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[photog1107]

This shot was taken on a lovely bike ride yesterday... It's a magnificent old tree next to a radio tower near where I live. I wanted to achieve a bit of a surreal effect, but I am not sure, compositionally, whether the radio tower serves to create interest, or is just distracting. Would be open to critique on my choice of framing and composition.



Shot standing under the tree, with a Tamron 10-24 at 13mm; 1/160 with f/7.1. ISO 100.

Thanks for any interest or input. :

[TBrown00]

Personally, I find the tower distracting

[cmboya]

I love the tree, but agree that the tower is distracting.

[SwissJon]

I love the sky in this photo.. Really menacing.. Complements the tree perfectly.. How good are you at cloning for that tower?

[photog1107]

Thanks very much for the feedback. You all confirmed my suspicions. Here it is, sans tower. Am sure my skills could improve, but I think I managed to pull it off.

[SwissJon]

Now that's really cool.. Well done.

[TheEagleSpirit]

Originally Posted by photog1107

Thanks very much for the feedback. You all confirmed my suspicions. Here it is, sans tower. Am sure my skills could improve, but I think I managed to pull it off.

This could be a winner in a contest that is going on at
TREES Inc. it is called "Trees As Sculptures"

[DooSPX]

It looks great without the tower in the background! Great shot, and great job removing the tower!

[TBrown00]

Looks great now! I like the B&W effect

[photog1107]

Thanks very much everyone for the comments and feedback... and I will indeed check out that tree contest!