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Post subject: Re: Challenge #37: "That Solitary Tree" - ends 03 March  Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 2:14 pm |
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Very great composition Tom, I like the story behind this technology invasion ... , this picture could be use for a front page of a magazine like Green Peace or other.
If you have took the picture in RAW, you might be able to erase a little bit the flash effect on the tree.
good job !
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Post subject: Re: Challenge #37: "That Solitary Tree" - ends 03 March Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 6:48 pm |
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Hi Tom - I agree with Mark and Frank - it looks like "invasion of the machines"  .
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Post subject: Re: Challenge #37: "That Solitary Tree" - ends 03 March Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 8:03 pm |
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Birma wrote: Hi Tom - I agree with Mark and Frank - it looks like "invasion of the machines" .
If I were to shoot it again, I would wait until it was somewhat darker, to make the tree stand out with greater contrast against a darker hillside that is about 800 meters behind it. I would also shoot the image several times with differing f-stops to have a better chance of getting the "stark" look that I wanted. On the camera's LCD, the image actually looked much, much closer to what I was attempting to capture than it appears here and on my computer, and I forgot to bracket the exposure as a precaution.
I did shoot in RAW, and might be able to use post-processing to get closer to what I want, but it looks like that might take a lot more work than the result would be worth to me. For me, the most important thing is that I can probably do a better job with the camera the next time I have a somewhat similar goal.
With best wishes,
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Post subject: Re: Challenge #37: "That Solitary Tree" - ends 03 March Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 8:41 pm |
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Birma wrote: Hi Tom - I agree with Mark and Frank - it looks like "invasion of the machines" . "Technological Viagra invading"
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Post subject: Re: Challenge #37: "That Solitary Tree" - ends 03 March Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:21 pm |
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Not sure I want to join this challenge as the competition is tough and some super pictures have already been uploaded. Anyway here is a lovely picture of a solitary tree in Perthshire Scotland in October with the full plume of rusty colours on display. I hope you all like it. It was taken with my DSC-R1 some years ago.
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Post subject: Re: Challenge #37: "That Solitary Tree" - ends 03 March Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:59 pm |
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Hi Tom, : ) That's a good selection of a rather crooked tree against the brutal verticality of the antenna towers that invade the hilltop. Your method of shooting as explained in your second post is also would produce a striking image. Also, going as low as the ground surface to shoot while the only available light is that of the sunset to produce dark silhouettes of both the tree and the towers might work-depending on the provided angle which is suposed to outline the tree's shape. There really are many possibilities to shoot this particular scene and all are worth going for.  The fact that some of the branches of the tree are cut off and lying around also is also worth thinking about. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi Alphaomega, : ) Nothing like a bending-over tree with abundance of beautifully coloured leaves on the top of a hill. Just imagine sitting and lying under it and viewing the valley below that reaches up to create this hill. A very lovely tree. : ) Yildiz
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Post subject: Divi Divi Tree Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 2:36 am |
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Not a great picture, but every tree contest needs a divi divi tree. Attachment:
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Post subject: Re: Divi Divi Tree Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 4:22 pm |
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Mike wrote: Not a great picture, but every tree contest needs a divi divi tree.
Mike Looks like a big Bonsai 
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Post subject: Re: Challenge #37: "That Solitary Tree" - ends 03 March Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 4:27 pm |
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Post subject: Re: Challenge #37: "That Solitary Tree" - ends 03 March Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 6:40 pm |
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Some great tree pics - Birma, Juanito, Frank and Mike! I'll cast my vote when time has come 
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Post subject: Re: Challenge #37: "That Solitary Tree" - ends 03 March Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 7:22 pm |
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bossel wrote: Some great tree pics - Birma, Juanito, Frank and Mike! I'll cast my vote when time has come Thanks Regards
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Post subject: Re: Challenge #37: "That Solitary Tree" - ends 03 March Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 11:30 am |
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pakodominguez wrote: bossel wrote: Some great tree pics - Birma, Juanito, Frank and Mike! I'll cast my vote when time has come Thanks Regards
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Post subject: Re: Challenge #37: "That Solitary Tree" - Voting Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 2:19 pm |
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Thank you all for your magnificent photos for Challenge #37! We have some challenging shots to select from.... The Poll consists of 3 PARTS with 23 photos in total. Therefore, you'll have to go to each of the 3 links listed below to cast your votes. Later a final poll of 10 photos that got the highest vote rates will be created to determine the winner of Challenge #37: "That Solitary Tree". Here are the links for the simultaneously-running 3 polls as PART 1, PART 2 and PART 3. Please remember to vote for all 3 parts to be fair to all of our participants. PART 1 of the POLL PART 2 of the POLLPART 3 of the POLLGood luck all and thank you for your contribution! Yildiz
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Post subject: Re: Challenge #37: "That Solitary Tree" - Winner Chosen Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 3:54 pm |
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Congratulations to Birma for being the winner of Challenge #37: “That Solitary Tree” with his photo entitled “Frosty Dawn”.Thank you all for making this one of the most exciting and beautiful challenge threads that comprised many interesting and intriguing photos whether they won or not. Each photo had something that made us think, evaluate, refresh our perception and question the ingredients. : )) Well done everyone, couldn't have been better! : )) Yildiz Winning photo : "Frosty Dawn" by Birma 
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