Twisted tree

I thought I knew my local park until I saw this.

Please view large, thanks for looking.

Truely a powerful photograph. I love the contrast of the dead tree with the color of shy in the background. The bird on the left are a good addition to the image. Only thing I would have changed is to put the tree abit more to the right because it looks like you cropped abit of the branch. Good Job.

Fantastic shot!!!

 

Beautiful colors....compliments!

Looks somewhat creepy and yet pleasant to the eye. I love it!

Excellent! I'm impressed

To get the fabulous tree against that sky is good luck and a very good exposure technique, the birds add the icing on the cake. I hope you were looking over your shoulder because things lurk around trees like this... mostly photographers.

Excellent image, my congratulations,

Dougie

i love everything about this image except the composition... i think it would have looked better if the tree were less centered and more on the right, this way instead of feeling closed this image would have felt more open and the longer branches would have created great lines leading into the rest of the image... now i say that not knowing if that was possible or if something was in the way. but to me that would have made this image perfect

What a dramatic scene! A POW sort of photo, IMO, i.e. a great image which people see different potentials and possibilities. I like it a lot. I agree that it'd be better if the tree is off-centered. Also, I see two conflicting moods here, the eerie and spooky tree against a glorious and warm sky, which is interesting. But I spent a little while in PS in order to show you another option. I haven't decided if I like it better, but thought I'd show you anyway. Michael, sorry for abusing your image :o)

Great shot. It remember me a Tim Burton's movie. You got a fantastic and dramatic effect. Congratulations!

Thanks Yuan for your comments and rendition, as you say there are many possibilities with this image. I agree that it is slightly too centered and you did well with PS. What I will do is go back and shoot it again, thanks.

Really cool image! Personally I think the tree is fine there because the road/path on the right helps balance it out. Is this a single frame photograph or a composite? There's lots of depth of field in low light to freeze those birds in action like that. Regardless, it's a really cool image!

Thanks Brian, yes this is a composite. The sky was shot 30 minutes later in much the same area.

Wonderful shot! Light and colours are fantastic

stunning light, color & composition. dynamic photo.

Fantastic colours. Right on time - Holloween...

the same command as for - Autumn Afternoon in Richmond - it reminds on Albert Bierstadt. Great light. congratulations.

Reminds me of that psycho tree in the Harry Potter movie! Fabulous capture!

...truly, no comment! Others said what had to be said!

 

Thumbs up again!

 

Edin

One of the best tree/sky photos I've seen! 7/71

excellent,an ent from The Lord of The Rings perhaps?

Nice!!

I see what others mean about the composition from a purely graphic standpoint, but the composition here adds to the surreal, mysterious feeling of the photo.

I like the uneasy feeling I get from the tree touching the edge of the frame, leading us (as so many critiquers have) to wonder what lies just beyond it.

Graphically, the path to the right creates much needed movement toward the center of the frame to what I guess would otherwise be a static landscape.

 

the tree itself is magnificent, as is the sky, and the birds are a good addition (composite?).

Michael---bravo --the light is stunning--Michael Lyons

very dramatic shot, tree and sky look together like thriller film scenery. Excellent idea and execution. Colours are natural and not over or undersaturated. Sharpness and overall quality just perfect.