30 responses so far ↓

• Tricia // Mar 24, 2007 at 3:09 am

  What a beautiful photo. It has an almost haunted quality to it.

  I have also post a photo of barren trees on one of my sites. My photo isn’t quite as artistic as your own though. If you’d like to visit our other sites just follow the links in the post.

• Imma (Alice) // Mar 24, 2007 at 4:00 am

  What a great photo… very well done! So desolate. Really suits “empty”.

• A. // Mar 24, 2007 at 4:47 am

  That is truly beautiful. I love it.

• Lynn // Mar 24, 2007 at 5:32 am

  That’s the word that came into mind, haunted. Pic’s great.

• Lulu // Mar 24, 2007 at 6:20 am

  Not only empty, buy very lonely. This is going to a very interesting theme…can’t wait to check others!

• Gina // Mar 24, 2007 at 7:00 am

  This is such a great photo!

  Have a great weekend!

• meeyauw // Mar 24, 2007 at 7:12 am

  You always have stunning photographs. I want to be as good as you (won’t be this lifetime!). Funniest thing: using Safari to comment was impossible. Everytime I clicked in a text field I was taken back to the default blog page. I had to switch to Firefox.

• Beckie // Mar 24, 2007 at 7:46 am

  I agree with meeyauw…I’d love to be as good as you! Stunning again!

  Have a super weekend!

• Bobbie // Mar 24, 2007 at 8:08 am

  Beautiful, the way the clouds shape the top of the tree, very nice.
  Happy Hunting!!

• Autofocused // Mar 24, 2007 at 8:30 am

  Wordless on a Saturday….

  If it’s not giving away trade secrets Ryan, how do you achieve some of your effects? Is it at the time of the shot, or afterwards?

• Claire // Mar 24, 2007 at 8:48 am

  I love it, so i stumbled it.
  I am definitely getting the Haunted/Lonely vibe, just waiting for that burst of sunshine to blast all the misty stuff away.

• Danielle // Mar 24, 2007 at 9:07 am

  I was not quite as reflective this weekend with mine…gave my friend a shameless plug for her artwork instead ….but as always, I enjoy your photos!!!!

• margaret // Mar 24, 2007 at 9:56 am

  Absoultely stunning. I love your photos. I can just “feel” the pctures looking at them.

• jenny // Mar 24, 2007 at 10:27 am

  wow! it’s like a piece of artwork! love it…u could even frame & display it! happy hunting!

• Dragonheart // Mar 24, 2007 at 10:35 am

  Another gorgeous photo, Ryan. Just beautiful. It definitely says “empty” as well as peaceful. You are a very talented photographer - thank you for sharing your creations with us.

• Lissa // Mar 24, 2007 at 11:21 am

  Where exactly is this place? It looks kind of creepy. Any special meaning to this tree?

• yoshi // Mar 24, 2007 at 12:13 pm

  Awesome shot ryan, as usual! way better than mine.

• Amy // Mar 24, 2007 at 1:55 pm

  You are such an amazing photographer! You have definitely chosen the right profession!

• srp // Mar 24, 2007 at 2:27 pm

  This has a very “other world” flavor to it. Very nice.

• incog & nito // Mar 24, 2007 at 4:00 pm

  Another beautiful shot. Yes it certainly does stir the feeling of empty. Happy weekend.

• Travis // Mar 24, 2007 at 5:07 pm

  I find that I use the same word over and over to describe your work - beautiful.

  You have a real talent.

• autumn // Mar 25, 2007 at 12:01 am

  My goodness what a beautiful shot!

• Crystal // Mar 25, 2007 at 1:32 am

  That is such a beautiful and yet haunting photo. Wonderful take, and such wonderful talent!!

• Anita // Mar 25, 2007 at 10:39 am

  Beautiful photo. You are so talented! The photo does have a haunting quality, and it does feel empty. Very nice take on the theme.

• Teena in Toronto // Mar 25, 2007 at 4:32 pm

  Very cool pic!

  Mine’s up too

• Stacy // Mar 25, 2007 at 6:32 pm

  AMAZING!

• Comedy Plus // Mar 26, 2007 at 2:20 pm

  Wow, a perfect depiction of “empty”. Great job, but then you are a photographer, among other things… How’s the rowing going and where are the other three???

• Ryan // Mar 29, 2007 at 11:21 pm

  Hey everyone!!

  Thank you so much to everyone for all the nice comments!

  Chris, you can always feel free to ask about any of my photos, I’m always more than happy to share any tips I can about the shot!

  This photo was actually the end result of two images (one of the tree, foreground, and background, and a second photo of the sky) sandwiched together in photoshop. I then carefully desaturated it (turned it black and white) using channel;s, and then gave it a slight toning. Finally, I spend a bit of time dodging and burning certain parts of the image for the final look. For example, the long shadow extending from the tree was not there, I burned (darkened) that in. I also dodged (lightened) a bit to enhance the look of the low-hanging fog.

  Hope that helps!! :]

• Ryan // Mar 29, 2007 at 11:29 pm

  A sidenote:

  This image is one of a few in my portfolio that take exception to my general rule - Photography happens at the camera and lens, not on a computer after-the-fact..

  Most of the images in my portfolio are very lightly touched up in photoshop (such as very light sharpening, color correction, and brightness adjustment). I generally do not rely on using the power of a computer and software (such as Photoshop) to “create” photos. I always try to as accurately as possible give the viewer as close a view as possible to what I saw and felt while taking the image.

  With that said, once in a while I do like to have a bit of fun and go crazy with photoshop. What can I say… Too much of a temptation! :]

• Autofocused // Mar 30, 2007 at 4:28 am

  Cheers Ryan.

  Photoshopping (to excess) can be awful, but used in this way, it’s as much an art form as getting the shot in the first place.

  I do a bit of cropping and contrast adjustment, but I think I need to play with it a lot more….

  The tree especially is awesome-is there any chance of seeing the original photos?

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