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.
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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!
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.
Giant Oak, Winter Moonlight
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