Ghostly trees Photo

Photographer’s Note

These illuminated trees are part of an unusual landscape design at the corner of South Drexel Avenue and East Broad Street in Bexley, a suburb of Columbus. There is a curved row of these individually-spotlighted trees on each corner of the intersection, and the result is breathtaking. I think it is a really unique example of landscaping in our area of the US.

It wasn't until I took this shot that I noticed the designer even took care to use different temperatures of light; see how the colors differ? The designer also used deciduous trees (trees which shed their leaves in the fall). This makes for a different show in every season.

The image is straight out of the camera, just cropped and run through Neat Image to remove some noise from the sky. It really was every bit as dramatic in person and great fun to shoot!

mdchachi, digi-mom, shyeen, carmem_busko, nbournas, sykonico, rajhema has marked this note useful

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mdchachi (1611) 2004-04-08 8:56

That is a nice looking landscape design and the well-formed and well-balanced trees make for a nice shot indeed. Good job getting such clarity with a 4 sec exposure.

The advantage to using the 35mm outfit you sold in this situation is that an f2.8 shot would have nicely blurred the background due to shallower DOF. In this case since the background is dark and unobtrusive it still looks quite good. But closer to dusk with more light I think the picture would look somewhat 2D and flat because of this.

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iamxa (2862) 2004-04-08 14:06

Technically very well done. They remember me the three ghosts of Charles Dickens history, past, present and future. The clouds help to get this special atmosphere.

mspearman (47) 2004-04-08 18:17

Excellent shot.

digi-mom (1064) 2004-04-10 11:20

Nicely seen - neat colors on the different trees, and I think you centered them nicely. You might have included more background, but this is focused on the trees and the lighting. Good title.

shyeen (317) 2004-05-27 11:02

Very interesting title and meaningful introduction!
The designs make the trees looked misery, not bad...^_^

msxfrench (38) 2004-06-16 17:13

Very nice foto color and light

carmem_busko (3653) 2004-08-26 1:19

Great capture and useful note. thanks for sharing.
Carmem

dawekato (1990) 2004-12-27 15:08

Good use of available light both natural and artificial - the combination of coloured trees against the dark background, with a touch of clouds still visible at sunset. I find the pot lights on the ground and the bright street light behind the right-hand tree a bit distracting. The potlight you could crop off and the street light you could clone out. Try it

Paker (2636) 2005-05-17 19:19 [Comment]

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rajhema (1867) 2005-10-10 12:59

Very good night shot Kimberly. The effect is quite well seen and you brought it as it is to us. Beautiful.

Photo Information

Copyright: Kimberley Broyles (gardenwife) (103)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-04-07
Categories: Daily Life, Nature, Architecture
Camera: Minolta Dimage A1
Exposure: f/2.8, 4 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Nightshot, Anonymous land, AnYtHiNg eXtReMeLy uNiQuE ;o) [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2004-04-08 5:22
Favorites: 1 [view]