Realy nice. Many of us try to photograph the colors of a sunset, but often its not enought to carry the pciture. You need some form and structure like you have here.
When you first view the image (without enlarging it) it looks like there is a bird (bit like a penguin ????) sitting on the top of the tree...... I had to enlarge the image to see it was only the leaves. Really nice - well done. I was going to buy the FZ20 - much better than the FZ5, but settled on the Nikon C.Pix 8800."The views i express are my own words and feelings, and are not meant to distress, but only to visage anothers reality"
'Ere ! You leave my penguins alone !
( As a matter of fact we don't have penguins in Sweden - they're only in Cornwall ! ))
(what I'd like to know is how did your post drag my 10 down to a 9 ! ! ! )Learn as if you were going to live forever. Live as if you were going to die tomorrow - Gandhi
Sorry Glen - i rated this picture an 8/10.
It's a lovely image, don't get me wrong, but i would have like to have seen the tree from a different angle to get more of that lovely looking sunset in it, and the colours at the top of the image appeared a bit on the greyed side.
I tried to capture a similar image a while back. I was lucky in my shot and i only did a very minor tweak on the contrast to remove the greyed looked i got (tree at sunset)
If i could re-rate it for you i would, but PR doesn't let me for some reason. Sorry...."The views i express are my own words and feelings, and are not meant to distress, but only to visage anothers reality"
Oh alright, as it's you Paul, I'll try to hide my tears. Suppose there's a small chance of another 10 before I shuffle off this mortal coil.
By the way, on my screen it looks like a tinge of green, not grey - but then we don't all have Macs, do we !
Mind you, it might cost you a tub of Clotted from Rhodda's
( A word in your shell-like - if you've started seeing penguins maybe you should keep off the Barley Wine )Learn as if you were going to live forever. Live as if you were going to die tomorrow - Gandhi
Just had some Rhoddas clotted cream with my tea !! Yum yum
Unfortunately i haven't got a Mac, but now they are changing processors to intel based one's, the old G5's and the powerbooks may come down in price. (wishfully hoping) By the way, have you seen Apple's new 'Aperture' software for Mac users? A snip at $499 - if your real good santa might get it for you ! http://www.apple.com/aperture/"The views i express are my own words and feelings, and are not meant to distress, but only to visage anothers reality"
Glenn ol' boy! As you know im a fan of a backlit photograph (especially of trees) and really enjoy this one. Very nice shot. Two things from keeping it a ten in my book. First, please run it thru some noise removal software (its so worth it, like Neat Image) and the other really isn't correctable (unless you wanted to use CS2 or some other ) and more subjective... however the small tree on the horizon interrupts the silhouette of the main subject at the bottom, just a small eye sore for me. Overall I like it very very much. Good job!
When we are surrounded by (young) people who don't seem to care very much and, in some ways, a lowering of standards, it's a consolation to find one or two who are keen and take things seriously.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS
Couldn't do so much as regards the topography, them thar bushes just happen to grow there - the "noise" is an inherent problem found in most of the Lumix range and as they are very satisfying cameras in so many other ways, guess I tend to ignore it. Laziness? Could be
(Maybe we get the trains as a type of Christmas pressy ?)Learn as if you were going to live forever. Live as if you were going to die tomorrow - Gandhi
