Knotty

[readingr]

Let the rotveillers loose

Roger

[seifen]

HI:

On the initial thought, my mind shouts out "Ok, so what is that black bar doing there??" but then I realized something. The two things that distinguishes this picture from just stating "here is some wood" are: the black bar and that oddly-colored yellow-green object to the lower left hand corner. I believe these two things (although mysterious and not easily recognizable as to what they are) tell that the trunk might be enclosed or fitted with some fence, and that there is something "not wood" out there in the back -- could be the ground or a leaf, or the continuation of some branch. in this way, I appreciate those elements for grounding the wooden knot (maybe mentally and indirectly) in reality and not be something that just "exists" out there in space. But I must say, the composition itself does not help the two knots in the middle too much.

[MB1]

Blowing off the rule of thirds are we? :thumbsup:

I'm trying to figure out what you were focusing on. :nonod:

[readingr]

seifen, thanks for the review - believe it or not this is a tree or it could be classified as a bush growing in Kew Gardens, The metal bar holds all the trunks together. Here is another view of the plant.


MB, - I thought you would have known my attitude to rules by now ; They are meant to be broken . My focus was on the texture in the knots, but wanted something to contrast them and give an elusive context to the knot hence the out of focus metal band and the dead leaf included in the picture with little of the overall background of where the tree is located. This is why I took this at the angle you see. PP included a very small bit of levels to brighten, a touch of saturation +3, and a minor correction to the curves for the black, no cropping. This was taken at F3.2 @ 1/80th using ISO 800 - I was hoping for a bit more noise but the 5D isn't that good at noise:blush2:

Hope that explains the intentions behind the photograph.

Roger

[gahspidy]

Roger, so this is the same subject that Wombat took that day. I remember this from a post of his.
I did not think getting so close to the knot with a bit of the band at top was working especially with the very limited dof. This last reference shot you posted is very interesting. i think seeing more at the bottom would work better, but i still like this alot.

[readingr]

Roger, so this is the same subject that Wombat took that day. I remember this from a post of his.
I did not think getting so close to the knot with a bit of the band at top was working especially with the very limited dof. This last reference shot you posted is very interesting. i think seeing more at the bottom would work better, but i still like this alot.

Gary,

Yes it is the same tree/bush as SW posted.

I take it you prefer the last post to the initial picture or did I miss read what you meant.

If so that's interesting as I had discounted the last as a snapshot, which I was using as a reference.

Roger

[gahspidy]

Gary,

Yes it is the same tree/bush as SW posted.

I take it you prefer the last post to the initial picture or did I miss read what you meant.

If so that's interesting as I had discounted the last as a snapshot, which I was using as a reference.

Roger

Yes, exactly. that last shot as reference as you say is very good. I can look at it for quite a while. Maybe get rid of the piece of branch or something in the upper left corner and darken and blur the bg a bit. Seeing the whole group of trunks banded together like that is a great subject.

[GB1]

Hmmm. I like the subject, but I am not sure about either composition. Seems like a hard subject to get right since you cannot control the background with ease. The limited DOF that you used may be the best way possible to photograph it.

G