Trees* by ctfchallenge


14-NOV-2004	Jakob R.

A young forest in south Germany
14-Nov-2004
(www.pbase.com/purzelbaum)

Canon EOS 1D Mark II ,Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
1/100s f/4.0 at 55.0mm iso50, FredMirandas WP and some Curve adjustmenst. hide exif

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Techo		23-Nov-2004 18:56
Just want to mention to all you voters who might be reading this, don't have the monitor brightness way on low ;-) you won't see what was meant to be seen.

Rod		22-Nov-2004 06:12
Oye bugger off Lonnit, when did you join the border police?:-)

Canon DSLR Challenge		21-Nov-2004 21:55
Lovely image. That white line should be toned way down though, to match the color of the trees, otherwise it is overwhelming. I bet it would look good as a BW too with a little boost in contrast. Nice job. ~ LOnnit

Rod		21-Nov-2004 02:40
Changed my mind:-) upon going back to this shot after posting there's enough detail in the dark area. It must have been the thin white line around the shot that drew my eye:-)

Rod		21-Nov-2004 02:37
Strange really, crop out the grass & there's not much there, crop out the trees & there's not much there. But together there's definitely something there. Well done on an excellent shot. On my monitor just a tad more graduation of tone in the dark area would be nice.

ctfchallenge		18-Nov-2004 16:33
Me, too! Beautiful image. It's the line of trees in shadow that makes this image one of a kind. Shu

ctfchallenge		18-Nov-2004 15:17
Jakob, I hope you'll leave it dark, I love it. Tomas

Guest		17-Nov-2004 02:29
Jaro, Complex or not, this is one very nice image. Mark

jaro		16-Nov-2004 16:31
Thanks for all your comments :) Maybe the dark trees are really a little bit to dark, at least for this contest or the usual screen. but the details are there and the image lives from the darkness, it is or should be a so called lowkey picture. As the picture is shot in camera raw, it wouldn't be necessary to shot again, I just would had to do some postprocessing and all is done :)

Techo		16-Nov-2004 02:14
I love the look of the evenly cut grass against such a dense forest scene and how all the trees are so alike, in spacing and in height. But I agree with the others, the midportion of the photo is a tad too dark just for the purpose of this challenge. Best would be to go back and reshoot http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/digital-blending.shtml), or use some selective levels and/or shadows/highlights dialog settings but detail will be lost.

ctfchallenge		16-Nov-2004 01:14
I think that some of the possible complexity of the picture is lost by the really dark center. theFly

ctfchallenge		15-Nov-2004 16:33
How I wish to see this in large print... The grass must be gorgeous. And the tree details.. Oh, do I repeat myself? Tomas

ctfchallenge		15-Nov-2004 16:27
Jaro, I thought I understood the complex idea, but it seemed the simplicity prevailed. Well, don't care about my silly thoughts, I'm happy you shared this piece of art. Tomas

iso3200		15-Nov-2004 14:22
It's an absolutely beautiful image whatever way you look at it though. I wish I could find a scene like this near me!

jaro		15-Nov-2004 12:38
Tomas, i thought the trees shows the complexity but the image as a hole stands for the opposite...in my eyes its both in one picture :-)

ctfchallenge		15-Nov-2004 12:20
Not sure if this is complicated or intricate. But Lee wanted an open challenge so he has it :-). Intricate or not, this is beautiful. Although the trees are dark, there are still details visible and I'm sure this would be great as a large print. Tomas

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