Pictures From the Woods
Ghost Elm
Posted by Bill Ault (GBA, Canada) on 13 September 2008 in Landscape & Rural.
Another fog shot a stately old elm - rare thanks to Dutch elm disese - appears out of the fog.
GJC from Kyoto, Japan
Super shot! I love these kind of photos with a sense of simplicity wrapped by a mystery. Thanks for sharing.
13 Sep 2008 8:25am
@GJC: You're welcome. Funny thing is I wasn't sure about it put it up and took it down off the site once but it grew on me.
@Laura: thanks Laura the colours I did push a bit but in the end I think they are just about right
@Betty: thanks Betty
Denise from Perry, United States
This is beautiful, for some reason I feel drawn to the grass forward in the picture, it adds to the placement of the elm. I expected to see at least 20 comments when I first viewed! Would make a nice poster with a calming message at the bottom.
14 Sep 2008 1:19am
@Denise: The grass was important like you I'm not sure why but the image needs it as I looked at it numerous times to get the crop right. As it often is the foreground really adds to the shot I think.
@One: thanks one - the composition just sort of happened a little cropping of the foreground but besides that this one just kind of happened with the shape of the elm kind of dictating things
DarkElf from Perth, Australia
great mysterious mood - lovely composition too to keep the tree off center - it really works well here!
14 Sep 2008 1:18pm
@DarkElf: thanks as above the tree made me do it ;-)
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