Olives

Olives is one of the well known tree in the Middle East. This one was taken near Jerusalem.

 

Thanks for your impression.

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at first glance it seems nothing more than just another b&w landscape. But ther is a bit more to it than that. It's a carefully composed image taken on what normally is not the best time of day. The foot of that hill and those tracks in the gravel are used to lead one into the image and it works very well. I like the high contrast and the overall "feel" of this b&w. Good one

Like Ton, I found the first glance to be deceptive: a plowed field. Then I saw that the tracks led my eye to the single-file row of olive trees and that they are the subject matter. They become a very strong compositional element and it actually becomes difficult to take my eyes off of them. Very interesting photograph.

Sorry to learn about your computer Pnina. I'm glad you are back with us in full force. Clever use of the road leading the viewer to the neatly lined up trees. This suggests order and detailed care.

Ton, Tim and Adan, thanks for looking more close in order to FEEL this image that needs more than a second. Thanks for taking that time to observe it.

I like how you've managed three statements in mid-tones: the hills, the trees, and the scrubby landscape to the left. The road with its leading tire-tracks takes us directly into the photo.

The like the composition. These scrubby, tough olive trees highlight the beauty, nobility, and feral desert "domesticity," and they are testimonies to how old this area is. The dry, rocky road with a hairpin turn and swerving tracks adds tension, showing the instability of this drive...this area. The b&w is good--no distractions from how lovely it is.

Love the exquisite composition, nice tones & effect, Pnina, lovely piece! best regards

Skillfully composed and toned. A fine image, pnina. Regards, Joe

Thanks again to all of you I upload another version of that place.

The green tones are just outstanding. I also wanted to mention that your B&W version gives it a timeless and classic feel.

An interesting use of low contrast, which makes the composition and textures the strong suits here. This is certainly outstanding in that it is so different from so much of the work you've been doing lately. Exploring humble landscapes yields vast territory for any photographer to explore. What I see here is a sense of organization, of order that you have given to a rather ordinary scene. As mentioned, there is also the strong sense of design enhanced by the tracks and linear elements. It certainly seems an appropriate and personal way to approach arid terrain.

 

I find the image oversharpened. The trees and especially the foliage in the upper portion have become pixellated. The foreground is full of "sharpening" pinholes that, for me, distract from what is a great textural element. Do you shoot in raw and sharpen in your conversion process? Or do you shoot jpg and sharpen with a post-processing tool?

 

In any case, I applaud your efforts and vision and wonder if you will show us more of your surroundings.

Pnina my friend, To me this is one of those photographs few would barely notice the beauty.....That takes a great photographers eye to see it.....Jim

Thanks for your comments and support.

 

Fred, the image was not over sharpened. it was taken more than a year ago, so it was a jpeg(Now I work with Raw only) and sharpened later. But I don't sharpen more than once.I have many photos that I took and didnot upload , so I have a new computer and I will upload different subjects.

 

I upload the colored version without sharpening at all, just smaller and you will see that the texture is in the olive trees and "grainy" in its original form. I wonder if you will see a similarity with the B/W .Thanks for your comment.

We have the same camera and I get very different results from mine. I wonder if perhaps when you shot this you had extra sharpness set in your camera menu or you were, perhaps, using an auto camera setting that was providing sharpening right in the camera. I supposed it could, perhaps, be a lens issue as well.

I very much like this picture for it's rhythmical nature and repeated motif. I have read what Fred has written about over-sharpness and in general I tend to agree that many photographers oversharpen (IMHO). I have never noticed that tendency in your work and I don't see any of the "halo affect" in this picture so maybe the "graininess" occurs simply because of the grainy nature of the landscape and the brightness of the day. Regardless, it's a wonderful shot. Only a consummate composer of images would have included that angled slice of bushes at the top, without which I think the picture would lose its flavor.

Perfect composition dear Pnina...Best regards...

This and some others that I will upload were takem with my 300D and not with my 30D that I use now. I still think that it is thetexture of the place and trees that gave that effect, and maybe the time it was taken( not very early in the morning as I photo usualy ).

Thanks Both of you.

 

Jack thanks, I think (as I wrote to Fred) that the light and the earth and trees textures were doing that effect ,thanks for your comments.

Pnina, I think that I prefer a color version of this. For me the different colors highlight the contrasting patterns and show more of the variety found in an olive grove. But then I love color anyway.

Really pleasant this B&W composition, I enjoy your contrasts and tones very intensive. Compliments and regards, Maury

I had trouble getting on PN yesterday. Sorry I missed the conversation on this one. I really like it and I like it best in B&W. I don't know that I've ever known what an olive tree looks like.

Beautiful textures and details. Great choice of grey scale. Very well composed, Pnina!

A lovely composition. The image is made busy by all the furrows and tracks in the field yet it remains a serene pastoral landscape. I like that the row of olive trees is descending in the frame, this adds a nice flow to the image.