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Saturday, February 11, 2012

Mystery in Black and White...






"A tree is an incomprehensible mystery."
Jim Woodring


While browsing through the participants of Skywatch Friday, I 
discovered a fabulous photo by Nature Footstep Photography
and it occurred to me to play with some of my tree photos...
I was particularly interested in darkening the sky to black...
with the branches in high contrast...

What do you think???

For more participants in The Weekend in Black and White...click here...

Do be sure to check out Nature Footstep Photography!!!
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24 comments:

  1. PatFebruary 11, 2012 at 1:15 AM

    Very nice! Except right now here that tree would be reality--frozen solid! ;<)

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  2. NatureFootstepFebruary 11, 2012 at 3:46 AM

    it almost looks like a negative. I like the effect you accomplished.

    If the trees would had been a bit darker you would have an almost spoky photo. An owl on one branch? :):)

    You can play around a lot. But I like it as it is.
    Oh, almost forgot, thanks for linking. :)

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  3. KaoriFebruary 11, 2012 at 4:12 AM

    Awesome! I love the X-ray type effect. At first I actually thought it was a tree with snow or a lit up tree at night ;D

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  4. LadyFiFebruary 11, 2012 at 8:05 AM

    Looks mysterious and beautiful!

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  5. AnonymousFebruary 11, 2012 at 9:39 AM

    I like what it does to the trunk, the shadows and curves.

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  6. TheChieftessFebruary 11, 2012 at 9:46 AM

    Thanks Bibi!!! We've had unseasonably warm weather here...so no frozen trees!!!

    Thanks Nature Footstep!!! and thanks for the inspiration to play!!!

    Thanks Kaori!!! It does look a bit like it is lit by a spotlight!!!

    Thanks LadyFi!!! Your shot today is exquisite!!!

    That's what I liked about it too Hiker!!!

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  7. Tatjana ParkachevaFebruary 11, 2012 at 11:40 AM

    Very good work.

    Regard and best wishes

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  8. TheChieftessFebruary 11, 2012 at 11:57 AM

    Thank you Tatjana!!!

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  9. LauraFebruary 11, 2012 at 1:56 PM

    Wow...absolutely gorgeous!

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  10. TheChieftessFebruary 11, 2012 at 5:05 PM

    Thank you Laura!!! And welcome!!!

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  11. Louis la VacheFebruary 11, 2012 at 8:30 PM

    This works very nicely with the high contrast - the bare limbs against the black sky. Something of a Hitchcock feel to it!

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  12. TheChieftessFebruary 11, 2012 at 11:50 PM

    Thanks Louis!!! I love the thought of Hitchcock!!!

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  13. RobertNFebruary 12, 2012 at 3:47 AM

    Very interesting!!

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  14. DragonstarFebruary 12, 2012 at 7:54 AM

    I think it works well. Very attractive.

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  15. TheChieftessFebruary 12, 2012 at 10:04 AM

    Thanks Robert and Dragonstar!!!

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  16. JamesFebruary 12, 2012 at 12:57 PM

    Great shot! The tree really stands out against the black background.

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  17. TheChieftessFebruary 12, 2012 at 2:18 PM

    Thanks James!!! The tree in natural color was interesting, but not as defined as here...this processing brought out the more of the texture of the bark and shape of the tree limbs...Besides...it was just plain fun playing around with it!!!

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  18. MargaretFebruary 12, 2012 at 7:51 PM

    I think you have a spooky thing going on, but I like it.

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  19. TheChieftessFebruary 12, 2012 at 11:52 PM

    Thanks Margaret!!!

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  20. LinneaFebruary 13, 2012 at 9:57 AM

    Very nice! You can almost imagine the tree is covered in ice! Thanks for stopping by at my SWF.

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  21. AmandaFebruary 13, 2012 at 2:03 PM

    Lovely photo!

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  22. TheChieftessFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:08 PM

    Thank you Linnea! Today it could've been ice! We finally had some snow again!!!

    Thank you Winchester!!! Glad you stopped by to visit and comment!!!

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  23. Pasadena AdjacentFebruary 15, 2012 at 2:35 PM

    nice

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  24. TheChieftessFebruary 16, 2012 at 12:10 AM

    Thanks PA!!!

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