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The Three Trees
The Three Trees
Marc923


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Challenge: Landscape II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Lens: Olympus 14-45mm f/3.5-5.6 Zuiko Digital ED
Location: Standley Lake, Westminster, Colorado
Date: Nov 3, 2005
Aperture: F/7.1
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/160 sec
Galleries: Landscape, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Nov 3, 2005

 This was taken out at Standley Lake, which is 10 minutes away from my house. There is just so much to photograph out there. There are actually 5 trees in this location. 1 off to the left and 1 to the right. Right behind me is the lake.

Shot this against the sun (top right.) I know that bright sky shots generally don't do well, but I like it. So I'm going with it.

The sun spots are on purpose.

PSPX edits:
Slight rotate, crop, resize, clarify, contrast, convert to B&W, noise removal and add border.

Statistics
Place: 55 out of 403
Avg (all users): 6.1024
Avg (commenters): 7.5263
Avg (participants): 5.7520
Avg (non-participants): 6.3140
Views since voting: 1516
Views during voting: 476
Votes: 332
Comments: 21
Favorites: 2 (view)

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AuthorThread
 11/16/2005 01:40:33 AM
Great finish my friend! You can scratch that 6.0 goal off your list ;) Good job! I scored this pretty high too.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/15/2005 04:38:40 PM
Lovely composition and the minimalism is extra special for this image ;)
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 11/15/2005 10:34:05 AM
one of my favorites in this challenge - you've captured more than just a landscape with this image - it reminds me of a pencil sketch or maybe an ink drawing - (slight spot and circle shadow ??? in sky a little distracting) real nice work though :)
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 11/15/2005 07:11:56 AM
I love this shot.
9 from me.
Good luck
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 11/15/2005 05:09:44 AM
It's a lovely photograph that is a little spoiled by the fact that the right hand tree is broken. Somehow this imperfection interrupts the harmony of the scene for me, and diminishes my enjoyment of it. Not your fault, of course (unless you broke the tree), but it does make the subject less worthy. Other than that, you've done a beautiful job with composition, capture and processing. The subtle gradient in the sky is especially nice. 7
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 11/14/2005 12:10:56 PM
this picture has a nice plainness to it.
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 11/12/2005 02:24:39 PM
wow, really neat.....great contrast. 8
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 11/12/2005 08:07:35 AM
An original! Love it.
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 11/11/2005 10:35:47 PM
I like it. As a beginner I'd like to hear how you took the shot and processed it. Some may not like the light effects, but I do.
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 11/11/2005 07:31:48 PM
Cool B&W, shame about the lens flares.
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 11/11/2005 05:47:31 PM
it's a great shot. thought the rightmost tree could have been excluded because it's so loopsided. it creates a void in that area of hte picture.
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 11/11/2005 10:33:56 AM
Captivating silouette that I think would be stronger with the sky cropped out.
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 11/10/2005 03:46:49 PM
Good, interesting b/w shot among those rich colored. Flare spot and rings killed the sky. Pitty...
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 11/10/2005 01:24:19 PM
This is an outstanding shot, 10
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 11/10/2005 04:56:31 AM
I like this. sO different from the rest. Some may not like the lens flare. But actually do! (8)
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 11/10/2005 12:18:21 AM
I think the lens flare detracts from the otherwise well done photo.
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 11/09/2005 11:18:14 PM
very nice contrasts
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 11/09/2005 12:55:15 PM
Wonderfull picture, a winner!
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 11/09/2005 11:15:06 AM
One of my top three photos.

Very nice of you to take a more "Ansel" feel to the landscape challenge. I really like the way you honed in on a subject. Very hard to do in landscapes.

I went more pastoral with my shot. Your photo is one of the few this week that I said "I wish I would have gone black and white with mine"
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 11/09/2005 06:51:14 AM
I like this. Very nice
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 11/09/2005 12:38:34 AM
AWESOME! I love the contrast and the starkness of it.
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