Devil Tree

This skeletal tree is one of the highlights of Rannoch moor I shot it on a

very dull day but the menacing look of the tree in silhouette and the

ominous sky certainly add the forboding I was hoping to convey.

Great shot. I love the foreground, the evil tree, even the mountains. Very nice sharpness.

The sky to my opinion has not enough contrast. There is maybe too much blue in the clouds. I would say that this picture could be rated from 5 to 6 if you had an adjustment layer for the sky.

Cheers, Michel

excellent shot . it composed very well and has good exposure. I like it .

 

Best Regards HSP

Definitely a good place to shoot, well done on composition, but lighting too dull and leaves the image without much interest in it. Best, +Lalit

Great shot. Excellent comp. Wonderful nature.

Nice composition.

 

Gorgeous picture! Great work.

It is a gorgeous landscape image and it is very well composed. The colours and exposure are also things i will mention. Lovely work, again :-)

Regards LKV.

Nice overall photograph considering the overcast skies and the type of lighting you were dealing with. Excellent composition and good work.

 

Tim Reaves

Excellent work!

Well composed

great photo! :D Love it!

I've just commented your other photo... the same impressions about framing and composition... simply great, good photo to look at. The sky and the mountains - they appear to be processed and possibly they are masked or HDR-developed - and they do not stick ideally in terms of the color balance to the foreground. One can say there is slight lack of contrast in background, but I know how mist may change a distant plane. I wonder how the non-processed photo looks like.

Virtually identical to the original transparency. The only adjustments made in photoshop is with a very basic curves and even then a very minor shift to raise the overall brightness and bring it into alignment with the slide on a lightbox. however the mauin adjustment is done at the picture taking stage where a 3 stop hard edged neutral density graduated filter has been applied to the base of the tree. For the record the other (whispering grass) has had the same processing applied namely curves sharpen. I have never used HDR and only ever blended exposures once I don't particularly like it. I do my utmost to match the transparency as viewed on a lightbox.

Thanks for details... so this sharp gradual filter did that - there must have been very contrasty scene. I also used graduals for some landscapes, with different results... Anyway, this is a great photo - composition, foreground, snowy mountains. One thing I would try not to allow sting water to smear... just to see how it works.

Beautiful composition with very nice colors and elements . Regards Dan .