Tranquility?

[Pete Askew]

This was taken in the meditational area of a Monastery in Switzerland which had an amazingly tranquil feel to it. So I decided that what it needed was a hint of menace! I was trying to get to a point where the building surrounding this orchard felt like a sanctuary from the real world. Not sure I have managed it yet though.



Sony RX100. PP in Lightroom / Nik SilverEFEX Pro 2.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Works for me. The way the trees are leaning in and towards the building provide a sense of encroachment. I get the feeling if that you look away or blink, they will edge a little closer. The real world has shadows, but the contemplative world does not - judging from this image.

Good one, Pete.

 

[Pete Askew]

Thanks, Rob. I was aiming for a kind of dark woods feel with the tree holding one back from sanctuary.

 

[Dave Farnes]

Just to be awkward, that does have an air of menace to me, but the other way round. The dark woods looks mysterious and interesting, the whitewashed walls remind me of an old assylum. I would long to escape into the woods!

Well, what do you expect from a tree-hugger.

 

[Steve Boykin]

I will definitely agree with the treatment. Super!!!!!

 

[Pete Askew]

Thanks, Steve.

 

[Brian Moore]

I picture Van Gogh inside painting madly and harming various body parts. Other than that it doesn’t look menacing at all.

 

[Pete Askew]

Damn. I failed!

I wondered where all those ears had come from!

Thanks, Brian.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

I think a topless nun in the window would finish it off nicely - but that's just me going off on a tangent!

Has a Midwich Cuckoos feel to it Pete - very nice and creepy

 

[Pete Askew]

I did ask, Chris,but they'd all been booked by some bloke in California!

Thanks. It did have a very interesting feel.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

I did ask, Chris,but they'd all been booked by some bloke in California!

Thanks. It did have a very interesting feel.

guilty as charged melud