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Sunrise behind a young Alder on Jack’s Drove, Tadham Moor, on the Somerset Levels; 28 Aug 2013.
Alders are wet country trees, they like “to have their feet in the water”. This one, still a bush really, is up along Jack’s Drove, growing between the road and the water-filled ditch alongside it.
The sun was rising and I got within the young tree’s shadow. The ultra-wideangle made sure the tree’s branches reached wide in the frame, reaching out to embrace the camera – and, I hoped, me too – and I made sure the rising sun was visible through the tree, as a brilliant, star-shaped brightness.
D700 with 12-24 Sigma at 12mm; 400 ISO; Silver Efex Pro 2’s Tin Type preset, with heavy Cyanotype tone.
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Nice … especially the twinkle. 🙂
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Thanks, Sallyann! A 🙂
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Wow–blue is right! I’m usually not a great fan of the prime element being in the exact center, but it sure works here!
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I know what you mean about the exact centre of the frame, Gary – but there are times when it does the job >>> its like most things, not to be automatically discounted! Here, the leading lines in the young tree are all pointing in at it and the dark vignette encircles it. A
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And I say brilliant about this!
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Thank you, Malin! A
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The star is stunning, but so is the ‘aura’ around the tree. Fabulous, Adrian.
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Thanks, Gem – the aura around the tree is in fact produced by my processing. Left to itself, the whole sky would be the paler blue colour, but I’ve used a dark vignette to make it a much darker blue in the top left and top right corners of the frame – what a low down, cheating Brit – avoid him at all costs!!!!!! 😉
Hope you’re fine! We are faced with appalling weather tomorrow – tidal surges, Bristol’s flood gates deployed for the first time, I hate to think how the Levels will make out! A xxx
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Dark vignette. I figured as much. Still. Not cheating. Enhancing!
Be safe and keep us posted on the weather.
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You two be safe too! I emailed you earlier re weather. Love “Not cheating. Enhancing!” – you really should be my agent or, at least, in advertising! 🙂
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Ha! Ah, how much do you pay?
Kidding. 😉
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Very nice processing, my friend. I like the Sun filtering through the tree and how it creates an aura around it.
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Thank you for your appreciation, my friend, glad it hits you! Some of my shots seem to be getting a bit more fanciful recently. 🙂
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Wonderful and beautiful and magical with a meditative quality about it. Love it!
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Great stuff!!! Thank you!!! Did you see me email – I’m bursting to hear from you! A 🙂
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Reblogged this on Photos That Inspire Words.
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Thanks for the reblog, Paulette! Adrian
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I only speak the truth as I see it Adrian. 😉 Nice to meet you.
Paulette Motzko
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