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Where the Trees Become Art
Where the Trees Become Art
arngrimurbl


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Challenge: Art of 2025 (Standard Editing*)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon EOS R5
Lens: Canon RF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS USM
Location: Iceland
Date: Oct 9, 2025
Aperture: 22.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 0.5
Date Uploaded: Feb 15, 2026

 Imported into Lightroom, enabled Lens Corrections, then adjusted white balance, exposure/contrast, and highlights/shadows. Refined mood with a gentle tone curve, subtle clarity/texture, and light color grading to emphasize warm tones. Finished with mild sharpening/noise reduction.

Statistics
Place: 10 out of 43
Avg (all users): 6.5946
Avg (participants): 6.3448
Avg (non-participants): 7.5000
Views since voting: 68
Views during voting: 94
Votes: 37
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0

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 02/26/2026 09:02:34 PM
i liked this very very much when i first saw it .. as i do love intentional camera movement photos .. and i know that creating just the right look you’re going for can be tricky ..
i think you have nailed it btw .. and your colour pallett is perfect ..
i’m loving the tiny ‘glimmer’ of green in the distance .. like something beckoning .. which makes perfect sense because being in this forest could evoke some almost nightmarish feelings .. the encroaching trees pressing in .. the ground becoming fluid and frightening .. well done on all counts .. :)
 02/25/2026 05:19:38 AM
This one could hang on a wall in an art gallery in Paris!!

Amazing Arngrímur.
 02/24/2026 08:27:10 PM
I returned multiple times to this one, and each time it rewarded me with something richer to look at. The composition beckons me toward...what, exactly? I'm not sure. Maybe the whispery hint of a vanishing point at the end of a trail. Maybe further into the woods of a fever dream. Maybe deeper into the psyche of one trying to recall a fading memory. Whatever it might be, the choice to seat this aesthetic somewhere between meditative photorealism and painterly expressionism makes it feel as though an imaginative response from the viewer is precisely what the artist had in mind.
 02/23/2026 05:39:50 PM
Congrats TT, one of my favorites. This is beautiful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/22/2026 10:22:26 AM
Where are they not art? This is a good trip. I like the schism of it.
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 02/20/2026 11:27:20 PM
Dark and mysterious
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 02/18/2026 09:39:27 AM
one of my top 3
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 02/17/2026 11:29:49 AM
Nice use of panning. Works well here. Good luck.
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 02/16/2026 04:52:04 PM
A beautiful whisper in the woods.
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