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Challenge: Trees (Minimal Editing I)
Collection: 30 days of where I live
Camera: Canon PowerShot A620
Location: Washington, DC
Date: Feb 16, 2007
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 50
Shutter: 2s
Galleries: Abstract, Textures
Date Uploaded: Feb 16, 2007

 The groundskeepers put lights in these trees every winter. They're very pretty from the side:


This is the tree all the way to the right from that shot. It was a bit of a trick because there's 3 inches of hard-frozen ice covering what was grass the other night.

For this challenge, I wanted to try something different. I'd like to do a bit of cropping just to cut out the bottom right corner, but oh, well.

I wonder whether anyone will think this is a fisheye since the building appears curved in the lower right corner, but it really is curved. :)

Statistics
Place: 99 out of 287
Avg (all users): 5.6108
Avg (commenters): 6.6000
Avg (participants): 5.4574
Avg (non-participants): 5.8082
Views since voting: 746
Views during voting: 260
Votes: 167
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0

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 03/07/2007 07:57:04 AM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Jeff, there's nothing I could tell you about technicals that you don't already know. This was a two-second exposure so clearly you mounted the camera securely, and 5.6 f-stop gave you a decent depth of field so you could get all the branches in focus. It looks like you got the white balance correct in camera. That's better than I would have managed!

I find this a pleasant variation on the looking-up-a-tree shot (I remember when I took those in college and thought I was being soooo original! :) ) Obviously the lights in the branches add interest. Because each one is "bursting" with light, they look like explosions or fire in the tree. It creates a magical effect, that works along with the disorienting angle. And I agree that the curved building adds to the disorientation, since it seems like some kind of perspective distortion.

Did you sharpen this? It looks oversharpened to me. Maybe it just needs a little PP TLC. Not an option in this challenge, I know.

If I had voted in this challenge, I'd probably have given this a 6. For me, 6 means better than "just okay." To get a 7 or higher it has to be something I would consider hanging on my wall.
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 03/05/2007 06:01:20 AM
Hi Jeffrey, I gave you a nice score for this shot, definitely underrated. The star effect is great, and cool perspective!
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 03/02/2007 10:18:07 AM
Oh man! This is way underrated! What a cool composition! Those sparkly lights are awesome!

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 03/02/2007 02:01:39 AM
This is an interesting shot. Keep this in mind for the next "perspective" challenge.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/24/2007 01:30:28 AM
Very nice composition - it holds the eyes
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 02/23/2007 02:15:00 PM
Pleasant composition! I'll bet it makes for a peaceful evening of contemplation after a busy day at work! :)
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 02/23/2007 09:58:45 AM
This is lovely!
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 02/22/2007 08:47:37 PM
I need the whole tree
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 02/22/2007 07:14:35 PM
very nice pov...hope this does well for you
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