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lightning oak

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Posted by Jerry Roseburrough on March 7, 2006 at 2:49 PM
lightning oak
This tree reminds me of an upsidedown lightning strike. Love the tree,hate the location.FG is all dirt mounds and blackberry bushes.BG is power lines and industrial. Its only 5 min.from home, so if I see a sunset coming I can run. Any suggestions?
Nikon D200,28mm, 1/125sec, F/5.6
Posted by Mark Hudon on March 7, 2006 at 3:21 PM
Heck, Jerry, give me a quarter to a half inch of dark on the bottom and I'll be all over it! With it being this dark, you could clone in a bunch if the real life situation was too ugly.
Posted by Zack Schnepf on March 7, 2006 at 7:27 PM
I like Mark's suggestion, it's a cool image to begin with.
Posted by Ned Fenimore on March 8, 2006 at 12:21 AM
This is pretty nice. I agree with the suggestion of a little foreground to help "ground" things...
Posted by John Lehmkuhl on March 8, 2006 at 2:31 AM
Wow - I agree that some more dark at the bottom would really help ground this, but that's an amazing shot.
Posted by Elizabeth Kimes on March 8, 2006 at 5:57 PM
Jerry - I love tree silhouettes. I enjoy the sky you have, but I agree with the comment above about the foreground. Nicely done! :cool:

Are you a long term resident of Washougal? I grew up 10 miles up the Washougal River road, and graduated from Washougal HS - a while ago :wink:

Posted by Jerry Roseburrough on March 9, 2006 at 1:12 PM
Elizabeth, Only about ten years in Washougal and 20 years before that in Troutdale across the river. We are only about 5 blocks up the hill from high school.