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Found this interesting object on a tree. Your comments and suggestions

are most welcome.

Nice catch, and a very good abstract image.

 

Cheers; Bela

Thank you, Bela !

or Burr to the brits.

A couple I know actually makes artwork (bowls etc. out of these.)

google it!

 

 

Sunshine, thank you for the definition ! I have seen these deformities many times, but did not know the English name for it.

Awesome color palette, and outstanding tonal quality, screams "medium format"...

Do you have a vertical crop, also ?

Thank you, Carsten, nice to see you around again.

 

I had a bit difficulty shooting this "burl" because the 67II shutter creates a lot of vibrations not damped by the tripod I am using. With the 200 mm lens, exposures between 1/60 and 1/2 are quite unsharp. I attached a polarizer and stopped down the lens to f/32, prolonging exposure to 2 seconds and making the DOF deeper. I attach the vertical shot, not as sharp as this one.

Thanks for the other version. Sharpness is not noticeably different, in the small upload size. Sharp enough, probably. I am undecided now. God strike me dead, now I think about a square :-)

:-) everything is fine, perhaps except this...

Lovely shot. I encountered many burls on my trip last fall on the Alaska highway. This is a wonderful image. On my screen it is showing up with a magenta (blue-red) bias - I hope my screen is not in need of calibration - anyhow I have adjusted the color balance by removing blue - would be interested in knowing how it looks on your screen.

 

PS Carsten - we don't want God to knock you down - I want to continue seeing your images for a long time.

Even though the reality is what you presented, I see a 'twisted possibility' - just ideas - no claim that one is better than the others. Best regards,

Thank you, Tony. I left the image as Velvia "saw" it, i liked the color palette. The reality may be somewhat different, I shall revisit to check, this burl is in a nearby park. Your screen probably does not need calibration...