Stumped

Stumped
11 April 2014 -- 101/365
Lincoln, Rhode Island

I wanted to do a very shallow Depth-of-Field composition today and I remembered that this stump sat atop a large glacial boulder on Olney Pond in Lincoln Woods State Park. Armed with my 50mm set to f/1.2, I composed this scene. It worked better in b&w than I expected, although now that I have it up on the computer, it looks like f/1.2 was much too wide for the depth of the stump to be fully in proper focus.

Post processing started with a classic filter in Topaz B&W FX. I adjusted color sensitivity sliders, adaptive exposure, regions, contrast, boost black, boost white, and protect highlights. A levels adjustment was added in PSE.

Here's the high res version in Smugmug: http://kannafoot.smugmug.com/Photo-Challenges/PAD2014/i-WB4WHWS/0/XL/2014%2004%2011_0021%20copy-XL.jpg

[Deyvid]

This one is nice.

[Taffy]

Wonderful resulting image! Just enough DoF to understand the context. Great details in the stump.

[Jane Anderson]

I think it looks phenomenal!

[Nina]

It´s a cool picture. For me it looks a bit sadly :)

[Ron Correia]

@d_lopes Thanks, Deyvid.

@taffy Thanks, Taffy! The background did come out as I envisioned it.

@cejaanderson Thanks, Jane!

@flauschigerkeks Thanks, Nina. I agree, it is sad. That must have been a beautiful tree while it was alive.

[Jed Redden]

wow! very cool photo!

[Ron Correia]

@uncommonjed Thanks, Jed! Appreciate the Fav.

[Angie]

Great find and I really like your perspective. Fav

[Ron Correia]

@angiec Thanks, Angie! There's something really photogenic about dead trees. lol Thanks for the fav!

[melissa]

Fav! Love the point of view and contrast.