The Lone Tree + Edit

JimFox

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*** Added Edit

Traveling along the I-25 from New Mexico to Colorado, I have found that there is very often some cool weather going on. In this case I saw some cool storms to the West so I exited the freeway and started driving some backroads to find a nice composition to go along with it. In this case I had found some old buildings to the one side, and a little further down the road this tree on the right side.

For me, the Lone Tree is almost a quest. It's very hard to find, perhaps not as the quest to find the Holy Grail, but it's hard none the less. :)

Nikon D7100 converted to 590nm IR
Converted to B&W

All comments are welcome,

Jim

#1 - Original
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#2 - Edit, brighter clouds
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JimFox

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A little on the dark side but a very nice composition and I like the B&W rendering.
Thanks Alan. The Tree and ground is brighter and I wanted the clouds darker. Maybe the clouds are too dark? Or is the whole image too dark?
 

Michael13

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Photographers are drawn to lone trees like a fat man to a cupcake. 😁 I understand you're wanting a dark sky against that bright tree, but I think you could make that biggest foreground cloud brighter and still make that point.
 

JimFox

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Photographers are drawn to lone trees like a fat man to a cupcake. 😁 I understand you're wanting a dark sky against that bright tree, but I think you could make that biggest foreground cloud brighter and still make that point.
Thanks Michael, I sure love cupcakes! :)

That cloud was brighter, I think I thought too much on this one. I will go back to a version with the brighter cloud.
 

AlanLichty

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I can see the squall better in the lightened version. The new version feels like it has more depth with more details in the distant hills.
 

JimFox

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I can see the squall better in the lightened version. The new version feels like it has more depth with more details in the distant hills.
Thanks Alan, I had liked how it looked, but I was too focused on trying to make it even more dramatic. I should have just left it as it was.
 
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