Shadowed Tree by olivetreeann

Shadowed Tree

I had hoped to search around the house today for something interesting to shoot, but when Jeff went to clean out the woodstove, he inadvertantly hooked up the vaccum backwards, and sigh...I spent the rest of the afternoon cleaning up soot! So, I'm uploading this one from our recent visit to Batavia. I really loved how the morning sun cast a long shadow of this tree. I brought out the contrast by using the film grain effect and bringing up the contrast. It now looks more like I saw it. It's amazing to me how our eyes and brains automatically adjust light and shadow as we look at what we see.
Awesome shadows
November 13th, 2011  
Lovely shadows, bummer about the soot.
November 13th, 2011  
I really love the simplicity of this! I'm sorry about the soot clean-up!
November 13th, 2011  
@kerristephens Thanks Kerri!
@httpgeffed Thanks Colleen- oh, he felt awful too!
@kimmiesue Thanks Kim- poor Jeff felt horrible that he did it- but these things happen.
November 13th, 2011  
looks kinda scary this way
November 13th, 2011  
Neat shadow! Sounds like quite the mess!
November 14th, 2011  
nicely framed Ann!
November 14th, 2011  
OHNO! I hope that you got the soot all cleaned up. Great shadows!
November 14th, 2011  
Lovely long shadows, so sorry about the soot. Chim chimney...
November 14th, 2011  
wonderful perspective and the processing is bang on.
November 14th, 2011  
Beautiful work on this shadow, Ann. I haven't tried one of these yet. I'd like to see myself ten to twelve feet tall . .LOL. Hope that the "soot" situation got cleared up . . poor Jeff, poor Ann. :(
November 14th, 2011  
Boy you must have had quite a time cleaning up. soot is hard to clean off. love your processing. great picture.
November 14th, 2011  
@dmariewms Thanks Marie- interesting how it struck you as scary. That never crossed my mind!
@sanera Thanks Samantha- it's not messy now though! (o:
@daveanajao Thanks Dave!
@mrssmith Thanks Carla- yes, it's all clean now thanks to my trusty vaccum cleaner!
@changingtides lol Allie! I should have been singing that when I was cleaning it up- after all- just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down in the most delightful way!
@summerfield Thanks Summerfield! Glad to see you're having a wonderful trip!
@karenann Thanks Karenann- it's all clear now, but it certainly wasn't what I'd planned on doing today!
@bruni Thank you Bruni- it was messy, but it's clean now- phew!
November 14th, 2011  
Oh my, sorry, but I cannot help but chuckle at that mental image, almost like the three stooges antics. I hope the clean-up went well.
November 14th, 2011  
@digitalrn Well, we weren't as funny as the Three Stooges, and we weren't laughing when it happened, but we did manage to get it cleaned up- or I should say I managed to get it cleaned up!
November 14th, 2011  
Cool shot
November 14th, 2011  
Nice shot - cool shadow patterns and nice texture on the ground :)
November 14th, 2011  
Great perspective/textures and interesting idea for a photo!
November 14th, 2011  
Funny the things that catch your eye because of the site here, and work.
November 14th, 2011  
very Cool shot,great capture
November 14th, 2011  
@bkbinthecity thanks bkb!
@alia_801 thanks Alia!
@cimes1 thanks Carole!
@pandorasecho thanks Dixie- so true!
@steeler thanks Howard!
Thank you all for the kind comments! I really appreciate them. It was one of those shots that said, "Take me! Take me!"
November 15th, 2011  
Soot! Shoot! haha I love long shadows....don't know why really, but I do. Have to fav this!
November 15th, 2011  
@espyetta Thanks MaryBeth- I'm still finding spots it landed today! Thanks soooo much for the fav!!
November 15th, 2011  
Oh, I like this! Again, great processing - just enough.
Well spotted! This would look great on a wall in an expensive Brownstone!
November 15th, 2011  
Beautiful capture of the trees shadows!
November 15th, 2011  
@kloud Thank you Bonnie- wow- an expensive Brownstone! Thank you!!
@potsbypam Thanks Pam!!
November 16th, 2011  
love the shadows, contrast and graininess
November 16th, 2011  
wow, what an amazing pattern! Love it!
November 16th, 2011  
@flydragon Thank you Flydragon!
@geertje Thanks Geertje!
I really like this one myself for the same reasons you did. Thanks again for your comments. I can't say enough how much I appreciate them!
November 17th, 2011  
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