JACK LARSON PHOTOGRAPHY
The Park in Winter
Posted by john4jack (Corvallis, Oregon, United States) on 26 February 2009 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.
This is cheating. It was taken in December.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters to what lies within us.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
bluechameleon from Vancouver, Canada
5 stars Jack! This is one amazing image! The outstretched branches across the path is just amazing. In a word: WOW!
26 Feb 2009 5:16am
@bluechameleon: Thank you, Sharon!
Diane Schuller from Hythe, Canada
this is really splendid. Great contrasts and composition. Such a striking image!
26 Feb 2009 5:42am
Suzanne from Huntington Bch, California, United States
Great composition. Like so many arms reaching out.
26 Feb 2009 6:19am
k@ from Paris, France
These high contrasts make my day - i cherrish them and yours are marvelous (and thanks for the quote too !)
26 Feb 2009 6:31am
Toni from Eastern Washington, United States
Cheating works when the photo is excellent. Great job, Jack.
26 Feb 2009 6:44am
Catalin from Bucharest, Romania
another great and dramatic shot. good processing and framing
26 Feb 2009 6:46am
Mike from Lichfield, United Kingdom
An excellent black and white with good tonal depth. The branches are really striking.
26 Feb 2009 6:59am
Pradeep from India
Wow!! Brilliant shot...the high key is absolutely phenomenal. Great work on the composition :)
26 Feb 2009 7:05am
Monique from Koh Samui, Thailand
The post processing really brings out the structure and texture of the branches, love it! It reminds me of an etching (I hope thats the name I'm trying to find;) )
26 Feb 2009 7:29am
@Monique: Etching is very nice, Monique.
Nicholas from Shah Alam, Malaysia
I like the composition :) And the high contrast - delicious.
26 Feb 2009 7:31am
Jean-François from Les Issambres, France
********************* fabuleux , fabuleux !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! cette photo est extraordinaire .......................... bravo !
26 Feb 2009 8:08am
mo.langel from Courtelary, Switzerland
Excellent!!! Une superbe composition, bravo!!!!
26 Feb 2009 8:30am
Alivia from Saint-Etienne, France
des contrastes très forts et la neige si blanche.. on dirait presque un dessin à la plume.. quel traitement, John, bravo, c'est du beau travail.
26 Feb 2009 9:35am
Anna.C from LA ROCHELLE, France
I love the composition with beautiful branches above the path, the strong contrasts like a drawing. an excellent work Jack !
26 Feb 2009 9:56am
kerfendal from Paris, France
the branches seem heavy with snow a really romantic pic
26 Feb 2009 10:26am
Mathilde from Fontainebleau, France
The trees display their roots! Tired of winter! c'est superbe!
26 Feb 2009 10:59am
zOOm from Paris, France
What a magnifiscent crop ! Clever indeed ! Utterly poetic and aesthetic as well... snow, white is everywhere, covering each inch of land and branch, even the sky is white... I can ear the silence of the snow... winter is really a wonderful season.
26 Feb 2009 11:51am
EYES WIDE SHUT from United Kingdom
I'll overlook the cheating when the image is this beautiful and striking, Jack ha ha
26 Feb 2009 12:13pm
Lee from Fort Frances Ontario, Canada
Such dramatic contrast. Yet such balance. Well executed. Great shot.
26 Feb 2009 12:40pm
-1q5yChØt!c- from Persia, Iran
wow,this is great shot...amazing and wonderful view !!!
i love snow,this shot is really lovely and dreamy [for me ;)]
excellent capture and framing ...
26 Feb 2009 12:54pm
@-1q5yChØt!c-: Thank you. The park is a very lovely and dreamy place.
Tammy/Cricket from Huntsville, United States
No cheating to me. I haven't seen snow all winter. This is so beautiful.
26 Feb 2009 1:15pm
@Tammy/Cricket: When I went out to get the paper this morning, it was snowing! Crocuses blooming and snow coming down; amazing! Thank you; the park is a beautiful place.
Julian Kilsby from Birmingham, United Kingdom
Great composition and graphic contrast, a very atmospheric image.
26 Feb 2009 1:17pm
Polydactyle from Canada
Great contrast!! A forest where it would be easy to get lost.
Well done!
26 Feb 2009 1:17pm
Momo from Montpellier, France
man, I just love this...it's just perfect Jack...the contrast is just so wonderful...and the branches leaning over what might be a path...amazing detail as well in the snow, etc...very nice...
26 Feb 2009 1:57pm
@Momo: Thank you. Those trees are truly incredible (and in all seasons).
Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Slovakia
Fabulous processing and a great quote, Jack.
26 Feb 2009 2:04pm
Anthony Lambert from Bielefeld, Germany
Very nice image,it has something very "Narnia" about it,well done !!
26 Feb 2009 2:16pm
Ajay from Pune, India
Very artistic. I like how you've given exact effect to those branches that they would have needed.
26 Feb 2009 3:02pm
Hema Iyer from Bangalore, India
Fantastic processing. I just love the branches spread across and reaching the ground. Sometime back you had posted the same tree-line on a misty day. Great contrast.
26 Feb 2009 3:42pm
Don from spokane, United States
A fine graphic image. These snow laden branches in this fine contrast look very, very good!
26 Feb 2009 5:00pm
Barbara from Florida, United States
I love it! Definitely a 5 star image. The snow on the branches and processing you used make this outstanding.
26 Feb 2009 5:57pm
MysLykeMeeh from Canada
wow--is that snow? u really know how to captured people's attention...
26 Feb 2009 6:26pm
@MysLykeMeeh: Thank you. When I clicked on your name, it wouldn't let me open your blog.
@vu@granby - Wolfgang: Thank you. I have thoroughly enjoyed visiting your composite blog.
Ninni from Brazil
Brr ...it looks cold! As in Sweden:) I prefere summer.
But a nice photo...as usual!
26 Feb 2009 7:39pm
jim from sebastopol, United States
this is very beautiful, my friend. And it looks so different from the earlier spring/summer images that you have posted of this spot, but then the BW also heightens this as well.
26 Feb 2009 7:58pm
Bertrand Duhamel from Granby, Canada
Very nice picture with perfect B&W processing. Super !
26 Feb 2009 9:50pm
Darin from Seattle, United States
It's not cheating. I regularly post photos from way back.
Nice capture...
26 Feb 2009 10:34pm
@Darin: Me too, Darin; I've gone back much further than December 2008.
dogilicious from Millerstown, PA, United States
Beautiful scene. Black and white with snow is one of my favorites.
27 Feb 2009 12:11am
akarui from Kagoshima, Japan
Beautiful. There is a nice contrast in this BW picture. I like all those branches, very complex mixed with the relative simplicity of the ground. I might have crop a little the left to get rid of the branch going down?
27 Feb 2009 1:12am
Laurie from New Jersey, United States
This is really beautiful. Excellent contrasts.
27 Feb 2009 2:35am
amy from Nanaimo, BC, Canada
Breathtaking and beautiful do not even scratch the surface. This one truly moves me.
27 Feb 2009 3:30am
Line Lamarre from Montréal, Canada
WOW It is very beautifull.
My congratulations.
27 Feb 2009 12:42pm
Anita from West Nottingham, United States
Lovely! I like the composition and how you processed it. Nice winter feel. I can imagine walking there.
27 Feb 2009 5:04pm
Ron from Saint Louis, United States
Very creative and dramatic, Jack ... like this a lot! ... ron
28 Feb 2009 3:44pm
Nikon D300
1/100 second
F/9.0
ISO 1600
72 mm (35mm equiv.)