Went for a wander in the local wood this afternoon and happened upon this.
——-Stephen——-
Stephen G Hipperson
My photography and other stuff
Went for a wander in the local wood this afternoon and happened upon this.
——-Stephen——-
Stephen G Hipperson 
it looks like an HD shot.
Nope. Not this one (or any on my blog). 😉
I only have it on my iPhone, and can give far greater detail. Or make up for a lack of skill on my part…
What do you recognise as HD?
Greater definition, caused by the fact that the exposure happens 3 times and the best bits of each are merged onto one image. They can look unnatural, but vivid. Great for cityscapes though.
Ah! – you mean HDR.
HDR – High Dynamic Range. It’s purpose is to compensate for the fact that camera sensors are unable to cope the dynamic range of light in front of them and monitors, and ink/paper isn’t able to present it (very often our eyes can’t cope with it either). HDR allows a compression of that dynamic range so it can be captured/presented. The skill is to quantify which parts to compress and which to open up, while still keeping some relationship with the original scene – although I fully accept that the objective can be independent of the original scene.
HD is simply ‘High Definition’ – a marketing hype to indicate more pixels than before, hence HD TVs have more pixels on the screen than their predecessors. I guess the next hype will be Extra HD, then Super HD and probably Ultra HD after that.
I have used HDR on the odd occasion, but have never been particularly happy with the results – I have in my mind the ‘look’ a photograph should have. HDR has a tendency to push things towards a CGI appearance – which many use in an artistic way – at the moment that’s not for me.
This is amazing and so impressive… As if they talk, they try to say something… I love trees and wood… Thank you dear Stephen, love, nia
🙂 – me too. The particular wood that I visit has outcrops of rock from which trees seem to pour out.
Fluid was the word that came to me.
Or better still – ooze? 😉
Oh, gorgeous. Reminds me of that bit in the Lord of the Rings…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L0A2D7zV7A
Thanks for that!
I have a few more which might fit the general idea too. And it’s something to look out for then next time I visit.
It’s always amazing to me how trees can grow out of rock ledge… with seemingly little for them to sink their roots into… It’s also amazing to realize they can often split those boulders with their roots…. little by little and bit by bit… gnarly creatures for sure.
Absolutely right. Life has a way of asserting it’s presence with it’s overwhelming drive to survive.
Stunning! Such a vivid image. Beautifully composed.
Thank you!
What a story this tree must be able to tell! Is it …. could it possibly be …. an Ent?
Very possibly, but probably not. 😉
The light wasn’t very kind to me yesterday, so I couldn’t realise all that I wanted. So a return visit, perhaps after the leaves have fallen to open up the canopy.
Love the richness and texture.
Thanks Carissa!
Nice image. I love the shapes that tree roots can create.
Indeed. We often walk past them, not seeing them, but they can be transformed with the right sort of light.
Congratulations, truly an awesome image.
Nature, and our ability to appreciate it, brings us ever closer to the Creator. Thank you. By the way, it provides a great seed bed for a story – it anthropomorphizes and has the voice of John Huston!
Thank you!
I think it’s fair to say the photographer can only bring the image, the interpretation/meaning must be brought by the viewer. It is a compliment indeed to suggest it could be a trigger for somebody’s story, thank you.
great photograph, nothing hdr about it, just great texture
🙂