Beneath the skin

Wonderful angle on this. The texture is great and contast is wonderful. Good job.

Your angle is very interesting. I really like the amount of detail that you where able to cature on the tree-trunk. I can't say for sure but, it looks to me as if you darkened the sky (maybe with PS). If this is the case you may want to create a gradient on the sky to add more dimension to the photo.

this photo had a strong impact on me at first, but then I found the plain grayness of the background to be a bit of a turn-off, because it makes the tree pop out too much. interesting angle, though - I would play with that more.

great picture great angle

great angle, great picture.

Nice angle and texture!

Very interesting angle! You probably would not have been able to capture the character of the tree using other angles. Well done!

Good view and sharpness and contast. One of your better

Even though you don't usually like this style, you did a fine job. I'm an old "coot" and I like this type of photography. Good job Anthony

Surreal and creepy. Almost looks alive! Excellent

I like this a lot. It works in ways beyond abstract. How did you process this? Given the lighting conditions, either the bark was very dark or the sky very hazy (or you filtered that out).
Nice sense of texture; on that note, the motion of the bark cracks from the bottom corner is a really nice effect.
What lens did you use? I also own a 10D, so I'm curious for this effect, I can only guess, but I don't know how tall this is.

I used a 24-85mm lens. The tree is a stout oak (obviously dead), which is still standing maybe a mile up the side of a mountain in the Sierras beside I-80. No bark, mid summer, blue sky. I desaturated and added a slight blue tone via hue/saturation on PS7. Thanks for the question.

lovely image. I always have to pay a visit to people who comment. You seem to use shape to contrast your images; a natural talent that I don't seem to grasp.

Nice work

I love this one,

looks like rapunzel as a tree sort of without the long hair though, lol.

Thank you Tiffany. You do some interesting things yourself. And as always e your comments have become something I look forward to. -)

excellent. almost looks like a walkway, well if you ignore the branches above. great hues.

very well done... love the texture... perfect compositon...

Gotta love the different view chosen for this

Cool angle. Looks silver.

Hi Anthony!

 

Great dead tree shot, it reflects what was that tree when alive. Very nice seen and performed shot. Congratulations.

 

Best regards.