Those tree trunks - presented like that through the fog - just made me smile. I really like the one with the kink in it at the bottom. And the wispy branches running across the frame - make such a lovely composition.
This is just superb. Jerome...have a look at Australian artist Dianne Fogwell with some of her recent images of trees - check out the Honour Guard panel series: http://portjacksonpress.com.au/artists/dianne-fogwell
@helenhall
Dear Helen J, I appreciate you very much and always look forward to your visit. Your lines are always so personal and special. And it is impressive how many people you pay attention to in this forum.
The tree trunk, which is laterally tilted - this is a special element in this picture. The trees in the foreground are vertical and follow the direction of the image format. But not quite perpendicular, a little inclined to the right - not much, but still noticeable. And then this slant to the left is an important change of direction. This produces an "image tension". In German we say "Bildspannung". This a result of consciously used contrasts. And yes: of course, the horizontal branches belong to this image concept - horizontal-vertical-diagonal. But with all this consideration and thoughts: It should look natural, not "arty", not cramped. So much thought - so much feeling.
And ultimately, I often see something human in images. My attention also applies to what does not correspond to the "straight line". There should also be something "inclined" and "oblique". And if the stem is kinked - our attention should also apply to this: the kinked, the stumbled, the fatal hit, the injured...
@hrs
Many thanks for your kind comment, dear Helen S! I am very pleased when you are interested in the work of artists. Thanks for your link! It is new to me that Lino prints are such fine lines and shades. Very interesting! This must be extraordinarily time-consuming. I have seen, that these prints are very large - more than 1 meter. Exceptionally. To handle such a large format is not easy. The printing itself is also not easy. A very large press is needed. I can not imagine the pictures being printed manually.
Thanks for this enrichment!
I dip in and out of 365 these days, and tend to hit the fav button more than leaving comments, but I wanted to say I enjoy following your project. I keep coming back to this shot, obviously the fog gives it mystery, but it is more than that just can't put my finger on what it is that keeps me coming back.
@ukandie1
Thank you so much, Ukandie, for your dear visit! It touches me very what you write about my picture. It has no sensational objects - just trees... But I think it's about how we perceive things around us, how we think and feel when we look at them. Everything has a meaning. And trees are a wonderfully inexhaustible theme.
Light-dark, softness of modulating tones - a wonderful medium. Yes, the fog is a mystery, with magical possibilities.
And it is a good thing that not everything can be explained in nature and in images, that not everything can be fixed - and that an inexplicable remains, something mysterious.
Thanks a lot for your following and your dear visits! I appreciate your pictures very much! You have a wonderful and outstanding album!
@shepherdmanswife
Thank you very much for your kind comment!
I really appreciate your visit!
In this case, I did not use a filter.
The original photo already largely corresponded to my ideas. I just brightened up a bit.
In addition, I wanted to let the two-tone 5+3 look more strongly in the
picture (meaning the group with 5 trees and the group with 3 trees - a ratio proportionally in the golden section). For this I brightened the two edges on the left and right - it should look like mist, unobtrusive, natural. This I did "manually" with the brush tool in ps. So the mportant slanting tree is also more effective in this process. In this inclined tree, I made the lower part clearer (darker), so that it would be more integrated into this 5+3 group and "play" here rather than too much in the background.
Then I reduced the browning to b&w (now I'm not so sure if I would do this, even the delicate brown tone is nice).
In some of my last photos, however, I increasingly used filters to achieve a certain effect.
Thank you for your nice comments!
Thank you, Krista! :)
Dear Helen J, I appreciate you very much and always look forward to your visit. Your lines are always so personal and special. And it is impressive how many people you pay attention to in this forum.
The tree trunk, which is laterally tilted - this is a special element in this picture. The trees in the foreground are vertical and follow the direction of the image format. But not quite perpendicular, a little inclined to the right - not much, but still noticeable. And then this slant to the left is an important change of direction. This produces an "image tension". In German we say "Bildspannung". This a result of consciously used contrasts. And yes: of course, the horizontal branches belong to this image concept - horizontal-vertical-diagonal. But with all this consideration and thoughts: It should look natural, not "arty", not cramped. So much thought - so much feeling.
And ultimately, I often see something human in images. My attention also applies to what does not correspond to the "straight line". There should also be something "inclined" and "oblique". And if the stem is kinked - our attention should also apply to this: the kinked, the stumbled, the fatal hit, the injured...
Many thanks for your kind comment, dear Helen S! I am very pleased when you are interested in the work of artists. Thanks for your link! It is new to me that Lino prints are such fine lines and shades. Very interesting! This must be extraordinarily time-consuming. I have seen, that these prints are very large - more than 1 meter. Exceptionally. To handle such a large format is not easy. The printing itself is also not easy. A very large press is needed. I can not imagine the pictures being printed manually.
Thanks for this enrichment!
Thank you, Rachel! :)
Thank you so much, Ukandie, for your dear visit! It touches me very what you write about my picture. It has no sensational objects - just trees... But I think it's about how we perceive things around us, how we think and feel when we look at them. Everything has a meaning. And trees are a wonderfully inexhaustible theme.
Light-dark, softness of modulating tones - a wonderful medium. Yes, the fog is a mystery, with magical possibilities.
And it is a good thing that not everything can be explained in nature and in images, that not everything can be fixed - and that an inexplicable remains, something mysterious.
Thanks a lot for your following and your dear visits! I appreciate your pictures very much! You have a wonderful and outstanding album!
Thank you very much for your kind comment!
I really appreciate your visit!
In this case, I did not use a filter.
The original photo already largely corresponded to my ideas. I just brightened up a bit.
In addition, I wanted to let the two-tone 5+3 look more strongly in the
picture (meaning the group with 5 trees and the group with 3 trees - a ratio proportionally in the golden section). For this I brightened the two edges on the left and right - it should look like mist, unobtrusive, natural. This I did "manually" with the brush tool in ps. So the mportant slanting tree is also more effective in this process. In this inclined tree, I made the lower part clearer (darker), so that it would be more integrated into this 5+3 group and "play" here rather than too much in the background.
Then I reduced the browning to b&w (now I'm not so sure if I would do this, even the delicate brown tone is nice).
In some of my last photos, however, I increasingly used filters to achieve a certain effect.
Thank you, Madeleine, for your nice comment!
Thank you, Caroline! I appreciate your visit very much!
Thank you, Serge!