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Palm Tree in Light and Shadow
Oct 11, 2019 04:03:23   #
JD750 Loc: SoCal
 
Please tell me how you experience this shot.


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Oct 11, 2019 05:18:12   #
Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis
 
JD750 wrote:
Please tell me how you experience this shot.


I believe it would have more impact if it were sharper through out the whole image!!!

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Oct 11, 2019 05:22:33   #
MichaelEBM Loc: Los Angeles CA
 
Manglesphoto wrote:
I believe it would have more impact if it were sharper through out the whole image!!!


Not sure what you wanted to say with this photograph. For me, the point of view is just a bit strange. Not even sure I would have known what it was but for the title of the piece.

. . . Oops, attached my comment to the wrong quote. Sorry. Didn't pay enough attention!

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Oct 11, 2019 05:35:31   #
Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis
 
MichaelEBM wrote:
Not sure what you wanted to say with this photograph. For me, the point of view is just a bit strange. Not even sure I would have known what it was but for the title of the piece.


I didn't post the image, I just committed. on it.

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Oct 11, 2019 06:22:22   #
MichaelEBM Loc: Los Angeles CA
 
JD750 wrote:
Please tell me how you experience this shot.


My comment above was meant for JD750. Sorry for the mix-up.

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Oct 11, 2019 08:27:24   #
artBob Loc: Near Chicago
 
Beautiful and fascinating.

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Oct 12, 2019 10:18:58   #
ebrunner Loc: New Jersey Shore
 
JD750 wrote:
Please tell me how you experience this shot.


High impact for sure. The fact that the lower part of the tree is not sharp is a bit of a problem for me. Have you considered a crop? If you crop from the lower right and keep the aspect ratio the same, you will still have a high impact photo; but it will be much sharper throughout. Just a thought.
Erich

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Oct 12, 2019 11:30:40   #
NJFrank Loc: New Jersey
 
My first impression was not to put it nicely on the positive side. But when I downloaded the image my impression " improved". The blurred base does not bother me. I think it adds to the overall look. It is all part of the transition. My only suggestion would be to move a bit to the left and have more of a curve in the tree. For me that too would add to the transition.

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Oct 12, 2019 12:07:15   #
edrobinsonjr Loc: Boise, Idaho
 
JD750 wrote:
Please tell me how you experience this shot.


I felt like I was at the top of a very tall palm tree growing on a very small island.

Ed

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Oct 12, 2019 13:32:20   #
NikonGal Loc: Central Oregon
 
Very interesting point of view. Bev

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Oct 13, 2019 02:59:03   #
JD750 Loc: SoCal
 
Thank you everybody for the replies. I appreciate every one of them.

That image was SOOC @24mm, 1/60, f6.3, ISO 64. I was right on the palm, touching it, and I don't think I could have done much to sharpen the lower part of the image. So I tried to work with it that way.

What I liked about it was the light and the transition from light to shadow, I attempted to capture that with a simple composition and a unique point of view.

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