Which way to Isengard?

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Past the knobbly tree and turn left after the third dwarf.

Looks a tad flat to me - perhaps my monitor? I'd try messing with levels in Photoshop or equivalent or in Silky try some contrast and sharpening to give it a gentle lift. You've cropped some leaves on the left and that branch leads the eye out at the right, I think I'd try and clone the right hand branch out.

Mike

Am I the only one that understands that this tree looks like an Enting, the youth of the Ents, who possibly managed to find their lost Entwives?

I wouldn't be sure Isengard still stands though... possibly it is to be found in the lands to the west?

Dons anorak

Isengard was destroyed as I recall and Saruman was denied his place in the West when killed in Hobbiton.

As I recall with less confidence the entwives were lost forever as being typical women they couldn't resist wandering off looking for something better which must have been pretty irritating.

Removes anorak

Mike

This is obviously a Treant, which tells you that my refernce source is more Gygaxian that Middle Earth...

It could have been a good "mysterious" competition entry with a little work in Photoshop.

Hmmmm,

Tying to steer clear of following on from previous comments.....

I tend to agree with Mike, not sure about removing the branch on the right though, maybe if you cloned the tip off so it didn't leave the frame, possibly do the same with the leaves on the left, adjust the levels and jobs a good un!

PS: I see you took this with your precious

Thanks for the comments guys.

I posted this tongue in cheek. When I spotted the tree, I was immediately reminded of the Ents, or at least Peter Jackson's version thereof. The thinking behind the caption was that this 'youngster' was on its way to battle Saruman, became lost and was asking the question, Which way to Isengard?

Maybe I spent to much time in the sun.

And yes I did use my most precious. Now there's a thought, equating Pentax lenses to the rings of power.

Definitely spent too much time in the sun

This is all Greek to me - or maybe Double-Dutch
Not a Tolkien fan as you may have gathered.

Nor me. A Alvarez described Tokien's ouevre as "the literature of arrested sensibility".

No idea what he meant, but it sounds good.

G

Why is he pointing to the sky?!? Isengard is South!

This one obviously got lost...

not too out of place for this thread is it?
oops my orc picture will have to be put back up a little later.....

sometimes Gerri frightens me......