if trees could talk...
Taken on 2006-09-09, 1/45 sec, ISO-100, f/3.2, 70.0 mm, polarizer filter used.
Focused on tree trunk, spot metering, about an hour after sunrise.
Taken in Auroroa, Ohio of a 250 year massive old oak tree.
Adjusted raw exposure, then levels, curves, color balance, sharpen/noise ninja in the converted 89 MB .psd
file. Then resized, usm, saved for web as a 150 kb .jpg file.
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Color, saturation, hue, brightness and contrast are all very good. Focus is nice and sharp. By choosing an early morning light, you have put a lot of nice texture and detail into the picture that would not be there had you taken this photo at noon.
The lump of dirt, or debris at the lower left corner is distracting. As is the square rock in line with the trunk. I'm torn as to whether or not the foreground weeds makes a nice frame, or a bit of distraction.
I think I would have liked a shallower depth of field here. The trees in the background, and the grass in the background are fine. The wall of rocks and wood pieces?, is distracting and takes away from the theme of a peaceful morning.
I do like the chairs for a sense of scale. It tells the view up front how massive this tree is. A bit closer together, like they were waiting for a couple to enjoy them, might be a bit better.
Overall a nice picture that well meets the challenge.
as this challenge has proven, it's not easy capturing a natural green color in certain light - w/o too much PP. You've done that. I like the scene you've capture. very good DOF. 7
This reminds me of my week each summer with my grandma. We would set under a huge oak tree with 5 gal buckets of green beans for snapping for the canning jars.
Beautiful frame within the frame, but that makes the chairs and tables feel more like the subject even though the tree is dominating. It has a great light to it though.
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