Bare Trees, Fiskars

Trees at Fiskars village, Pohja, Finland. 04/25/2009.

I was walking with my wife at the Fiskars, old ironworks village at

southern Finland, carrying heavy Toyo view camera set and looking for

something to photograph.

That was a first time when I visited the village so I didn't know what

to expect (of course I had seen some photographs on the internet).

It was late afternoon when I saw these bare trees from the opposite

bank of the river. I really liked the structure of the trees.

But how to photograph it? Behind the trees there was too many objects

that I didn't want to interfere the picture. Like trash bins, ...

After a short walking back and forth, I found the place where those

objects were hidden behind the trees. But still, I had to use longest

lens available, the 450mm telephoto lens (approx. 110mm equivalence

with 35mm camera lens) to keep trees as main object.

I don't know if this is bit too tight crop, perhaps 370mm telephoto

lens that I carried, would also be fine - but again, those trash bins,

parked cars, ... The composition feeled easier with tight crop that

long telephoto lens gave.

Nice, but...

To me there's a bit too much DoF. The house could have been more blurry.

Plus, but my guess is that would have been impossible after reading your introduction, I do wonder if a few steps to the left and a slight pan to the right wouldn't have been better.

That said, bark is often a good subject!

Kind regards, Matthijs.