trail
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Comment by littlegett:
I was excited to see the thumb of this, I was thinking, ooooooOOOoo a spooky trail or something. However, looking at it larger, it seems like an image from an old newspaper. Almost seems overly sharp. Not really exactly know what I feel about this image. Most times the style of this is enjoyable, but here, I just find myself lacking the enjoy part.... don't get me wrong its a good image, just think I was expecting something else.

dead-tree
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Comment by colorcarnival:
The shadow adds a nice contrast to the pic. I would like to see some cropping of the space on the left - for me, it doesn't add anything to the pic.

dead-tree
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Comment by noraneko:
Hi Rosemary, great to see yet another TS member in this challenge! I like the tonal range here. Would like perhaps to see the wood more isolated, though. There are so many patterns that it may get a bit lost. I do think there is strength in the crossing of the trees in the upper 2/3 portion of the right-hand side.

dead-tree
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Comment by dsterner:
Geat subject...IMHO the shadow in the trunk is a bit much.

dead-tree
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Comment by CapeSail:
Nice clarity everywhere. All of the textures make it seem busy. With some dodge/burn or filter lighting you could have highlighted the tree to make it stand out from the background.

trail
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Comment by colorcarnival:
I was thinking about this for a bit and was not sure if I liked the extra sharpness or not. And lol, I think I do because what it really does is helps define each tree. I think the trees could have gotten lost and blended together in the B/W. Interesting pic!

trail
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Comment by Retroesque:
I think the sharpness of the post processing makes it a bit too busy. Love the tones though.

trail
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Comment by ursula:
It's very black and white.

dead-tree
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Comment by sherpet:
Maybe need just a tad more natural light to bring out the textures of this one.....

dead-tree
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Comment by Rebecca:
One thing I find shooting b/w is that the textures need to be really simple. We can't rely on color to make our subject pop anymore, so the textures must do that instead.