The trees do indeed touch the sky

All comments welcome.

Good ideea ... good title

this is special! at the bottom like an ink-drawing and then it resolves into a photography..fine work indeed

Very evocative. This is one of those images that reinforces the beauty of the simple things in nature and being 'in the moment'. The variation in light and the transition from sharp detail to blurring reflection seems to symbolize the drift between dreaming and reality. I've just started rereading The Tao of Photography and I think you have captured the philosophy well.

Have to agree with Hanna (with one H) here. I think this is absolutely lovely....

sleek and dripping with coolness.

Beautifully observed. I like the title too. The branch reflections at the bottom edge make the image for me.

Your gallery made me do it. Bought a 124 yesterday. Someone suggested getting one a while ago when I asked about shooting MF. They thought it would be a good camera to start with.

 

Thanks for the gallery. I am sure it will take a while to get results any where near yours, but I will try...

 

Dave

Outstanding!!!

Lovely image. Different from most, showing a sensitive eye.

This is really special.

Beautiful!

This image has been selected for discussion. It is not necessarily the "best" picture the Elves have seen this week, nor is it a contest. It is simply an image that the Elves found interesting and worthy of discussion. Discussion of photo.net policy, including the choice of Photograph of the Week should not take place here, but in the Site Feedback forum.

Before writing a contribution to this thread, please consider our reason for having this forum. We have this forum because future visitors might be interested in learning more about the pictures. They browsed the gallery, found a few striking images and want to know things like why is it a good picture, why does it work? Or, indeed, why doesn't it work, or how could it be improved?

So, when contributing to this thread, please keep the above in mind. Address the strengths, the shortcomings of the image. It's not good enough to like it, you should spend some time trying to put into words why that is the case. Equally so if you don't like it, or if you can't quite make up your mind.

Let's make sure this forum is a wonderful learning resource for future photographers!

Thank you and enjoy!

I hardly know where to begin. I was rather shocked to view the picture chosen by elves as POW. An out of focus, dark view of sticks touching the water. I then went back to your portfolio and found that numerous of your photographs of the same sort of thing, including photos with heads cropped off and of distorted views such as might be achieved by a LensBaby. Absolutely not my cup of tea in any way. I did see several sceenics which impressed me, but great numbers of those which I personally would call "throw aways."

 

I hate to be so negative, but your themes seem to run counter to my taste in general. This photograph does not "grip" me in any way. I don't like the dark out of focus portions at all. My Mother told me never say anything about somone unless it is good. Sorry Mom. I realize that I will be in the extreme minority as the photographer has quite a following, but feel that I must comment truthfully.

 

I appologize for making comments which won't please either the photographer/artist, or other viewers, but I just don't like it. I don't feel that it is art, and see nothing appealing in it. I do congratulate you for being selected for this chosen position, and will be interested to read others comments. Possibly I will become more informed and made to appreciate "art" more.

 

Willie The Cropper

Worthy indeed. A very original delicate image. Well seen and well executed. Erik's portfolio is worth the visit.

What I really do not like in this pic, is the composition. The water is moving, however the photo itself looks very static.

 

Regards Alpha

No worries Bill! Your comment is as valuable as the others. There is no right and wrong when it comes to pictures, either photographs, paintings, drawings or other forms of pictures. It's a matter of taste, expecations, trends, culture, education and other factors that causes us to either like or dislike a picture. Some pictures are hailed by the masses, some by sub-cultures, some by men others by women, some by young others by older people, and it goes on and on.

 

You have the right to say your opinion about the picture, and I value it for its sincerety. I like the picture myself, so I don't agree with you, but that is beside the point here. You don't have to excuse yourself for submitting a negative opnion about my picture. I think your comment was quite good actually.

 

One of the valuable things about sites like photo.net is that you get all kinds of feedback on your work. Sometimes you get revelations in the sense that the reaction about your picture is not what you had anticipated. This is very good, because sometimes you become blinded by your own artistic vision and the comments from people with the same vision like yours. Thus, it is important to get feedback from people outside that circle of people of similar tastes and artistic visions. Again, I don't always or even often agree with such comments, but they are important reminders to me that there are other tastes and visual ideals besides my own.

 

So once again Bill, thanks for the comment and keep expressing your sincere opinion! :)

I just wanted to be among the first to tell you, Erik, how much I LOVE this picture. Really, I mean it in the strongest possible way. I think it's just wonderful, and among the very best POWs I saw on this site. The graphics and the composition are just awesome. This picture immediately appeared as a wonderfully clever and delicate statement about the passage of time. The river moves, trees don't. Heraclites said that we never bade twice in the same river - because neither a river, nor a man, are ever twice the same. Well, that's what I read here. The trees are dying too, they bow so low, and then we see no leaves either, and yet, the river goes on, life goes on...

Congrats Eirik on your POW selection. But even higher congratulations are in order for your portfolio publication in the November/December issue of Lenswork, which is in my opinion the finest photography publication currently on the market. Your work is wonderful. Keep it up, and keep showing it to us here.

 

(On a side note, in the same Nov/Dec issue of Lenswork, there is a portfolio of yet another photo.netter, Mehmet Ozgur. Two in the same issue. Wow!)

Great stuff. I love the way the tangles of dark branches seem to reach up like fuzzy tentacles from below. Also, the repetition of that parabolic shape throughout the frame is compositionally really strong.

 

From someone who's trying to get the hang of making square pictures, your whole portfolio provides a great lesson - Thanks!

This image (and all in your portfolio) capture the simple beauty of things in a complex turbulent world. The essence of a good eye and structured mind.

I like the concept,caption,composition and rendetion,Eirik. It is like a lyric in B & W.The branchs touching the moving water accentuates the beauty of this image.

I love this image and I think it shows an exceptional eye for fine art.

What is art anyway....it moves you and makes you feel a certain way. Eirik, good or bad comments, be proud that you made someone think, or feel something for you photograph. That's what we want in the end...to make an impression. Excellent work.

Great composition with the reflections of the branches. The blur works beautifully.

I would have preferred to see more of the tree rather than the blurred reflection.

 

Truthfully, there is not enough "info" or story in the picture to hold my interest. A strong picture should be able hold it's own and should not rely on a clever caption.