Trees with No leaves and no buds - Candiac (no post processing)

Another one like this

I love intentional blurs.  So you did this in camera?  I prefer your first post.....no particular reason.  It's just a bit more asymmetrical and interesting to me.

Christal - it was done all in camera. The day was not very nice in my local park so I had to be a bit creative.

PS waiting for the Gary Fong story - no rush

It has this serene but spooky mood attached to it. I feel the amount of blur is just adequate and not excessive, not an easy thing to achieve.

I would rate this very highly. Great work!

Thanks for your feedback on this image and how you would rate it. That is useful info.

In my humble opinion, I don't think this image will have a high degree of "universal appeal' but I like it. Not likely that I will submit it for rating but it does satisfy some buried desire to be an artist. All the very best,

Tony,

I judge quality of images by the emotional effect they have on me. In that regard, this image satisfies that criterion. I find myself staring at it with calmness.

I like the clause "no post processing" in the title. Nowadays, with a overwhelming proportion of work being heavily post processed, we have forgotten how to separate real work from software manipulations. We also tend to use the camera less creatively and rely on software. I like how you achieved this effect by using your camera alone, like in the old days.

Great work, Tony!

The majority of my work is no or very limited post processing. I do like to explore as many avenues of 'digital photography' as you are aware from my portfolio of images. I have read an article by a Photographer who earns his living from selling prints that he segments his landscapes - one with processing and the other representing the scene the way he saw it. His customers have that knowledge before making the purchase.

Many photographers here inform us when an image has been digitally altered but some do not. Others make a statement upfront that their images don't reflect reality. My preference is to be informed but at the end of the day, as you said, it is how the image makes you feel.

Food for thought - is B&W or Infrared photography considered digital alterations since they do not reflect what you see? Or even the background bokeh that is created differently based on aperture and lens design? Not really looking for an answer.

All the best and keep up your fine photography

Tony,

Thank you for communicating your thoughts on this. This is a subject worth a lot of discussion, and I don't intend to crowd your comment space. I recently took part in a forum discussion on image manipulation with a few talented photographers on this site. The thought that came up there is that any art is successful when it gives the true message of your heart, the message that you intend to communicate to the viewers.That true message in some case could be more revealed through post-processing.