Yes there is one there.
Hard to know where the brush stokes are going in the dim light, close to the way I wanted it.
Had A slight light leak in the bottom corners.
Nope disagree... its the busyness that makes it real.. and the brush strokes.. with the upper tree limb arching over, brings that busyness together in a focus of attention to see what is there.
Excellent.. well done.. love it...
I like it. It is busy and I have two minds about that... sometimes I make a "complicated chaotic" image on purpose, and I know that it in the end it will be "too busy" but that dis-ease or discomfort of looking at it is part of the point.. if you don't feel that tension ("it's too complicated") then the photo didn't work! In this one, the trees themselves have crazy twisted trunks and I like that the near one shows that twisty form and the far one shows what it looks like as a whole tree. The order that comes from the chaos of growing...
I like that the shape of the print was defined by how you brushed on the VDB, and I agree with Bruce that doing that adds yet another kind of busy-ness ( the brush strokes ), so it might work better with a photograph that wasn't so busy to start with.
Thanks people for the comments.
The brush strokes were also about cropping and directing the eye towards the hut, as well of artistic play with the branches, that needed a bit of help. Ideally I would of used a 240mm (saving up for)which would of brought the hut a little more forward, I still would of presented the same with the brush strokes. I like the dreamy pictorial look. This was just the second take guessing the uv (sun) exposure on the contact print. Im sure I could get a little better in a few more goes, also the print was still damp when scanned and has since dried to a deep chocolate brown.
By the way this is a pioneer village and there are fences, signage, out of place buildings, someone in a camper trailer just to the right etc, all had to be missed. Ill keep trying.