Enter at Your Own Risk by taffy

Enter at Your Own Risk

Not much time to photograph and the alternate I had from today was a teabag taken with my iPhone at a work function tonight (boring despite extensive processing!). So, I decided to work with one of the photos I'd taken in Wisconsin. Taken with wide angle, bracketed hand-held with 3 shots, HDR processing in Photomatix with some additional work in Aperture and Color Efex. It was fun to play with but I'm not sure that the result was worth the time it took. Maybe the teabag would have been better...I very rarely suggest this but it makes a pretty big difference viewed on black.
Thank you for your wonderful comments on the urban mountains. If weather doesn't improve, I may have to turn it into a series.
AND a huge thanks for putting my shot of night falling over the abbey to TT!
Wonderful mysterious atmosphere
May 3rd, 2014  
definitely worth it! Spooky blue light, and that tree is fantastic!
May 3rd, 2014  
I LOVE it, Taffy! It's spooky and the dark colors are very rich.
The tree is fabulous!
Fav.
May 3rd, 2014  
Great POV and processing.
May 3rd, 2014  
Awesome shot
May 3rd, 2014  
Oh I love this! Awesome shot!
May 3rd, 2014  
awesome!
May 3rd, 2014  
Great processing, better than the teabag would have been :-)
May 3rd, 2014  
it really has a horror feel. Great processing.
May 3rd, 2014  
You've created a dark and moody atmosphere in this shot! Great tree silhouettes against the deep blue sky.
May 3rd, 2014  
Great air of dread, you have captured 'spooky' perfectly.
May 3rd, 2014  
fantastic atmospheric shot!
May 3rd, 2014  
So full ot eeriness and dread !! Super processing
May 3rd, 2014  
Wonderful pov and processing! Fav!
May 3rd, 2014  
Awesome capture and fabulous processing. Love it!
May 3rd, 2014  
Wonderful creepy work
May 3rd, 2014  
A wonderful atmospheric capture. Fav
May 3rd, 2014  
Great moody feel to this
May 3rd, 2014  
Cool shot!
May 3rd, 2014  
Like the moody feel in this shot, very nice processing
May 3rd, 2014  
just love it!
May 3rd, 2014  
Lovely
May 3rd, 2014  
Ooh great atmosphere. Love the editing.
May 3rd, 2014  
FAV. Super image.
May 3rd, 2014  
So atmospheric! FAV.
May 3rd, 2014  
Wonderful atmosphere!!
May 3rd, 2014  
stunning shot and a fa
May 3rd, 2014  
Very cool processing. Love the dark look.
May 3rd, 2014  
great pov. this is pretty creepy!
May 3rd, 2014  
Awesome ! Fav !
May 3rd, 2014  
Wow this is awesome love it fav
May 3rd, 2014  
This is spooktacular! faved. Although, I wouldn't mind seeing what you could do with a teabag! ;-)
May 3rd, 2014  
I think this has worked out fabulously. I love the sky and the blue light on the building and the tree.
May 3rd, 2014  
Oh I do agree with you about viewing on large Taffy, I love the expanse of the tree and the tones in this shot. Nice work and it was definitely worth processing.
May 3rd, 2014  
VERY kewl!!!! Luv the angle and that blue sky! Great photo!
May 3rd, 2014  
It's wonderful! Sounds like very elaborate and and complicated processing.
May 3rd, 2014  
well done!
May 3rd, 2014  
Excellent photography! big fav
May 3rd, 2014  
I love this! The caption is perfect. Fav!
May 3rd, 2014  
WOW NICE
May 3rd, 2014  
I love how the tree looks like it is overtaking the house. Great photo!
May 3rd, 2014  
Wow Wow Wow! Fav! Awesome shot!
May 3rd, 2014  
Definitely an eerie feel to this. Love the processing. Teabag????? Haha
May 3rd, 2014  
Stunning picture. Congratulations on making the Trending Page. Well deserved.
May 3rd, 2014  
Wonderful moody image!Great use of the WA -love the tilted building and how you diminished it!FAV!
May 3rd, 2014  
Great spooky tree - I like the flashes of blue through the leaves.
May 3rd, 2014  
Spooky...great atmosphere
May 3rd, 2014  
Fab drama
May 3rd, 2014  
Awesome shot!
May 3rd, 2014  
Oh I love it, fav
May 3rd, 2014  
You've gotten the tree in all its splendor. I see grand not spooky. love it.
May 3rd, 2014  
Great shot! Very eerie atmosphere!
May 3rd, 2014  
Magical
May 3rd, 2014  
Such a creative image, both in terms of composition and also processing.
May 3rd, 2014  
Oh my gosh, this really makes me feel scared! Great atmosphere and I like how you have filled the frame almost totally with the tree, works really well. Fav.
May 3rd, 2014  
Brilliant
May 3rd, 2014  
Glad you did this is terrific. Fav
May 3rd, 2014  
Brilliantly spooky!
May 3rd, 2014  
So scary shot from this low angle and this great procesing. I think i'll stay out of this property ;)
May 3rd, 2014  
Love that processing
May 3rd, 2014  
ooooh my........wow.... fav
May 3rd, 2014  
Yes, definitely creepy. A really haunted house feel.
May 4th, 2014  
The tree drips like a weeping willow. Nice work.
May 4th, 2014  
Amazing processing, Taffy! The composition and POV is fantastic, too!
May 4th, 2014  
Wonderful shot! Great pov, spooky!
May 4th, 2014  
Love the POV and dramatic mood.
May 4th, 2014  
Great drama and detail. Very intricate processing.
May 4th, 2014  
FAV - love the mood you created with your processing!
May 4th, 2014  
This is so lovely....a total FAV Very dramatic!
May 4th, 2014  
What a wonderfully "dark" image...and absolutely beautiful! I followed your "HDR" tag "down a rabbit hole" and after leaving comments on other interesting photos and following someone new, I thought I owed it to you to come back and leave my comment for you! ;)
May 4th, 2014  
So dramatic, brilliant shot
May 4th, 2014  
Huge, mastodontic tree encompassing the whole scene. Dark tones amplifying the feeling of threat...
May 4th, 2014  
Wow this turned out so dramatic! The way the branches cover much of the frame is awesome!!
May 4th, 2014  
Very spooky,great processing!!
May 4th, 2014  
So atmospheric!
May 4th, 2014  
Love the processing and the strong tree silhouette!
Fav
May 5th, 2014  
@radiogirl Thanks for the fav!
May 5th, 2014  
Wow, such a dramatic shot! Great emotion in it.
May 5th, 2014  
Instant fav, this is so great, so mysterious and looove the processing!
May 5th, 2014  
Awesome!FAV*)
May 5th, 2014  
Wow Taffy, I missed this one! Absolutely wonderful! Love the mood you've invoked. Fav.
May 5th, 2014  
Instant fav. Great atmosphere. It looks like the tree is coming to grab you;)
May 5th, 2014  
Wow, your photos are sure wonderful to look at. You have come such a long way. Love this look of a Halloween night. This is what it reminds me of. Wonderful processing and have no clue what you did as I am way behind in processing but love it and maybe some day will understand and be able to get out and take some different photos. FAV
May 6th, 2014  
Awesome!
June 17th, 2014  
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