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Defiant to the end

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Posted by Tom_W on July 1, 2012 at 2:22 PM
Defiant to the end
I haven't been out much lately; well actually in the last 6 months. Today I grabbed the camera and headed to the Peaks ..

This one made me chuckle..

The brown colour is peat run off after the rain - its quite topical at the moment given its acidity, acidity that potentially killed the tree. Another legacy of our past that will out live all that read this. The tree - defiant to the end.

see http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-17315323

The DOF is deliberate to hold your attention on the stump.

180mm/Tpod
F11/1.6sec/100ASA
no crop, USM and a bit of tweaking
3 shot HRD



Posted by Phil Ellard on July 1, 2012 at 2:48 PM
Looks cracking, is the white blown (rhs) or is that just me :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Tom_W on July 1, 2012 at 2:54 PM
H'mm I fear that is JPG compression - there is detail in the master (Honest :wink: )
Posted by PhilH on July 1, 2012 at 3:15 PM
Super image Tom... like it loads... (I can see a crocodile in there) This is great use of HDR, the look is natural, The highlights are always the first to go and I am guessing the compression was quite high to get this within the limit...

Only minor nit which is on the processing side is it appears a little over sharpened & it appears the image was sharpened after the border was added but that really is being picky...

:toast: :toast: :wavey: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Tom_W on July 1, 2012 at 5:14 PM
h'mm those tell tale white lines eh... You are right as I have a feeling it may have also be double sharpened as (on the way out) I have a generic sharpen and web save routine for quick web images.

T
Posted by Neil Burton on July 2, 2012 at 3:43 AM
Providing those white are fine in the original then it works for me. :toast:
Posted by Matt Cole on July 2, 2012 at 8:12 AM
nicely done Tom, an interesting composition and well executed.

Matt :toast:
Posted by John Robinson on July 2, 2012 at 8:59 AM
Looks good to me.
JR
Must try this sort of stuff some day :smile:
Posted by Kim Connolly on July 2, 2012 at 9:51 AM
Love it - would look great in The Tate!
Posted by Nick Mckeown on July 2, 2012 at 11:23 AM
Superb image Tom and the original must look fantastic. Great story to the image too. TFS

Nick. :toast: :toast: :toast: :smile: :wavey: