Spooky

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  DWThomas

• Aug 19, 2015

oo-oo-o-o-oo-ooo! Spooky indeed -- quite a nice interplay of the various forms.

 

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  Bruce Osgood

• Aug 19, 2015

Yes, wonderfully spooky.What does the Cokin NDG filter do in this case?

 

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  jovo

• Aug 20, 2015

Thanks Dave and Bruce. The NDG (neutral density graduated filter) balances the brightest part of the scene and the least bright so that both are rendered printable. The Cokin filter slides up and down in a grooved holder so that you only hold back the part of the scene that's too light.

 

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  michael9793

• Aug 20, 2015

good filter selction bring out the right amount of gray tones in the sky

 

• Ghostman

• Aug 21, 2015

Gnarly and ragged, as if to be pulling life down only to find that it provides life and space for other creatures to flourish. There is a lot of life in this picture, a story of the reciprocal balance in our fragile yet undiscriminating nature. Really very nice.

 

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  daleeman

• Aug 21, 2015

When I saw this I was transported back to my childhood and looking at my grandfather's photography from Florida in the 1920s. Touched me that much. He had a knack, as you do in finding a wonderful composition of the ordinary and simple parts of life.Very Nice

 

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  blansky

• Aug 21, 2015

While I really like the scene and the composition, I'm bothered by the black/dark tree branches, that seems to be dark for no reason. As they get lower to the trunk they have detail. I'm not sure what is causing it, but its has the same look as when someone burns in the sky and darkens the trees unnaturally as well. (not saying you did that). I can't tell if the neutral density filter did it or what, but it bothers me in this picture.

 

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  jovo

• Aug 21, 2015

Thanks for your comments Michael, Ghostman, daleeman, and Michael M. I, too, noticed the dark parts of the tree, but I've also noticed that the value of the Spanish moss is fairly consistent, and the right side of the 'trunk' is really dark down where the surrounding leaves are not, so I don't know exactly why it looks as it does. I'll revisit this place and try to determine if the tree was burned once, or what. Spooky! lol