landscape Rose Hill

I really appreciate your comments and suggestions. Thanks for

looking.

I posted another view of this broken tree in April, called "Living Under a Western Sky", part of a series I have been working on. This is a different shot, with a bit more processing. I think this one is more dramtic. I appreciate your thoughts. Thanks for looking.

I like the mood created around this nature corner,dark cloud and tree,spots light all look very good,larger view is awesome,compliments.

RC

Great view and composition

Best regards

Xavier Corcobado

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Dramatic scene: who will survive? BR JV

very beautifulll

Excellent dark, stormy, mood on this image Linda! The clouds, and high contrast, yield a dramatic background for the broken tree on Rose Hill. Excellent work Linda!

All the best,
Neil

Very dramatic and most excellent Linda, love the colours...Regards

Very nice work Linda,so dramatic,my regards

This is interesting processing and the presentation. Fantastic light and shadow effect and the details. Texture of the sky is fantastic. Thanks for sharing. 6 from me.
All the best to you. Warm Regards.

Composition, colors, saturation, brights and shadows, lighting...overall spectacle is just wonderful and special! Congratulations Linda!

Best regards!

PDE

In the middle of all the tornadoes to the south of you, it's hard not to look up in the sky and feel a bit small and threatened.  I think the tree knows.

 Thank you all so much for taking the time to comment and view.

To me, this tree seems to be making a statement in the dramatic way it stands against the awesome sky, broken in two. It wasn’t a storm that killed this tree, it was Pine Beetles. Entire forests have been destroyed over the past few years. The Pine Beetle are supposed to die off in the winter, with cold temperature. Because of Global warming they don’t die and are now flourishing, out of control.

A visual delight indeed!

Tony, thank you. I am glad to hear that you like it.

Linda:  Very dramatic but I'm wondering, did you deliberately underexpose it or reduce the exposure in post to get the dramatic effect?  It appears darker than you'd actually see with this lighting.  Nice compostition and upward angle. Alan

Beautiful composition and dramatic lighting. Great work.

Excellent capture. I like the impressive light control in this difficult shot. Bravo.

Hamid.

the dramatic effect in the clouds comes from using a polarizing filter. I used a B+W 77mm UV-Haze 010 F-pro here. I have been experimenting with HDR, which I also used here, but there wasn’t a dramtic change from the original. Here is the original shot, straight out of the camera.

Thanks for stopping by. It is good to hear from you. Best wishes, Linda

Wonderful work Linda.  I like that you returned to the same place to take a different shot. This shot is quite nice and dramatic, the clouds are really well defined against the blue sky and the tree contrasts against them nicely.  Truly lovely image one i would proudly hang on my wall.  Regards always - michel

Hi Linda,

Very nice treatment.......Best Regards, KA

what a nice capture, you did a great job not only taking a great picture with a very pleasant composition but also you did great in post work as well.

Regards

Alex

Nice shot!

Very nice.  You have made an so-so photo into a beautiful scene.  It does seem a bit threatening after all the tornado outbreaks this week.