Silhouette, a photo from Bauchi, North

Photographer's Note

Man ...I can't believe I took this shot only 4 years ago ...it seems like decades since I was in Africa ...I've done a lot of traveling since than, but West Africa will always be something of a "special" travel destination for me. Thailand, Vietnem, Nepal, India, I'll be back to again and again. West Africa, and particularly Nigeria, I'm not sure I'll see it again. I did it. I lived. I saw and experienced it. It is an otherworldly eye-opening insanity at points. I hope to see it again though ...this shot, just wandering around at sunrise in the woods of Northern Nigeria ...it's like a distant dream for me now, but one with vivid and cherished memories.

...and going through some of my older shots, I gotta fix some - this one in particular where the post processing probably actually made the photo worse.

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maxifred (0) 2012-02-19 7:43 [Comment]

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serp2000 (47063) 2012-02-19 7:55

Hi, John,
I agree with Fred. It reminds me Japanese style and bonsai tree too. Good minimalist composition! TFS! Two points! )))
Serghei

jjcordier (79299) 2012-02-19 8:05

John
Plus des airs d'estampe japonaise que de savane africaine mais cela n'empêche pas d'admirer cette très bonne photo.
Amicalement
JJ

tugala (217) 2012-02-19 8:12

great, a complete visual feast

CLODO (45118) 2012-02-19 8:39

Hi John

It's a kind of Japanese etching with the bonzaï tree against the white sky.
I appreciate so much.
Cheers
CLODO

Yiannis84 (2824) 2012-02-19 8:48

Hello John...

Wow!! very impressive image..i really like the concept & execution..for sure your pictiure has a very strong feeling! very well done.

Best regards..Yiannis

willperrett (14215) 2012-02-19 8:53

Hello John
I echo Claude's (CLODO) comment: I was immediately struck by this image's Japanese quality. Minimalism and beautiful light. Well done!
Regards
Will

m00n (2259) 2012-02-19 11:38

Tree of Nigeria, ? ... but it looks very oriental. Simple, nice composition, very graphic.

Pozdrawiam,
m00n

holmertz (103628) 2012-02-20 7:32

Hello John,
I don't recognize this kind of tree, I mainly remember the impressive baobabs that covered the countryside in Mali and elsewhere. The silhouette that this creates is quite stunning and you managed a fine background.
I will probaby never see West Africa again but I am really happy to have been there a number of times. I wouldn't have liked to be without it.
Regards,
Gert