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Creative birch abstract - Part 2

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Posted by john macpherson on December 1, 2009 at 11:14 PM
Following on from my recent birch drag abstract, where I mentioned I'd taken another frame, 35 seconds previous to the one I recently posted.

This is it.

There was a brief shaft of weak sunlight which illuminated the stand of birches and this is the result.

Just when you think you have a handle on, and understanding of, the subtle ways light works, a pair of images like this come along and take you completely by surprise. The subtle colours and tones really caught me off guard, but I guess thats the reason why I prefer this in-camera-in-the-field experimentation - the results are way more unpredictable and magical than messing around later in Photoshop.

Techs: exactly the same as the previous image.
Posted by Craig Churchill on December 2, 2009 at 2:46 AM
Another magical shot,almost like strands of yarn from a weavers!

Like it a lot!!


Craig
www.craigchurchill.co.uk :toast:
Posted by Andy Astbury on December 2, 2009 at 4:07 AM
Works for me John :wavey:
Posted by Stephen Kaluski on December 2, 2009 at 6:07 AM
Works for me too John. :toast:
Posted by Kim Connolly on December 2, 2009 at 8:32 AM
Beautiful, like it very much. :wavey: :wavey:
Posted by Simon Phillpotts on December 2, 2009 at 10:03 AM
Very different John. Like Craig said it does look like yarn, lots of colour there :toast:

Simon
Posted by Guy Rogers on December 2, 2009 at 2:05 PM
Hello John.

Liked the first one but I like this one even more, but then again I do like bold colourful pictures.

:wavey: :wavey: :wavey:
Posted by Maggie Campbell on December 2, 2009 at 3:41 PM
Sorry John I overlooked your previous image but have just viewed it now. I must say I very much like both images but I think the colour in this one just wins for me. Looking at these images just makes me wish I had more imagination. :smile: :wavey:
Posted by Ian Haskell on December 2, 2009 at 4:25 PM
Nice... I prefer this to the previous image. A little bit of light can certainly make things look different.

Ian
Posted by Mark Sisson on December 3, 2009 at 3:49 AM
Great representation of the subtleties of light John - like it a lot.

Mark
Posted by Craig Jones on December 3, 2009 at 8:09 AM
Your pervious one was very nice John but for me the colours in this image are beautiful and I love the colour 'band' effect traveling up from the bottom and lightning as it raises, if that makes sense??Beautiful :wink: :wavey: