River Tree
by jomerner

Comment by Art Roflmao:
Weird. Interesting and unique.

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Comment by SandyP:
Dang!!! This is GOOD ! ! ! The detail. . .wow!

River Tree
by jomerner

Comment by Paul:
OK, I'm going through the Free Study submissions, purposefully finding those images I think are shot with a less conventional eye - this is one of those images! Thanks for offering something that isn't just DPC friendly eye-candy (though of course there's nothing wrong with eye-candy). I'll be picking one of these images for the Mu (most underrated) award:

Positives: What an interesting scene and one that confounds the viewer - I can see the meniscus of the water adjacent to some of the branches so I assume this is lying on the surface. What I can't work out is why the 'tree' has such sharpness while the ripples top left are so out of focus - I'd have thought they would have been in the same focal plane. The square composition works really well - my wife just said to me that it looks like an album cover and I can see that it really does. The flower of course is the star here - a vital element that lifts your image.

Critical stuff: There are parts of the image (the branches) that look a little over-sharpened and the highlights on the flower are perhaps a little bright - also I do find the ripples top left a little frustrating because their OOF nature, the eye is drawn there but is not satisfied.

Overall: A very well composed and most interesting image - my frustration with elements of it are minor compared to the overall impact of the image. I like it.

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Comment by stupidcat:
can almost reach out and pet those feathers. beautiful!

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Comment by ErikV:
Very majestic bird. Excellent profile, really conveys how pointed their beaks are. Great light.

Sharpness is excellent in feathers. However edge of the bird (especially lower edge of beak) has some over-sharpening artifact -- you might want to use layers (or the sharpening tool) to impart different amounts of sharpening to different parts of the image (specifically back down on the sharpening just a bit at the edges of the bird).

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Comment by Jutilda:
Really a great focus. I can see every detail of his feathers.

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Comment by photokariangel:
your lucky! :) very good profile, and i love that eye. the sun is hitting it just right

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Comment by Jedusi:
Handsome bird and nice profile.

"Missing Snow - Not!"
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Comment by MarioPierre:
Cool reflection. Lucky her.

You just paddle - I'll steer
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Comment by Ter:
priceless awesome capture