Oak on a Hill Photo

Photographer’s Note

This was taken at Van Patten Woods Forest Preserve. I replaced the sky because it was just a boring white. I'll upload the original as a workshop. Thanks for looking.

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sothy81 (8520) 2006-10-29 0:00

Great picture Kevin. I love it. The sky and the try are really special here. You manage to capture it well. I am impressed. Sothy

mdetay (4275) 2006-10-29 0:25

Hi Kevin,
Nice shot, good idea but ... a bit too much on Photoshop.
Cheers.
Michel

MiriamVolpiceli (360) 2006-10-29 0:51

Nice job! I liked the workshop gave a different vision...

miketheman (149) 2006-10-29 0:59

very nice, the new sky gives a surrealistic effect. good work

berek (28871) 2006-10-29 1:01

Hi Kevin,
magic tree. good light and point of view. have a nice Sunday .
Burak
my overall evaluation -> ***

robertosalguero (110) 2006-10-29 1:26

I think the workshop is still very good with the whiter sky. The one above is excellent. The colors and the dark clouds and the tree surrounded by a fine aura looks very good at this time of Halloween. Good balance and use of light to achieve details and colors. Nice work :-)

Roberto

MDL (1062) 2006-10-29 1:44

What kind of tree can get so special view, I am looking to see the original picture. Nice job!

Burberry1 (6041) 2006-10-29 3:19

Hello Kevin:)))))
This is a great, magic photo, with a great POV and compo.
I love the light which makes the photo so special and great colors
Greetings from POland, Agnieszka

vincz (19039) 2006-10-29 3:30

Very original effect in the tree here. Together with the grey sky and the contrasting green meadow., I like it a lot. Well done.

be back soon.

FilipDzik (282) 2006-10-29 4:16

Hi Kevin,
succesful shot. I like your comception of the framing. Only grass is maybe a little bit too dark. The rast is fine, specially sun as a back light.

Regards
Filip

dgarr (701) 2006-11-10 12:15

Great picture Kevin. I have been working some with replacing boring white skies using photoshop and I have discovered that when you have a very intricate patturn like these tree branches, that by using > select > color range... , and holding down the shift key while clicking on different areas of the sky, you can select all the little areas in between the branches much easier than using the magic wand tool. It's something to play around with anyway.

I tried this with your original tree picture and submitted the result as a workshop. I like the sky you chose to use better than mine, but this gives you some idea about using the color range... option under the select button.
David

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greeneyedgirl (14) 2007-03-24 13:03

This is beautiful :)

fkostas (426) 2008-05-22 19:44

I actually like the original better. You might just want to go B/W or Sepia with it. The composition is really nice.