Pierre, you already know that it is an excellent b/w. I think it could be a "training" picture to us all on the rule of thirds. You exotic tree dominates the left third. Its branches giving our eyes diagonal movement to the left and right. The backlight is perfectly soft bringing the tree even closer to us yet.
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Oh PIerre, this is lovely! and the drama the b&w puts into this photo makes it even more so.Here in Oregon we have many Oaks such as this one. There seems to be something so special about all of them. I love the way the light is coming thru the other trees and the touches of shadows.Thank you for a beautiful photo my friend.Verena
Very 3D like. And that is indeed a good good thing ... as well as, an impressive visual accomplishment.
Love the B & W.
It appears that you shot this under some challenging lighting conditions Pierre. And yet, the tonalities throughout are amazing.
Really well done.
I love trees. Just ... do. And the angle you captured your photo? Works very well in terms of leading lines. Well balanced by the gentle sweeping curve of the path.
Very nice work. And but of course, thank you for sharing this one with us.
+favs for me.
In fact, I have been playing around with your image here in Photoshop. Experimenting with adding some colour with the Replace Colour adjustment.
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Thank you for sharing this one with us. I enjoy it a lot.
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Hi Pierre. Love the compostion of this. I'm guessing you spent some time setting up exactly the right angle to shoot this from, as it seems that a wrong approach would've resulted in a less than optimal capture. You've nailed.
One thing, and this might just be a difference in creative taste, are what appear to be the absence of any bold, strong black levels here. Just wondering how this might look with a bit more contrast to it.
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