Another take on my favourite tree by shannejw

Another take on my favourite tree

This is an attempt at something I was challenged to do for a Get Pushed challenge with the current challenge where @teriyakih challenged me:
"With that in mind, you challenge for this week is to shoot the theme "This makes me happy". I want you to take a photo(s) of the things you like the best in the style you think is your best.

That should dovetail nicely into other challenges, but I really want you to do the stuff you can do so well you don't even bother too much with anymore."

This is my favourite tree that I try not to post pictures of too often, taken after the worst of the wind and rain on Friday, but still very stormy, hoping for an interesting sky and processed to look like an infra-red shot - taken black and white as the sky was a nasty brown.

Three good things:
1. I got out for a wander in the fields - on my own as too wet and skiddy for my daughter to walk on grass;
2. fun lunch from the cheap food trawl on Thursday night
3. Enjoying watching the magpie family, just fledged, out the back - sadly I didn't get a shot of them all balancing on the fence together.

Thank you for looking. I prefer to spend time looking at your pictures rather than thanking you individually below.
@teriyakih and @fbailey - getting out into the fields as far as this field makes me happy - and trying new things and getting them to work does too.
June 9th, 2019  
This works wonderfully
June 9th, 2019  
Brilliant! I thought it was IR at first. Challenge nailed, super job:))
June 9th, 2019  
hmmmm...this gives me an idea. there's a linden tree near my building that i had been shooting in all seasons but never posted. methinks i shall make it my "no photo today make it the linden tree day". yours here looks like it's been snowed over. aces.
June 9th, 2019  
Your favorite tree has such a nice shape, and stands out so well without any others crowding it.
June 9th, 2019  
Wonderful work on your tree! I first thought it was a reverse but after reading the link I saw you did a lot more. Well done ;)
June 9th, 2019  
Great result, very much like this
June 9th, 2019  
A stunning image and beautifully processed.
June 9th, 2019  
Very interesting. Looks like an old tree.
June 9th, 2019  
love the result!
June 9th, 2019  
@shannejw really unique processing on this one. is that IR or inverse B&W?

Did things turn out better/worse/ or as expected?
June 9th, 2019  
@teriyakih it's a fake IR, so inverse colour and then a lot of faffing to get it to look like IR - it's something I've been playing with on and off since March when I was challenged to do it but couldn't then as it was rainbow month and I couldn't see how to get it to work then on a single album. I went out in bad light, in a pause between the rain showers and knew I only had stormy skies as there wasn't enough light or stillness for anything else. But my earlier attempts hadn't worked with grey dull skies, so I was hoping this would work with storm clouds
June 9th, 2019  
Great processing on this beautiful capture.
June 9th, 2019  
Great processing
June 9th, 2019  
Great effect!
June 9th, 2019  
Quite a ghostly effect from the inversion
June 9th, 2019  
This effect works really well.

Ian
June 9th, 2019  
The IR effect worked well, love your tree :)
June 9th, 2019  
Your processing is excellent. I thought it was IR. Made a beautiful shot.
June 9th, 2019  
Your tree looks quite magical.
June 9th, 2019  
Lovely details. Works well.
June 9th, 2019  
You've processed this wonderfully!
June 9th, 2019  
Terrific processing
June 10th, 2019  
I thought this an was infra red shot too. Good result
June 10th, 2019  
Interesting take on your favorite tree- the unusual processing makes me think of a nuclear fall-out for some reason!
June 11th, 2019  
Nice! Fooled me... I was sure it was IR from the thumbnail
June 26th, 2019  
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