canon 20D
17-85
1/13 sec. f/11
ISO 100
RAW processed in Lightroom

Since you mention that "the trees are really straight and very tall," did you think about taking this image from LR into Photoshop and using the tools there to correct for keystoning? As is always the case when you don't have a tilt-shift lens, a shot from that vantage point results in the "really straight" trees converging at the top. (Not trying to be overly critical, but the bend on the large tree at the left bothers me, especially in conjunction with your text. I'd be curious to see what it looks like minus the convergence.)

Matthew, I agree with James that "Lens Distortion Correction" in Photoshop would help the image. Scott Kelby's book has a good explanation of how to do this. Even with the distortion I like the shot. I grew up in Oregon and experienced forests like this so many times. I love the fog effect, the fern in the foreground and the tall trees. Good image.

Thanks for the suggestions. Here is a corrected version. Is it better? Not sure.. It feels heavy on the left side. I think in the future I will try setting up the shot a little differently. Maybe leaving more room on either side of the large trees to allow room for Photoshop corrections.