paddyjoe

well, maybe the first one, not too sure about the other three...........

ngdawg

WOW!! Just freakin wow.....

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cellophanedeity

Very awesome.

The second picture is very creepy, and the last one is very sad.

powerclown

These are really cool.
Nicely done.

JumpinJesus

Holga shots?

I love the first one. Very haunting.I think the second one would look terrific if you could do a bit of contrast between the roots and the soil.

The last one, though, I think is my favorite. It's very sad.

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newtx

Nice and spooky. I really like the second photo.

shoegirl

Wow, these are really great! Excellent shots, paddyjoe!

kramus

Hi PJ - you really brought those trees out of themselves. "Work it, work it, that's right!"
I was very taken with #2, and the atmosphere of #4 is very powerful. Most excellent, dewd

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I agree with JJ ... something about the plain stones and the trees ... plus the choice of coloring that you went with - very .... melancholy.

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"Harry Potter"????.................



..........very nice composition....more contrast? maybe not....xoxoxoo

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Charlatan

None of these trees look very friendly... and I like that.

Excellent work... it's great to see you back and posting.

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maleficent

the last picture is just so sad.... i think it's a weeping willow over looking the headstones... it's cold and bleak... and well - it seems to capture death so well... Cemetaries to me are beautiful peaceful places... this definitely puts a different look to them...

Nice work

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Those are awesome. Trees are by far my favorite thing to photograph. I love these!

paddyjoe

The first three are from the Holga, the last is my Nikon F100 with infrared film.



You know, I do usually enjoy a bit extra contrast in my images, but in this case, the tones presented were actually very close, and the plastic lens of this camera is definately not the most contrasty lens you'll find.



{Ahahaha...joe potter.......}

I do love how everyone's brain processes the same image differently. It's all so wonderfully subjective.....




The emotions of a photo can be overwhelming. I felt the exact same way watching this image appear in the darkroom.


They are living breathing things, and they are just all so different! My neighbors just had a beautiful Japanese Maple die out in their backyard. It was such a sad thing to see happen.


Thanks all, for your great comments and advice. It is much appreciated!



Thanks bro, good to be back.........

Fly

i'm trippin' on this one the most........seems like the tree is a guardian or something.

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Slippery Slope

Love 'em all but the third is my favourite. Great stuff!

lowlife

I'm considering converting my old Cannon Rebel to IR. Any thoughts on the subject?

paddyjoe

Wowee, look at these ol' timers you went and dug up!

Really, I don't have any experience in digital IR. All the infrared stuff i've done has been with film. Mostly me and Kodak in the darkroom.

My advice would be to start a thread in Photo or Technology and then we both could learn.

Bear Cub

I like tree pictures.

We should see more of them in this thread.

South Carolina rest area. Quite a bit of detail lost in the resize.

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ring

Nice shot, Bear Cub. Good to see you around again.
Maybe if we keep adding more tree pics, we might summon paddyjoe. If not,
this is a good place to forest.

Ill go find a tree pic or two, and be right back.

Manic_Skafe

Trees!!

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ring

oooo. Love it.


2008

G~man

Cool pictures...I have plenty of tree pics when I finally reach enough posts to be able to post them.

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Are you simply making posts to increase your count? If so it won't work... we look at quality of posts as well as quantity before granting further privileges.

Just so you know.

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G~man

Nope----If I was doing that I would simply just make 15 useless posts. The pictures in this thread are intriguing, especially as I work in forestry. I have lots of "tree" pictures and at some point in the future, I may be able to share them.

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ring

There might be some confusion with your profile showing up as a different member with a similar name perhaps. The staff will be working on it.

Meanwhile: We look forward to seeing your tree images sometime in the near future.

Here's a photo I'm fond of, from last summer:

freeload

These are from a nice walk I had last winter. It was cold...

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Bear Cub

I dig it.

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G~man

Ok here are some of mine. A word of explanation is maybe needed...I work in fire, there is a certain beauty in forest fires. They are part of the ecological process, and help keep our National Forests healthy.

This first one is on the Idaho/Montana border in 08:



These next two were taken by a "Badass Hotshot", (he made me say that as a condition of allowing me to post them...), from the Bonneville Hotshot crew named Matt.

Saving a life:



The long road home:

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ring

Superb. Thanks for sharing.

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chriswin8

I took this Pic out front my house one day when it was mildly foggy. I love the angle and how it gave the tree that creep factor. I had this as my wallpaper for the longest time.

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paddyjoe

who's got more trees they wanna show off......

G~man

I do---but most are burning:

Fire really has its own beauty when mixed with trees:


Sometimes when nature does its thing, we need to help out in order to keep it from entering the urban interface, this is me with a helitorch:


The results:







A little clean up:


The ones we saved:

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paddyjoe

some serious fire-fighting, G-man. and thanks for doing it.

this pic is wild!

Fly

just a little tree.

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G~man

Thank you---You're welcome---Obviously I, along with my colleagues are addicted to it.

That particular tree is called a "candle tree". You can see the fire front passed through the forest relatively fast---the ground is burnt, but the surrounding live trees only burnt at the bottom, and will all survive. The "candle" tree was obviously dead probably due to disease or bugs and a spark got into it and ignited all the shavings and dust. It needed to be brought down and then will shower sparks like a "roman candle" till we get water in it and extinguish it---normally with a well placed bucket drop from a helicopter which is where I come in.

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