Old Oak In Winter by photosynthesis

Photography • Atmosphere/Mood • posted on Mar 20, 2016

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Taken on our property a few years ago. This old oak tree was battered & battle-scarred, but still standing... Please zoom.

Comments (10)

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kenmo

11:08AM | Sun, 20 March 2016

Superb scene...

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X-PaX

12:23PM | Sun, 20 March 2016

Very nice capture.
Maybe the postwork should be a bit more less, but i know that it is difficult to make a good winter shot if the sky also is white.

photosynthesis

12:56PM | Sun, 20 March 2016

Thanks for your comment, but actually the sky had some color in it originally (not a lot, but some) & I purposely went with a pure white background to heighten the wintry feel & focus on the tree...

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npauling

2:21PM | Sun, 20 March 2016

A lovely frosty looking capture, the branches have a beautiful texture to them. ☺

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Faemike55

2:56PM | Sun, 20 March 2016

I like this

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durleybeachbum

4:38PM | Sun, 20 March 2016

Beautiful!

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beachsidelegs

6:16PM | Sun, 20 March 2016

Stunning image I think the background makes the tree pop...Love it :)

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MrsRatbag

7:22PM | Sun, 20 March 2016

Incredibly lovely! The colours in the bark are marvelous, and the snow is luscious icing!

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SunriseGirl

3:39AM | Mon, 21 March 2016

I love this old tree with the twisting branches covered with snow. What a joy to behold and it is very well presented here with this POV and postwork.

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kgb224

7:25AM | Mon, 21 March 2016

Wonderful capture my friend. God bless.

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anahata.c

8:44PM | Sun, 17 April 2016

I think Christian (X-PaX) is responding to this in photographic terms, whereas---as indicated in your comment (and visible to all of us who know your vision well)---you were going for a part photograph, part graphic, part almost painting, and all vision feeling. The white works beautifully for that. You've been getting a number of Japanese/Korean/even Chinese feelings in your more recent work; as you have at other times in your output. The stark abstraction brought on by all that white, the tortured bony shapes of the branches, the saturated hues (typical of their prints), and the composition with those trees on the bottom and the branches articulating across the sky...all of it has a Japanese feeling to me, even if you had nothing like that in mind. And in any case, it doesn't matter, because the image is beautiful, period. The red leaves are beautifuil contrast to all those lineated branches. (Not sure "lineated" is a word, but I mean how you bring out the lines of the branches through your postwork...) A beautiful visual poem.

(Here are 3 randomly chosen examples of tree painting from Japanese screens. The branch shapes are similar, as is their presence, the feeling, etc...

http://nagaantiques.com/wp-content/media/2013/07/japanese_screen_S471.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Kano_Eitoku_-_Cypress_Trees.jpg/1280px-Kano_Eitoku_-_Cypress_Trees.jpg

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/be/df/b4/bedfb4ce686cea6381c572a1c93524bf.jpg)