Winter Grey

[Pete Askew]

Stripped of its leaves and echoing the grey skies above.

Leica M9 + Leica 35mm Summilux M f1:1.4. IS0 160, 1/125s at f1:5.6. PP in LR and Nik SilverFX 2.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Very nice again, Pete. The tones are just right for the time of year and the contrast. Like arms reaching up. It may be because I have Bach's Bm Mass playing in the background, but I'm seeing a religious connotation here. But that's all illusory - nature going through it's endless cycle. And we are part of it, not mere spectators. Beautiful.

 

[Pete Askew]

Thanks Rob. I can see what you mean. What drew me to the tree in the first place, apart from the colour (grey) and texture of the bark, was the rather thick, short side-branches. It reminded me of the effect that a hoar frost has on trees.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Very striking Pete - almost like a pitch fork

 

[Brian Moore]

Its like a pipe organ! Wonderful.

 

[Hamish Gill]

Pipe organ out of a Tim Burton film maybe?
bleak, I love it, so much bleak on the forum at the moment!

 

[Beth Anthony]

my favorite time of year. i'll agree with the tim burton's pipe organ train of thought. i like how the pipes branch off of each other, wonder how that changes the sound?

 

[Rob MacKillop]

It's the only time of year I come close to being 'at one' with nature - when everything is falling asleep!

 

[Ahmad Bhai]

Pete i must send you a Fuji 4800, just to show what a proper camera can do
Starkness ... yes .... like harkening to our primordial self.

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Very very good Pete. Smashing.