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Giant Oak, Winter Moonlight
3rd PlaceGiant Oak, Winter Moonlight
kanaj


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Trees XI (Standard Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Samsung Galaxy S25, S25+, S25 Ultra
Location: Lee County, Texas (USA)
Date: Jan 2, 2026
Aperture: 1.8
ISO: 2000
Shutter: 0.5
Date Uploaded: Jan 10, 2026

 This very large, very tall oak tree stands proud in the middle of a large forage pasture near my home. I pass it often on my work commute. On this particular night, the full moon overhead was providing a gorgeous level of detail that my cell phone was able to render with surprising fidelity, enabling me to do the rest in processing. It's actually very striking in color, too, but the slightly longer exposure picked up on the red from the tail lights of my car in the foreground and no amount of processing I did could eliminate the red tones convincingly without also making the rest of the colors feel surreal. So I just decided to go full duotone with it instead.

Statistics
Place: 3 out of 27
Avg (all users): 6.7714
Avg (participants): 6.6471
Avg (non-participants): 6.8889
Views since voting: 151
Views during voting: 47
Votes: 35
Comments: 7
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 01/27/2026 10:21:53 AM
Lonely, Cold and Bare. Congratulations a nice winter feel to you image.
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 01/23/2026 10:08:19 AM
this is a very unique approach to photograph a tree ;-)
But the fact that you used a mobile and moonlight makes this special. I love the clouds too.
Congrats on the Yellow!
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 01/23/2026 07:51:37 AM
I like the isolation of the tree and the added interest of the fence in front. The fence actually adds personality to the composition. I smiled when I saw the metal post repair! Great sky! I think you did the best that could be done with a cellphone and processing. The B&W works very well. I would like to see this composition done with a camera and quality lens. Maybe in a future challenge! Still well worthy of a ribbon in this challenge.
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 01/23/2026 04:32:00 AM
Reminds me of what I would have shot about 10 years ago!

Congratulations on the top three.
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 01/23/2026 12:11:43 AM
This was the shot I was looking for, except with snow. I'm glad I didn't get it though, I couldn't compete with this photo. Congrats on the ribbon.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/19/2026 12:12:37 PM
My favorite in this challenge.
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 01/18/2026 05:05:38 PM
Beautiful lone tree and I love the cloud swirling around it.
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