I was in a section of birch woodland that had trees that were very tightly packed together and all rather higgledy piggledy shapes, not straight trunked. I wondered (as you do in such situations) as the sun disappeared, what they might look like as a drag shot in the soft light. I know its a bit of a cliche but I do like the effect, and sometimes, as here, the result can be, well, interesting. The tonal range and subtle colour really surprised me, and the original viewed large is really quite...er...well surprising!
EOS1DMk2n, 70-200 @ 170mm, 0.8 Sec @ f32, ISO 100, handheld. Full frame, slight contrast adjustment.
Posted by John Robinson on November 28, 2009 at 7:45 PM
Love it !
JR
Posted by Craig Jones on November 29, 2009 at 3:44 AM
The effect here looks stunning and the slight colour changes brings the image to life,another beauty
I think a big print might look stunning but I am not sure if it just looks messy this small.
Posted by Greg Hitchcock on November 29, 2009 at 4:53 AM
Very nice. it still gives a very strong impression of a woodland, so it works!
Greg
Posted by Jon Galt on November 29, 2009 at 4:58 AM
John,
I like it a lot but if you hadn't told me it was birch I wouldn't and couldn't have guessed which plonks it outside of a nature shot and firmly as an abstract. Having said that I bet it would look great as a canvas block print.
Regards
Jon
Posted by Edwin kats on November 29, 2009 at 4:59 AM
You can't let it go, can you? Well you shouldn't. I like this lots.
I think this works really well. I love the variety of subtle colour tones throughout the scene.
The first thing that came to mind when viewing the image was of thin,wispy streams of smoke rising up.
A well seen and very creative image.
Posted by Ian Mason on November 29, 2009 at 5:12 AM
I could certainly live with this one - lovely!
Posted by David Kjaer on November 29, 2009 at 5:45 AM
Hi John
Ditto Jon Galt's comments - very creative!
David
Posted by Andrew Stagg on November 29, 2009 at 6:03 AM
It has been said by the others - I would love to see this one reallybig though.
Andrew
Posted by Ian Haskell on November 29, 2009 at 6:48 AM
Hi John - this works really well...very creative again.
Ian
Posted by Kim Connolly on November 29, 2009 at 8:03 AM
Thanks for the encouraging feedback everyone. I wasn't too sure how this one would be received - so great to see a really positive response! Mind, having said that I'd hate for you to think that I particularly object to negative responses, not at all. Anyone who takes the time to scrutinize and make comment, good or bad, has my thanks.
I know some of this stuff is a bit off the wall but I'm really heartened by your collective willingness to indulge me! Cheers!
Edit: To add - I took another image about 35 seconds before this one, when the sun was actually shining on the birch woodland and I'll post it next - the difference between the two shots is really quite astonishing. You think you have a handle on, and understanding of, the subtle nature of light and then a pair of images like this throw you a real wobbler!
Posted by Guy Rogers on November 29, 2009 at 12:48 PM
Hello John.
Very nice and I think it would make an excellent big big print.
Posted by Gail Beatty on November 30, 2009 at 9:49 AM
Hi there
Looks like my horses tail hair - very abstarct and beautiful indeedy.
Discussion
16 repliesEOS1DMk2n, 70-200 @ 170mm, 0.8 Sec @ f32, ISO 100, handheld. Full frame, slight contrast adjustment.
JR
Greg
I like it a lot but if you hadn't told me it was birch I wouldn't and couldn't have guessed which plonks it outside of a nature shot and firmly as an abstract. Having said that I bet it would look great as a canvas block print.
Regards
Jon
Edwin Kats
The first thing that came to mind when viewing the image was of thin,wispy streams of smoke rising up.
A well seen and very creative image.
Ditto Jon Galt's comments - very creative!
David
Andrew
Ian
I know some of this stuff is a bit off the wall but I'm really heartened by your collective willingness to indulge me! Cheers!
Edit: To add - I took another image about 35 seconds before this one, when the sun was actually shining on the birch woodland and I'll post it next - the difference between the two shots is really quite astonishing. You think you have a handle on, and understanding of, the subtle nature of light and then a pair of images like this throw you a real wobbler!
Very nice and I think it would make an excellent big big print.
Looks like my horses tail hair - very abstarct and beautiful indeedy.
Gail