ajrobertson

my sister got married right where you are standing! great shot!

This is prime focus Canon 40d on my celestron sct 203mm dia and 2032mm focal length

20" RC ?!?! you have access to an observatory or filthy rich!?! lol

for a point and shoot this is a great result! If you fool around with the curves or levels in a photo editing program, you could get a lot more detail in the surface structure! even so nice job!

Trying more with p.p cloned out some flare.

thanks

Sharp eye Stephen, I was wondering if anyone noticed and would mention it. I was in Hawaii for work for the day and was sitting under these beautiful trees in a park taking a breather from my photo hike. I realized that the trees were breathing as well, right above me. You could almost hear them. Its funny but I started to think that rather the leaves being "out" and the roots being "in" .. it might be the other way around!

It really does look like anatomical structure to me... almost like a fractal. BTW many things look like fractals from the flight deck at work. I'm trying to find a way to take pictures through polarized windscreens from altitude so see if I can capture it.

cheers,

Aj

experimenting with narrow DOF's for effect. Trying to show how gentle this anin=mal

really is with focus. (or lack of)

cheers,

AJ

I agree on the framing ideas mentioned at the top.. thats what I was wondering about. Either more of the common branch on the bottom, or none so there are 2 distinct lines. and I was worried about the empty spot to the bottom right...

thanks for the responses.... BTW HAwaii is a great place to take pics of trees! Everyone thinks of the ocean and the volcanos, but there are amazing trees.

love the balance, colors pop. Is this a composite of 2 exposures, or did you use a gradient?

cheers.

working with sharpening my raw files in PS3

critiques welcome.. wondering how much is too much

welcome all comments and tips...cheers,

AJ