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JimFox

JimFox

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As I was heading back from visiting a bunch of the old California Missions on Easter week, I was driving some of the backroads in Northern/Central California and saw this single tree in a field. So I had to pull off, and walk through some weeds up to a fence to frame this.

This is actually the 2nd single tree I had found that day. For the lone tree being such a rare find for me, it seems I can go years between finding them. On this particular day I found 2 of them! I captured this in both Infrared and regular color, this is off my D850. The clouds were moving fast that day, and fun to watch. I was wishing I had gotten there earlier and had time to set up a timelapse on those clouds.

All comments are welcome,

Jim

PS. I know this would be a great image to put in John's Thursday Task, but I will have to find another image for it. :) Thursday’s Task | Focal World


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TimMc

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You may not have gotten to this early enough to do all you want, but you got there for the perfect combination of light , clouds and a just a great landscape picture.

And just to stir the pot, you may have shown the 850 still is unsurpassed as an all round camera 😈
 
JimFox

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TimMc said:
You may not have gotten to this early enough to do all you want, but you got there for the perfect combination of light , clouds and a just a great landscape picture.

And just to stir the pot, you may have shown the 850 still is unsurpassed as an all round camera 😈
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Thanks Tim! It was really great timing for some photos for sure!

As for the Nikon D850, there still is no better camera in my eye, I think that's why even the prices for Used ones are almost what a new one would cost. And while I have looked at the recent Mirrorless offerings over the last few years by Nikon, as you know, I am not tempted in the least to trade in my D850 for a mirrorless. If the used prices were less, I would buy a used one to be my #2 camera, though my current #2 camera, the Nikon D810 is also no slouch and is totally capable still. :)
 
John Holbrook

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JimFox said:
As I was heading back from visiting a bunch of the old California Missions on Easter week, I was driving some of the backroads in Northern/Central California and saw this single tree in a field. So I had to pull off, and walk through some weeds up to a fence to frame this.

This is actually the 2nd single tree I had found that day. For the lone tree being such a rare find for me, it seems I can go years between finding them. On this particular day I found 2 of them! I captured this in both Infrared and regular color, this is off my D850. The clouds were moving fast that day, and fun to watch. I was wishing I had gotten there earlier and had time to set up a timelapse on those clouds.

All comments are welcome,

Jim

PS. I know this would be a great image to put in John's Thursday Task, but I will have to find another image for it. :) Thursday’s Task | Focal World


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Jim, great image—looks like the “one” to me for this week’s Task!
 
MonikaC

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Those clouds made for some very nice light on the hillside behind the tree. As nice as those clouds are, I might crop some off the top (I know you hate cropping, so that's just what I would do ;)
 
JimFox

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MonikaC said:
Those clouds made for some very nice light on the hillside behind the tree. As nice as those clouds are, I might crop some off the top (I know you hate cropping, so that's just what I would do ;)
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Ha ha Monika.... When I was processing this, I did crop it down like you suggested..... I didn't like it and went back to this one.... :)

Thanks so much! :)
 
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