Tree in Motion I

[Pete Askew]

As it as nice and windy this evening I went out to see if I could get closer to what I was after the other day while the sun was nice and low. This time I used a longer lens.

Hasselblad 503CW + Zeiss Sonnar 180mm f1:4 onto a PhaseOne P45 back. ISO 100, 1/15s at f16. PP in LR and Nik SilverFX Pro 2.

 

[Brian Moore]

Cracker Pete! Love this one the most. Its almost like a charcoal drawing.

 

[Nihat Iyriboz]

I join Brian on his assessment, Pete. You've gone beyond photography.

 

[Pete Askew]

Thank you both. This is closer to what I had in mind before. Here is another.

 

[Paul Lange]

Hey wow, you certainly did get what you were after this time. The lines drawn by the moving branches really give a sense of chaotic movement.

 

[Pete Askew]

Thanks Paul, I'm much happier with these. I have quite a few and might print a few.

 

[Paul Lange]

Did you use a ND filter?

 

[Pete Askew]

No, there was no need as the sun was quite low in the sky and the minimum aperture on the 180mm is f1:32 so had more leeway.

 

[Hamish Gill]

I like the higher darks of the second, makes it more abstract somehow ... ?

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Good stuff, Pete. If you hadn't given it away in the title, I would have enjoyed working out what it was all about. But I still enjoyed looking at it - now both. The first has a feeling of a forest fire, which gives it great energy. Not so sure if the second quite has that, but is still interesting. Good stuff.

 

[Pete Askew]

Thanks Hamish, thanks Rob. I have quite a few of these and they all have slightly different feels to them. I might make a small series from them but I suspect I need to let the settle a bit first.