Enhorabuena Gerald por esta bella fotografía, me gusta mucho el resultado final tras el proceso empleado. Saludos

perfekt!

Superbe ambiante et magnifique traitement

Great composition, love the way the tree-tops lead you into the sky :)

I don't know where to ask this question...so I am asking it on one of my photos...why have there been no more featured photos?

I noticed that, too! It seems there isn't much activity on Vazaar at all. :(

btw, when I was looking to some older photo's I saw this one. I love the unusual crop, good job!

Yo habría cortado la parte de abajo, me encantan los árboles...

Gracias por el comentaria de Ana. Estoy de acuerdo con su critica. Algunos de la parta inferior puede ser cultivada fuera, pero no todos de lan misma. Disculpe me espanol. No es mi idioma nativo.... :)

Me gusta la composición, es curioso el juego curvo que realizan estos árboles, aunque el pequeño que justamente está en el centro y al fondo destaca sobre los demás, creo que no encaja por su color diferente. Yo habría trasladado el encuadre un poco más a la derecha con el objetivo de que se viera el elemento de la derecha.
Saludos.

oh yeah, i didn't notice that before. they are a little bit different, huh? I also just noticed that pole on the far left, haha. funny I should only notice that now. thanks for the comment!

I would crop the top so that none of the blue of the sky can be seen.

Great image though, adore it!

The depth that you have created in your image is really quite captivating, as is the detail in the trunks and branches. I also think that the toning that you have selected works very well to create a very strong image overall. Nice work.

Intense and beautiful atmosphere like often in your photographs. Greetings.

Thank you Eric!

absolutely beautiful

Excellent shot, only the grain is too heavy.

Yeah, about the grain, I can't used to it either. I admire photographers who are using conventional camera's and still can control the light and everything. It must be a lot harder, especially becouse you can't see the result soon (the younger generation like me is heavely spoiled). And that's the reason I desisded to 'accept' the film grain.

But... I love the shot! I'm not sure about the brench in the foreground, however it brings some depth in the scene. I love the light and the large shadow and your camera-angle is well-choosen. Good job!!

the grain made it look like a watercolor painting, and i don't mean that in a bad way. i love the mood in this photo a lot.

I really like this image - it provokes an emotion - which is what a good photo should do. It screams out stark/empty/barren. There is nothing i personally would change about this image - would have this on my wall.

a bit a copycat of beamer's: www.vazaar.com/user:Beamer/photos/id:33257/

:)

Nice job Tamara!! Imitation if accepted here always, I consider it a complement.

I wish I were able to see the tree better, the picture is out of focus. There also seems to be a lot going on at the bottom that is catching more of my attention than the tree itself.

For night shots, make sure to either put your camera on a tripod, turn up the ISO, or both. This is a pretty noisy picture, there is software that can help with it, as it is going to be inevitable sometimes. :)

Hope this helps!

I agree with the above comments, the photo is too blurry but the lighting in the tree is very interesting!

I would think that cropping at that box/building thing would improve it a bit

Ok this one is certainly too blurred and the items in the bottom appear distracting to me. I like the lighting however.

This must have be a really lovely view when you walked by, but unfortunality this shot doesn't works at all, imho. The part of being out of focus (could be movement, too) is bothering me the most. The framing isn't also my cup of tea: I would give the palm tree more space on the left, right and top.

Hola Juan Antonio, tratamiento muy bien hécho. Tu encadre me gusta mucho. Buéna continuaçion y hasta pronto ;)

Muchas gracias Eric por tu comentario.Saludos y hasta pronto.

that's a really creepy scene. i love the post processing you did on this.

Muchas gracia Pao por tu comentario, me alegro te haya gustado este proceso. Saludos

I started out with a point and shoot, and let me tell you, I got some very amazing shots with it.

When you have a sky like this, best to point it at the leaves, and not the sky so much.

Is there a "backlighting" mode on your camera, there is on my Lumix. It would help a lot with a shot like this.

Thanks for the pointers guys they're really useful!

I agree with the above on how to get the exposure right..
On some Point and shoot cameras you are able to set the focus and exposure by holding the button half way down.
I would point it at the leaves, get the exposure the way i wanted, by pressing the shutter half way down, then recompose to include everything. You might also want to experiment with exposing for the sky and the leaves to see which one works best for you... It also depends on the situation.

The D40 is a great starting point. That is the DSLR that I currently use.

I also started with a point and shoot and only within the last few months moved to the DSLR.

Even with a (D)SLR you could not have exposed this scene properly without a REALLY strong flash since the difference in luminance between the sky and the foreground is just way too big.