Tree in the Lake

Posted by Ian Bramham (Manchester, United Kingdom) on 28 March 2014 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.

This is the last in a series of photos of trees that I took in the English Lake District a few weeks ago. This one is a tree at Derwent Water that has toppled over into the lake. Soil erosion has exposed most of the root system but the tree is still thriving.

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Comments (13)

Christian Richer from Le Havre, France

The long lasting of pose emphasizes the magnificent drawing of the subject! Grey magnificent, as usual...

28 Mar 2014 8:01am

@Christian Richer: Thanks Christian.

Babzy from Besançon, France

great angle :)

28 Mar 2014 8:26am

@Babzy: Thanks Babzy - I really liked that long root coming back into the foreground.

Hans ter Horst from Dippach, Luxembourg

Fabulous again.
I noticed that you contrast is getting lower lately and I do like that, gives the photo sort of an ethereal feeling that a harder image wouldn't have.

28 Mar 2014 9:10am

@Hans ter Horst: Hi Hans - You're right. I think my post-processing and b&w conversion has been evolving recently and certainly I've been working with printing more in mind but what I'm finding is that for some shots, like this one for example I'm using less contrast than previously but on others (particularly architectural ones) I've been using more contrast than before.

omid from mashhad, Iran

Excellent long exposure shot!
such beautiful composition & lighting!
wonderful tree!

28 Mar 2014 9:53am

@omid: Thanks Omid.

Gérard Beullac from Paris, France

The subject is unique !
I find interesting the exhange you have with Hans as I also noticed, for myself, a tendancie to apply less contrast on my recent pictures.

28 Mar 2014 10:14am

@Gérard Beullac: Hi Gérard. It's an interesting subject isn't it and over the last year or so since I've been concentrating more on what images look like as prints I've felt like I've gradually been making progress again with my photography.