Lone Tree: I took this photo yesterday of a lone tree on a hillside. I would appreciate any comments good or bad on the photo. I did not have a polarizing filter with me but think it...

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

I took this photo yesterday of a lone tree on a hillside. I would appreciate any comments good or bad on the photo. I did not have a polarizing filter with me but think it would have helped. I will take it the next time I am that way and try a different photo.

The ISO was 100 and the photo was taken at 5.6 at 1/500th with my D800 Nikon and the 24-85 lens.

Dennis

Lone Tree

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SonyA580 Loc: FL in the winter & MN in the summer

I like this shot. Composition is good. On my monitor it displays with an overall yellow cast?? Get rid of the power lines on the left and you have a nice landscape shot.

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

I appreciate the positive comments but have to tell you there are no power lines within probably half a mile. I have looked and looked at the photo but apparently don't see what you see.

Dennis

SonyA580 Loc: FL in the winter & MN in the summer

Hmmmmmm. I definitely see 2 gray horizontal lines to the left of the tree about halfway up the left side. I don't think I'm supposed to submit a picture here so I don't know how to show it to you.

pelirrojo Loc: Duluth, MN

Dennis; I like it, for me it's well composed and definitely an interesting tree. Sure glad I'm not the only one who can't see the power lines.

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

SonyA580 wrote:

Hmmmmmm. I definitely see 2 gray horizontal lines to the left of the tree about halfway up the left side. I don't think I'm supposed to submit a picture here so I don't know how to show it to you.

Sony, I will just have to take your word for it about the power lines. I don't know what you are looking at so don't want to comment negatively about it. I can say I have blown up the photo today and did not see any power lines nor were there any even remotely near the tree yesterday. I did take your advice and took some warmth out of the picture. I don't know if I am allowed to repost or not but it does look better I think. thank you for pointing that out to me.

Dennis

lightchime Loc: Somewhere Over The Rainbow

SonyA580 wrote:

Hmmmmmm. I definitely see 2 gray horizontal lines to the left of the tree about halfway up the left side. I don't think I'm supposed to submit a picture here so I don't know how to show it to you.

I also see the two parallel lines on download. No question. They do not extend to the other side of the tree. I can't define what they are, but they do show.

The composition is very nice. The problem that I see is in the tree. The shadow areas are blocking detail.

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

pelirrojo wrote:

Dennis; I like it, for me it's well composed and definitely an interesting tree. Sure glad I'm not the only one who can't see the power lines.

Thanks for the nice comments. I still don't see any lines either but, well what can I say. I just don't see them.

Dennis

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

Sony, I just looked again after moving my laptop screen to a different angle and yes I do see what you are referring to. My apologies Sir. While I do see them now I still don't think they are power lines as they seem to go nowhere. But I can't tell you what they are. As the tree is about 1 1/2 hours from my house I won't be going up today to see it again but I will check it out. Thanks for pointing them out to me.

Dennis

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

lightchime wrote:

I also see the two parallel lines on download. No question. They do not extend to the other side of the tree. I can't define what they are, but they do show.

The composition is very nice. The problem that I see is in the tree. The shadow areas are blocking detail.

Thank you for your comments. I will look into the shadow areas to see if I can lighten them up.

Dennis

SonyA580 Loc: FL in the winter & MN in the summer

I'll post the picture cropped with the lines circled as a "New Topic"

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

SonyA580 wrote:

I'll post the picture cropped with the lines circled as a "New Topic"

That is fine if you want to do that but I do see them now.

Dennis

minniev Loc: MIssissippi

dennis2146 wrote:

I took this photo yesterday of a lone tree on a hillside. I would appreciate any comments good or bad on the photo. I did not have a polarizing filter with me but think it would have helped. I will take it the next time I am that way and try a different photo.

The ISO was 100 and the photo was taken at 5.6 at 1/500th with my D800 Nikon and the 24-85 lens.

Dennis

Nice capture of a lovely tree that you can probably photograph in endless ways at different times of day/year and with different skies for varied effects. I like the way the sweep of the tree and the sweep of the clouds flow downward and to the left. A polarizer might be worth trying to cut reflections on the leaves and enrich the sky, but it would need to be used carefully. A sunset or early AM shot would be nice to cut down on the shadows which block up the detail in the lower branches.

I see the wires, too. There are three of them, two of which are so close together they almost appear as one. They move slightly downward from the left border of the photo about at the halfway point, and disappear into the leftmost edge of the tree in the middle branch area where the white cloud goes behind the tree on that side. They emerge again on the right side of the tree and go on to the right edge.

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

Thanks for the nice comments minniev. I feel as you do that the tree during different times of the year would be a nice study. I do see the lines now but have no idea what they are from.

Dennis

selmslie Loc: Fernandina Beach, FL, USA

dennis2146 wrote:

Thanks for the nice comments minniev. I feel as you do that the tree during different times of the year would be a nice study. I do see the lines now but have no idea what they are from.

Dennis

I hate to say this but they may be scratches on your sensor. If you are lucky, they really are wires that were just too fine to see in real life, although there would have to have been a couple of poles somewhere to hold them up.

Since the image may be heavily cropped, check their location on the original image and then take a test shot of something like the clear blue sky with it out of focus. If you don't see lines in the same location after you blow it up to 100%, you should be OK and maybe it is only in this image.

If it actually turns out to be scratches, and if these are the only ones, it's not the end of the world. They were very difficult to detect and, like dust, will only show up in smooth areas like the sky. They are easily fixed with any post-processing healing tool and you will always know where to look for them.

Of course, that last point is going to bug you. You will always see them even when nobody else could possibly notice them.