passed away

sumball · 13th July 2005

Cool! Love this!

agentmonkey · 13th July 2005

tree looks like man waving some really thin but long fingers...

AntiFruits · 13th July 2005

genius! just looking at the picture is making my neck hurt cos it feels like its bent backwards to look up. nice shot. (am i allowed to say nice?) err interesting angle.
any ps?

live33 · 13th July 2005

Nice! I like the way the clouds act as the backdrop. A little more sky would be perfect.

And it looks as though the smaller tree was growing from the tree stump. (???)

eikin · 13th July 2005

thanks guys for the comments

Antifruits: it's ok, you have the right to say what you want. was taking RAW format for the first time (wanted to know the output quality) so chose my subjects rather carefully. the sky and the tree were separately processed to enhance the saturation and colours, the amount of details is brilliant, so no sharpening done.

live 33: thanks, will check the composition again, its a complete tree, two of the main branches were sawn off, leaving the other (at the back) thus the illusion of a small branch growing out of a stump. i believe the tree is dead, it has been standing like that for months already, thus the title

Splutter · 14th July 2005

I find the shot too straight forward. Is it posssible to have shot it further away and not bottom up?

eikin · 14th July 2005

Originally Posted by Splutter

I find the shot too straight forward. Is it posssible to have shot it further away and not bottom up?

nope. not with an ugly green railing running behind.

a further position reduces the proportion of the cut surface, which is actually used to anchor the picture.

AngelZhou · 14th July 2005

i really like the angle and the colour ^_^

icarus · 14th July 2005

I like how the two stumps in the foreground creates a strong 'base' for the tree.
Love the wideness!

eikin · 14th July 2005

Originally Posted by AngelZhou

i really like the angle and the colour ^_^

glad you like it

Originally Posted by icarus

I like how the two stumps in the foreground creates a strong 'base' for the tree.
Love the wideness!

thanks ... hmmm ... it's not very wide you know? only kit lens

Cactus jACK · 14th July 2005

i like the subject, esp in contrast to the beautiful sky bg.

i would call this picture, "speakers corner"!!!

eikin · 14th July 2005

Originally Posted by Cactus jACK

i like the subject, esp in contrast to the beautiful sky bg.

i would call this picture, "speakers corner"!!!

glad you like it. that's rather humourous

icarus · 14th July 2005

Originally Posted by eikin

glad you like it

thanks ... hmmm ... it's not very wide you know? only kit lens

Not the lens wide, the perspective is wide hehehe

so eikin no need 12-24 liao now

eikin · 14th July 2005

Originally Posted by icarus

Not the lens wide, the perspective is wide hehehe
so eikin no need 12-24 liao now

who say i don't need that

khairi · 14th July 2005

did you take just one shot? is there any other angle?
i agree with Splutter that it's a straight forward shot.
I think the composition dont really work...looks odd...making it boring to look
at the 2nd time.
you could try to be cinematic with your perspective if you have the space to shoot.
The 2 thing that is nice for the pict is the colour n light.

eikin · 14th July 2005

Originally Posted by khairi

did you take just one shot? is there any other angle?
i agree with Splutter that it's a straight forward shot.
I think the composition dont really work...looks odd...making it boring to look
at the 2nd time.
you could try to be cinematic with your perspective if you have the space to shoot.
The 2 thing that is nice for the pict is the colour n light.

thanks for the feedback.

this is the only shot i did, although i try to frame it from different angles the rest just don't give me sufficient reasons to press the shutter button.

13th July 2005	#1
eikin Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: 東京 Tokyo Posts: 10,920	passed away __________________ APAD

13th July 2005	#6
eikin Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: 東京 Tokyo Posts: 10,920	thanks guys for the comments Antifruits: it's ok, you have the right to say what you want. was taking RAW format for the first time (wanted to know the output quality) so chose my subjects rather carefully. the sky and the tree were separately processed to enhance the saturation and colours, the amount of details is brilliant, so no sharpening done. live 33: thanks, will check the composition again, its a complete tree, two of the main branches were sawn off, leaving the other (at the back) thus the illusion of a small branch growing out of a stump. i believe the tree is dead, it has been standing like that for months already, thus the title __________________ APAD

14th July 2005	#7
Splutter Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Gim Boon Tai Posts: 2,819	I find the shot too straight forward. Is it posssible to have shot it further away and not bottom up? __________________ If you understand my works, it's photography. If you don't, it's art. SplutterPhotography\|flickr

14th July 2005	#10
icarus Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Pasir Ris Posts: 3,231	I like how the two stumps in the foreground creates a strong 'base' for the tree. Love the wideness! __________________ Ricoh GR Digital, Minolta Hi-matic 7SII

14th July 2005	#16
khairi Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: yishun Posts: 2,469	did you take just one shot? is there any other angle? i agree with Splutter that it's a straight forward shot. I think the composition dont really work...looks odd...making it boring to look at the 2nd time. you could try to be cinematic with your perspective if you have the space to shoot. The 2 thing that is nice for the pict is the colour n light. __________________ blog: inbloomphotos.wordpress.com

13th July 2005	#2
sumball Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 4,224	Cool! Love this!

13th July 2005	#3
agentmonkey Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 494	tree looks like man waving some really thin but long fingers...

13th July 2005	#4
AntiFruits Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 97	genius! just looking at the picture is making my neck hurt cos it feels like its bent backwards to look up. nice shot. (am i allowed to say nice?) err interesting angle. any ps?

13th July 2005	#5
live33 Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 58	Nice! I like the way the clouds act as the backdrop. A little more sky would be perfect. And it looks as though the smaller tree was growing from the tree stump. (???)

14th July 2005	#9
AngelZhou Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: HoUgaNg (Any stalker? lol) Posts: 1,415	i really like the angle and the colour ^_^

14th July 2005	#12
Cactus jACK Contributor Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Singapore (Kallang) Posts: 2,083	i like the subject, esp in contrast to the beautiful sky bg. i would call this picture, "speakers corner"!!!