Dead Center by bmac62
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I've posted a couple of photos during the last several days showing the Teton Mountain Range highlighted by the Grand Teton rising to 13,776 feet (4,198m) and flanked by three other mountain tops that exceed 12,000 feet (3,658m) in elevation.
I took this photo to illustrate the breadth and flatness of the Jackson Hole Valley that lies immediately to the east of the Teton Range. It just so happens that where I stopped to take my photo one tree was waiting for me. And, the price for its cooperation was that I put it dead center in the middle of my composition! Ok, Ok...:-)
Comments (17)
Otto1969
Marvelous view, nice shot of a great landscape.
jayfar
An excellent shot and a superb DOF Bill.
durleybeachbum
Hehe! And, why not?
CavalierLady
Beautiful! Sometimes it's a good thing to go against the traditional "rule of thirds". I like this composition very much.
kgb224
Wonderful capture my friend. God bless.
Cyve
Fantastic capture and landscape !!!
blinkings
What a stunning place. I guess we know where all the local dogs congregate!
photosynthesis
That tree looks lonely out there - I bet it appreciates being the center of attention. And I'm totally on board with breaking the rules whenever your intuition tells you to...
MrsRatbag
I like this, flaunting the rules works well sometimes! Wonderful shot!
auntietk
Yup. This totally works. My eye is drawn to the tree, of course, but because it's right on the horizon, I'm immediately pulled right and then left and back again, scanning the mountains around the valley. The bare patches in the foreground look like paths leading to something mysterious, although ... what could be hidden in that landscape? It's a fantastic picture, and rules be damned.
awjay
i can move it in photoshop...;)
giulband
Fantastic image composition !!
helanker
Not a big crime, Bill. Here it looks great IMO :-)
moochagoo
This is USA for me. Fantastic landscape.
jendellas
It looks so lonely :o)) Super pic!! xx
Richardphotos
wide open spaces are the best for sky captures and the tree adds
anahata.c
Ok, I'm back. (Did ya even know I was gone? I mean, be honest: Did ya even know I was gone??? I work my fingers to the bone and I leave for 2 minutes, and---boom. Nada. Zilch...") Ok. Well, I know there are some rules that say you shouldn't put that tree dead center---but how common are those rules? Sometimes dead center makes a big statement. The great thing about this dead center is precisely that it's a lone tree. A lone tree surrounded by a vast, flat landscape, flanked by some of the most dramatic mountains on the continent. I love that tree there. And, with tara, it draws me to all sides of it, and then back. I'd have loved to see what Rod said about this (with his recent long sweeping landscapes from the Dakotas, etc). And Iove blinkings comment about this being where all the dogs "congregate". (Can you imagine? They're standing at the foot of this shot, and saying: "Are you kidding me???? Are you __ing kidding me??? All the way out there???") I love this shot. As a landscape, it's all about flat and even dreary, with real scrub in the foreground (which assumedly continues in the background too), and the ghosts of mountains in the distance. I do remember that the Tetons had flat land around them---in fact, isn't that part of their appeal? That you get to see them from flat vistas? In any case, it's another of your shots with a slightly yellow patina, and the sky is lovely with that tinge of earthen yellow. The sweep of the clouds adds to the sweep of the landscape, too; and the tree really makes the shot. Terrific, Bill. That tree in the epicenter is the creme-de-la-creme.