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Trees in Fog
Trees in Fog
Paul


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Challenge: Free Study 2008-11 (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: My favourites
Camera: Olympus E-410
Lens: Olympus 18-180mm f/3.5-6.3 Zuiko ED Digitial Zoom
Location: Frankley Beeches, Birmingham
Date: Nov 29, 2008
Aperture: 22
ISO: 100
Shutter: 4 seconds
Galleries: Landscape
Date Uploaded: Nov 29, 2008

 I really didn't know what to do for this challenge and then on Saturday morning we had some fog, which opened up some interesting possibilities. It was quite dim in the wood and this exposure took 4 seconds.

I am sure the image will seem entirely too contrived for some, but actually I haven't made that many adjustments:

1. Lens correction
2. Crop applied
3. Slight change of the red hue and saturation.
4. Some curves manipulation

I like the way it looks a bit like a monochrome brush painting at the top and then moves into colour at the bottom.

[Dec. 2nd, 2008 09:32:47 PM]

A couple of people have pointed out that the fog is lost - entirely deliberate I'm afraid.

But for those who want to see a more authentic rendition, here you go:



Albeit with a slightly different crop.


Statistics
Place: 143 out of 417
Avg (all users): 5.8797
Avg (commenters): 7.2000
Avg (participants): 5.8318
Avg (non-participants): 5.9804
Views since voting: 1897
Views during voting: 250
Votes: 158
Comments: 20
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 12/29/2008 12:20:18 PM
this got a 7 from me, looks more like an 8 today though. i like how the trees fade to nothing, makes the veiwer have to think about it longer. beatuiful red leaves/flowers on the ground, the were captured nicely. adds that perfect bit of 'oomf'
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 12/14/2008 01:34:18 PM
quite haunting...love the rich colours at the bottom and how everything seems to disappear...
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 12/08/2008 11:02:22 PM
PostLuminous Award Nominee!
luminous and surreal abstraction--excellent
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/07/2008 10:32:43 PM
Those leaves or petals - whatever they are (the touch of pinkish red) takes this shot from spectacular to ingenious! Way to go!! 10
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 12/07/2008 01:24:08 PM
Love it. The reds look a little over-saturated, but very cool nonetheless. 9.
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 12/06/2008 09:33:50 PM
what an eerie scene
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 12/06/2008 03:36:01 PM
I like this one a lot. I see this BIG, hanging in a great room or tall foyer. Good stuff. Hope it scores well for you.
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 12/05/2008 11:21:08 AM
Oh wow! I can't put my finger on why I like this so much, but it really is nice! I actually would like it more without the red and green foreground, but a 10 nonetheless.
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 12/05/2008 09:57:08 AM
Very cool, this feels like the end of the world to me, no leaves in sight.
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 12/05/2008 06:59:39 AM
I wonder how this looks with less contrast and saturation.

(not voting)
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 12/05/2008 06:24:44 AM
Hey this is pretty cool, I dig how the trees fade into blown out white, gave it an 8.
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 12/04/2008 06:27:10 PM
looks enchanted
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 12/03/2008 11:26:58 PM
Dreamy and interesting.
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 12/03/2008 04:57:23 PM
The blown out sky really adds great impact to this image. Nice Job. 8
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 12/03/2008 07:54:10 AM
A really interesting photograph. The fallen red leaves bring blood to mind - almost as though the trees are dying. Not being very articulate, I shall leave it as 'a photo with impact'. Strong work.
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 12/03/2008 06:34:52 AM
Very cool, but the sky looks more blown out by light than fog. 6
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 12/02/2008 09:53:07 PM
Interesting... It's either brilliant or a poor image. I can't decide.

But, you've gotten me to take time studying it.. .and that's the mark of a good image. (not voting yet)
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 12/02/2008 09:13:05 PM
somehow the fog effect is lost...
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 12/01/2008 03:55:17 PM
An hour into his hike, Peter stopped. Something was wrong. The gentle breeze that had softly played through the woods for the last couple of hours had died suddenly, leaving a cloying feel to the air. The sounds of the forest had likewise cut right off. It was as if he'd walked into an air-tight container, yet here he stood, surrounded by the trees and scrub.

What made him look up, he didn't know. Perhaps some change or movement or sixth sense, but look up he did. What he saw there shocked him so badly he could make no sound at all. He was frozen to the spot, his eyes locked onto what was happening in horror. What his eyes showed him reminded him of the time he had watched a city clean-up crew whitewash graffiti off a building wall in the park he was playing in as a child. A memory that stuck with him, as he watched what he had thought to be a beautiful painting being scrubbed away with white paint. It had saddened him at the time.

Now, so many years later, he watched not in sadness, but in horror. For it was happening again right in front of him. This time, it was not a graffiti mural, but the very world being scrubbed away. From the top down. As the white of nothingness descended towards him, wiping out the forest as if it were nothing, it seemed that the paralyzing fear finally broke and Peter let out a wailing scream.

Then all was erased.
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 12/01/2008 03:20:38 AM
it's hard to make out fog here...the highlights look quite blown out
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