December 17, 2008

Another Plant Place

In over 40 years, Janice has drug me to so many plant places that I could not even begin to count them.   When we visit these places today, we have a system—she starts studying all the plants and I look for something to photograph.   It works pretty good, until the sun goes down and one of us still wants to do some more studying while the other wants:  FREEDOM!

A couple weeks ago, I spotted this tree at a nursery.   I really liked the textures and colors of the bark.   My job was to find one with the best light and background so that I could bring both texture and color out in my photo.   This is my attempt.

Camera settings:   Nikon D3, 105mm macro f/2.8, shot at ISO 200, f/19 and 1/60 of a second on a tripod

Post Processing:   Lightroom—set white and black point, added mid-tone contrast and increased the color saturation and luminosity for yellow, red and blue. 

3 comments:

  1. Great shot Patrick!

    I like how the tree trunk is split into to a warm side and a cool side by the diagonal line of the peeling bark! Great overall colors too! You had a good eye to see this!

    Cheers!
    Barry

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  2. How do you see stuff like this? I am with Barry, I tend to pass them by. I like the colors and the composition. You still have not done your series on how you photograph and process your image. Coming soon?
    Debbie

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  3. Nice job. You present some very good photos.
    Greg

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