Saturday, September 13, 2014

European Beech



A beautiful specimen in Ft. Tryon Park with a diameter at base of almost 2 meters.This is where it splits off into 3 major branches, Rainy day with wet and dry spots on the bark.

*Cannot get this to look on blogger the way it looks in photoshop - even when I take it to a ridiculously dark and contrasty setting in PS it still looks washed out here - the blacks aren't black enough and in this picture the tonality is especially important. Oh well.


UPDATE - SOLUTION FOUND:

Blogger is linked to google+ and Picasa in a convoluted way that I won't even try to explain. The important thing is that google+ has an image "auto enhance" feature that is on by default and applies to both google+ and Blogger images. I turned that off and re-uploaded the image with tones that look right on my monitor.

4 comments:

  1. Nice you give a comment otherwise it is a nice study in light and shadow, white,grey, black and balance in composition. Perhaps thats also the intent of the maker.

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  2. Very beautiful and very special photo.

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  3. Texture, light and colors come together into a beautiful picture. It would be probably worth it to see it enlarged.

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