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pez · Feb 21, 2014

While waiting for a store to open, I walked around with my Cosina 55mm 1.2, looking for something to shoot.

Dagwood56 · Feb 22, 2014

I like this, it almost looks like a pencil drawing. One thought - Can you clone out the stray branches at the top? The image would be better without them. Just my two cents.

pez · Feb 22, 2014

Thanks. Good point about the branches- I may erase those, sounds like a good project.

pez · Feb 23, 2014

Dagwood56 said:
I like this, it almost looks like a pencil drawing. One thought - Can you clone out the stray branches at the top? The image would be better without them. Just my two cents.

Hey, I gave it a go.

fokker · Feb 23, 2014

Cool image. Quite different.

BoSnapsPhotography · Feb 23, 2014

Excellent!

pez · Feb 23, 2014

fokker said:
Cool image. Quite different.

BoSnapsPhotography said:
Excellent!

Thanks!

Dagwood56 · Feb 23, 2014

Good job on the edit. Perfect. :thumbup:

jenko · Feb 23, 2014

pez said:
Dagwood56 said:

I like this, it almost looks like a pencil drawing. One thought - Can you clone out the stray branches at the top? The image would be better without them. Just my two cents.

Click to expand...

Hey, I gave it a go.

It was a strong image to begin with, but your edit makes it stronger! I love the chaos of the birds and lines of the trees. Great image, IMO.

charlie76 · Feb 23, 2014

Very nice shot...without the branches for sure!!

The_Traveler · Feb 23, 2014

Certainly one for the wall.

pez · Feb 23, 2014

Dagwood56 said:
Good job on the edit. Perfect. :thumbup:

jenko said:
It was a strong image to begin with, but your edit makes it stronger! I love the chaos of the birds and lines of the trees. Great image, IMO.

charlie76 said:
Very nice shot...without the branches for sure!!

The_Traveler said:
Certainly one for the wall.

Thanks! I'll print it and see how it goes.

Derrel · Feb 23, 2014

I DOES have a certain "pencil drawing quality" to it...it's a delicate image, without a huge amount of detail...it's a "scene"...a "moment"...an "illustration".

I think that both versions are pleasing to look at. In a way, I actually like the original image with the branches at the top, which makes it seem like you were actually there, underneath trees that are aligned in a row, or next to one another...the branches also show a little bit of color fringing--a sort of photographic clue, or a camera lens signature, and because of those two things, I actually think I prefer the original image to the revised one. Still, both are lovely to look at. I like these types of delicate, fleeting, natural world photos.