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black tupelo
black tupelo
ErinM


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Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS
Location: elizabeth park, west hartford, ct
Galleries: Emotive, Overlays
Date Uploaded: Nov 30, 2007

Viewed: 334
Comments: 10
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used multiple textures from here, mostly on multiply and soft light blending modes at varying opacities.

also used this texture on multiply @47%:


adjustment layers in levels, color balance, curves, and brightness

*Black tupelo is the name of these trees, also known as sourgum, but black tupelo just has a better ring to it, don't you think?

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01/02/2008 04:05:41 PM
Wonderfully moody and allegorical. Great as a series with that mysterious bird and dark, encircling trees.
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12/21/2007 11:55:58 AM
Awesome... the yellowing colors create a very brooding atmosphere here. And I love the way that one branch seems to curl around the bird like a talon. Great image!
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12/01/2007 02:09:11 PM
Erin this is wonderful as usual, thank you so much for all your images this month and also for posting your processing steps I have learnt alot from you :)
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11/30/2007 11:11:52 PM
Erin, this is fabulous. And I agree black tupelo is so much better sounding than sourgum! Love the texture you've captured here. And the icing on the cake, so to speak, is the bird.
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11/30/2007 10:40:02 PM
wow .. another brilliant image .. it reminded me of another one that i absolutely loved .. then i noticed it on your profile page .. 'shine' .. two wonderful images .. this one i find more atmospheric .. that bird caught in flight is wonderful ..
thankyou erin for your excellent comments on nearly ALL my images in this side .. thats quite an achievement seeing i'd often put in more than one each day .. its been an excellent side challenge our overlays .. i reckon we've all learnt so much from each other .. aint dpc wonderful !!! ...
i didnt notice your name down for the december slice of life .. so here's the link of you're interested .. :):)
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11/30/2007 04:50:56 PM
a reinncarnation of Elvis, just a guess
think he was born in Tupelo
you are getting quite good at this
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11/30/2007 10:02:36 AM
yes the bird sure pulls this together
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11/30/2007 10:01:13 AM
Oh!!! what is tupelo? Makes me think of that song "She's as Sweet as Tupelo Honey." Excellent. Almost forboding. I adore silhouettes. Kick ass layer!!!!!
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11/30/2007 09:47:54 AM
oh the bird makes it... lovely
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11/30/2007 09:03:22 AM
Nice edit Erin. I feel little hope for that bird ever getting out.
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