Hierarchy

This stand of trees along the shores of Lake Erie seem to take on a

personality and hierarchy. Guardians of the shores. Love to hear your

thoughts!

Thank you Rumen!

All the trees seem to form a single organism.  They look huge and even intimidating. Photographically, there is a sense of completeness, which can be difficult to achieve at open fields.

I agree. Getting low, I was able to eliminate a lot of the unimportant elements in the background as well as create an overbearing/intimidating feeling from the trees.

I get the impression of a familly gathering, the tallest tree being the father figure, and the family in various gestures of body language, communicating thier opinions and thoughts. I like it.

Best Regards

Alf

Nice photograph with a great mood...a bit mysterious. A very fascinating image to study. Well seen and captured !

Best regards, Anne & Runar :-)

Nice photographi with a nice sense of humor.

The King and his Court...  Excellent b/w tones and the detail is superb... Mike

The view point Tim and the symmetric composition create a nice effect....

but IMHO the strongest points are the perfectly written details and the rich gray tonal range.....

...my congrats....7..

It was interesting to see the comments here. The reason I was attracted to this was for the reason outlined in Bulent's comment. The trees 'seem' to become a single organism. What I really thought was that our brains become joined forming a network of understanding.

The richness of B&W tones delights me!

PDE

Well composed, Tim ... great mood and tones. Regards.

Good composition.

Good photo.

You are all very generous, many thanks! Have a wonderful week everyone!

very good the bw choice. strong image

Man, Tim, you really shine when the weather goes south, as it were! It shows, how much you love the time of year that so many dread. Well, that's good for you and not so good for them. This is smacking of artistic qualities. My only minor poke is the upward curve distortion, but because it is so good, I find it almost supports the theme in some way. Very elegant image Tim!

so nice and clean, very artistic approach. outstanding photo.

Thanks again everyone!

Mark, you nailed it exactly. There is just something about this time of year that I really am drawn to. Perhaps the colder weather sends more people inside and leaves the landscape a bit more peaceful, quiet and undisturbed.  I feel more relaxed and I'm glad it comes through in my photography. 

As for the curve, I considered fixing it, but felt it wasn't enough of an issue to do so. If anything, I think it helps the upward visual motion of the trees.

Thanks

Love the image and the title is perfect as that is the exact thought that was in my mind as I opened the image to view. Great perspective and the black and white treatment is excellent.

deb

Thanks so much Deb! Have a great weekend!

You've capitalized on the skeletal outline of the bare trees.  Minimalistic, almost calligraphic.  Chilly.

Thanks Jeff! 

doesn't take much to make a great photo as long as one is able to see what's in front of him. Love it, Tim

Great to hear from you again, hope life is treating you well!