Lone Tree (almost)

[Ken Rennie]

A trip to Borrowdale this morning to see how the trees are getting on. Still a while before the new foliage appears but I have found a nice tree so you will probably see multiple images of this silver birch as the year progresses. Ken

 

[AlanLichty]

A very nice subject to follow through the seasons. I like the shape of the tree and the backdrop.

Are those small patches of snow still lingering near the base of the tree to the right or rocks?

 

[Ken Rennie]

A very nice subject to follow through the seasons. I like the shape of the tree and the backdrop.

Are those small patches of snow still lingering near the base of the tree to the right or rocks?

No snow Alan, the temperature has actually got into the low 60's for the first time this year but the visibility is terrible with high pressure 'mush' limiting visibility to a couple of miles. Ken

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Very nice, Ken.

 

[JimFox]

Very cool Ken! I really like the limited visibility of the background, it's nice to have it fade a bit. And that light is really nice I think.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Lovely image.

 

[Beth]

i really like how you've framed this with no sky visible. it makes the tree look big, but also small in the bigger landscape. great image.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

An almost perfect background for this tree and the light aids in the look of this image.

 

[Ken Rennie]

Thanks for the comments. This was taken within 30 minutes of midday so the light should have been harsh but lots of high cloud has softened it. Shot at f4 @ 105mm so the opposite side of the valley is out of focus and hazy. Sidelight which happens around noon and almost no processing apart from shadow lifting on the lower trunk of the tree. I hope that I can get light like this when I photograph trees, directional but soft. I may have mentioned it before but I hate bracken, especially dead bracken as here. I have known about this tree for ages but this is the first time that I have photographed it but lots more to come over the months. Ken

 

[Ken Rennie]

A very nice subject to follow through the seasons. I like the shape of the tree and the backdrop.

Are those small patches of snow still lingering near the base of the tree to the right or rocks?

I have had a careful look it is quartz, I will darken them down a bit. Ken