Castlehead Wood

Castlehead Wood, near Derwent Water in the Lake District. Any feedback

welcome.

Beautiful photo , Very dramatic atmosphere

Wonderful picture...

Light and colors are superb and your post processing too...

I really like this.

 

the aspect is quite interesting and does justice to the shapes involved.

 

What treatment has this had (in PShop I assume) whatever it is it does the subject justice IMO.

very powerful composition. excellent picture john. my compliiments. tone adds more drama too. A very powerful reminder of the majestic impact trees have. nice work.

Hi Jon,

 

I tried a new technique for the first time. I colourised the image to a sepia tone using a hue/saturation layer, but then set the blending option to 'Hue' rather than 'Normal'. The result is that everything in the original image takes on the sepia tone to some extent, but the more saturated bits of the original (green moss round the tree roots and blue sky) pick up a strong sepia colour and the less saturated bits (tree trunk and grey clouds) stay fairly grey.

 

The rest of the processing is usual monochrome stuff - curves, levels and a bit of hand dodge and burn.

 

cheers,

John.

just wow)) very good style

Very dramatic. The angle, the composition, the treatment, all work very well.

Exquisite Trees. Regards John

Very nice shot. Congrats!

 

7/7

Absolutely enchanting image John. Your perspective and composition of such a busy scene is excellent, the whole image is so alive that I keep looking for Goblins amongest the tree trunks.... Thanks for the insight into your toning technique too, very interesting.

A really nice point of view.

As for your kind comment on "a rainy day"... its surely some relation you have with the rain... Yours, AM.

Magnifique!! Nice colors and great atmosphere.

Excellent image and treatment.

 

Michael.

I think this would look good in natural color, but this tint is fantastic! Great job John.

Wonderful look! Very dramatic, nice work.

Hi Jon

 

Another excellent shot I afraid that know you have revealed the secrets of you post processing I will have a go.

 

Regards

 

Mark

I like this shot the most from your toned gallery. it stands out, as it were:) damn hard to composite through branches. great tonality. i'd hang it on my wall :) J.K.

Thanks for the continued comments everyone.

John.

Touch of the Sleepy Hollows here John. Excellent work. I particularly like the tracery in the branches. Regards Ken.

Thanks for your explanation, very unusual and good result, great details of trees in BG and FG.Interesting tonality and exposure.

Super! Ivana

congratulations, i see you got this image in this months practical photography. a worthy inclusion.

Great shot! super post processing, nevertheless we must not forget the original excellent composition : point of view, light, contrast, atmosphere, sharpness...I cannot see anything weak in this shot! Congrats !

 

JP