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Olympus 50mm f/2.0 Macro ED Zuiko Digital

02/23/2007 12:03:45 PM · #1

Man, I really love trees as a subject. You always know where to find them, and can almost ALWAYS count on them to be there. they rarely leave or Split on you. (i had to) If the lighting is good and you can compose a good shot they're great. but if you just go point a camera at a tree, I couldn't think of anything more boring. I didn't get to enter this one. But i was really looking forward to looking at everyone's shots and voting. I was so disapointed for a while but then some good one's started popping up and then even more. I'm not disapointed anymore. At first i was bothered by shots that had other objects besides a tree or trees as the subject, but then realized i shouldn't be after reading the criteria again. I think the rules left it a little too open. to "include a tree in your compostion" doesn't mean it has to be the subject, and it could be anything. as long as there's a tree in the distance. I guess i was just hoping for the tree to be the subject. and one last thing. . .is a flower or plant a tree?
thoughts?

Tlemetry

Olympus E-300 EVOLT

02/23/2007 12:35:29 PM · #2

A flower is a product of either a plant or a tree.
Trees are more fiberous than a plant. I'm not a biologist or botonist but there is a fundamental difference in the two.
Imo, A tree is a tree from seed to firewood.

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D

02/23/2007 12:39:04 PM · #3

I dropped scores slightly if it was a plant or flower, and i just wanted to make sure i wasn't being to picky.
I've finished going through all of them and was pleasently surprised at alot of nice shots. the random order generator, randomly saved all the best for last.

tate

Apple iPhone 14 Pro

02/23/2007 12:40:42 PM · #4

I like trees as a verb. ;l

tate

Apple iPhone 14 Pro

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D

02/23/2007 12:42:16 PM · #5

there are flowers? I haven't gone thru yet but it could be a flowering tree ... I can't imagine someone shooting a from the ground flower or vased flower in a tree challenge.

Rebecca

Nikon D80

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX

02/23/2007 12:45:25 PM · #6

I think that a flowering branch is perfectly within the bounds of the challenge. Dogwoods, magnolias, just about any fruit tree - I'm sure there are others, but they're still all trees. And gorgeous ones at that. No flower penalty from me. I probably voted the well-done flowering trees higher just because I'm pining away for Spring, which comes later here in the high country.

SaraR

Sony Alpha a7R III

Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM

02/23/2007 12:45:42 PM · #7

I have been all the way through, and the only flower I can remember seeing was definitely from a tree!

Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L II USM Lens

02/23/2007 01:02:04 PM · #8

Yeah there were only two but I posted after looking at the first 25 or so and they were both at the beginning so i expected more to come when mentioning it. I agree they are compeltely exceptable, and from a tree. like i said, i guess i just love when a simple tree you could walk by a hundred times can be made into a shot you can't walk by without looking at with the implamentation of a photographers eye. and so i felt more drawn to the lines of a tree itself and something dry and almost boring made beautiful and not a biproduct or tip or bud or branch as much. but i still rated good photos with good scores regardless.

skewsme

Canon EOS-6D

02/23/2007 01:03:43 PM · #9

Originally posted by DrewLong:

I dropped scores slightly if it was a plant or flower, and i just wanted to make sure i wasn't being to picky.

Young and/or small trees, and parts of trees, look an awful lot like plants to me, but I'm not a botanist. Why not just look for reasons to raise your vote instead?

Ubersteiny

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Sigma 35mm f1.4 dg hsm for Canon

02/23/2007 01:13:17 PM · #10

Originally posted by skewsme:

Originally posted by DrewLong:
I dropped scores slightly if it was a plant or flower, and i just wanted to make sure i wasn't being to picky.

Young and/or small trees, and parts of trees, look an awful lot like plants to me, but I'm not a botanist. Why not just look for reasons to raise your vote instead?

dont want to give mine away really but i used a smaller baby tree and i think thats why im getting low votes because of confusion