Redwood rays
Posted 20/09/2010 - 09:48
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I like the B/W version, but the subtle greens and textures of the colour one appeal more.
But I'd have liked it more if you had taken a step sideways so the sun was behind the trees, and we only got the sun's rays. As it is the burned out sun is distracting.
But I'd have liked it more if you had taken a step sideways so the sun was behind the trees, and we only got the sun's rays. As it is the burned out sun is distracting.
Posted 20/09/2010 - 09:54
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As in "I was just poking around my back garden and stumbled across a stand of redwoods"?
Probably coluor for me too, by a whisker. I would be tempted to just crop off the blown out bit.
Probably coluor for me too, by a whisker. I would be tempted to just crop off the blown out bit.
Tim
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Posted 20/09/2010 - 10:03
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It's the colour one for me. You seem to have captured almost
the full range of tones.
the full range of tones.
Half Man... Half Pentax ... Half Cucumber
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Posted 20/09/2010 - 10:47
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Its a close call between the colour and the mono. I agree with Gwyn about the flare from the sun. Tim is correct in suggesting a crop to get rid of it, there is still enough interest and detail lower down the image. Its a picture well worth playing around with to improve the crop.
David
David
Posted 20/09/2010 - 11:06
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Thanks everyone for the comments. I will have another go at adjusting the crop.
Gareth - the colour of the trunks was uniformly so, pretty much the way you see them here. And the shafts of light were what brought the car to a sudden halt!
As for the stand of trees - I took a 'new' short cut between Apollo Bay and a village aptly named Forrest. 13 miles of windy, steep dirt track, and the family were turning the colour of the foliage. Not happy. These trees were beside the track.
Gwyn - Needless to say, any further shots there will be done on my own, I have been reliably informed.
Alan and Tim - here's another stand of Redwood that I just happened to have prepared earlier!
Gareth - the colour of the trunks was uniformly so, pretty much the way you see them here. And the shafts of light were what brought the car to a sudden halt!
As for the stand of trees - I took a 'new' short cut between Apollo Bay and a village aptly named Forrest. 13 miles of windy, steep dirt track, and the family were turning the colour of the foliage. Not happy. These trees were beside the track.
Gwyn - Needless to say, any further shots there will be done on my own, I have been reliably informed.
Alan and Tim - here's another stand of Redwood that I just happened to have prepared earlier!
Posted 20/09/2010 - 11:09
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i-Berg wrote:
Alan and Tim - here's another stand of Redwood that I just happened to have prepared earlier!
Alan and Tim - here's another stand of Redwood that I just happened to have prepared earlier!
Tim
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Posted 20/09/2010 - 11:54
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Sounds like the sort of road we love exploring, though for some reason the sheer drop is always on my side of the car .
Posted 20/09/2010 - 13:23
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Gwyn wrote:
Sounds like the sort of road we love exploring, though for some reason the sheer drop is always on my side of the car .
I've heard that called the "drivers drop"!
Sounds like the sort of road we love exploring, though for some reason the sheer drop is always on my side of the car .
Photography is putting ones head, ones eye, and ones heart on the same axis. HCB
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