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Me Tree V.3
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Beautiful shot. The composition with the tracks and solitary tree are excellent. Loe the sense of movement in the grass.
Thanks everyone.
I drove back to the field twice yesterday when the weather looked promising and it lashed rain both times I arrived there.
I did manage to rattle of a few exposures between showers.
This version holds up better at larger sizes, isn’t halo struck, has a better sky… I just think I procesed the first one better, this one is darker.
John,
I love the first one, beautiful soft texture to the barley
lovely composition and nice tones.
I have a pet hate for Halo’s, the halo in this isnt bad but
for me it is noticable.Still love this,
John, you are pumping out some really strong stuff.
Alan
Both great shots John – as you say the second one is darker and it’s interesting how the mood is changed by it being darker. This version gives more of a sense of isolation or foreboding whereas the first one has a more inviting/wispful quality to it. This one probably has more impact. The sky is definately better.
You need to clone that tree on the right… but I guess you know this already.
Gary
Cheers Gary… aye, I was too lazy to clone out that bit last night, Gran Torino (Excellent Film) was starting on the DVD player whether I liked it or not.
Re: The Halo – I’ve just learned on another thread that if you don’t look at something, just ignore it, then it isn’t there… so looks like I’m quite happy with #1 after all :?
“just ignore it, then it isn’t there” hehe
I really like both images John however I prefer the first, I find the halo in the second more obtrusive despite it being much better blended.
I also prefer the position of the tree in the first.I know how you feel with the weather, I took a trip to the local wind turbine and it startted to p**s from the heavens 5 minutes after I got there
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Re: The Halo – I’ve just learned on another thread that if you don’t look at something, just ignore it, then it isn’t there… so looks like I’m quite happy with #1 after all :?
:lol:
what halo, what is a halo, can i stop looking into your eyes now?
Two lovely shots (halo aside) but did you have to drive through the field to get your photo. I’m sure the farmer wasn’t too happy when he came along and saw these two big trenches right through the middle of his field. I bet you left the gate open too when you were leaving after your dog had finished chasing the sheep, and they thought they were safe hiding behind the big tree. https://www.photographyireland.net/viewtopic.php?t=27763&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=sheep&start=0 :D
I really like this. I like the soft effect whether processing or movement and it is a really great tree. The slight halo doesnt bother me.
edit* should have looked through the whole thread. Really like the second one aswell. great sky different feel.
Gary
Apart from the slight halo on the first one this is one of my favorite images I have seen on here for a while…! I have been looking for a nice shaped tree in a field of barley or corn for the last few weeks and have found nothing that even comes close to this. This screams to be printed and hung on your wall mate… if not yours then mine…! The processing really suits the image leaving a dreamy sort of look to it. Love it….. I think I have been looking into your eyes…..zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Richie
Thanks lads for all the feedback.
Being honest… I’m not totally happy with either image… probably because they both required a fair bit of post processing… now when I say ‘a fair bit’ what I mean is probably 10 minutes as opposed to the usual 2-5… I even took to using the Dodge & Burn tools something I haven’t used in a long time and whilst they hold up fine here at small web sizes they’re a bit rough when magnified, plus the fact it was quite windy means there’s a lot of blur in the tree itself when magnified.
Richie: I’ve been visiting this field/tree for the past couple of years, all year round, but summer is always my favourite time. This year has been especially good due to the tractor marks sitting close to the tree. It’s a very akward field though, it’s basically a hill pitched at about 30 degrees, I’m shooting from the bottom of that hill, the tree is further up that hill, the tip of the hill sort of cuts into the best bits of the cloud which sit lower.
J
:lol: :lol:
Funny man. Other people post images and ask you to view it differently…while people praise your shots and you tell them they’re not happy with it because you can see it differently.
Look into my eyes, etc…it’s a good shot. It’ll be a good shot blown up. People will dribble at it…maybe on it. Only a critical photographer who has learned off a few critique favourite lines will knock it.
Now sleep…
The point here is that I like the content of the image, the composition and everything that you can see at the size presented.
It only bugs me that I know, having viewed it at 30%, 50%, 100% of the original size that it doesn’t hold up and the bad bits are masked when it’s shrunk.
So… I like it… it looks great on the web at 1024 wide, but it’s not quite there from a ‘quality of finish’ perspective when blown up… that’s all.
CheerZ
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