Above photo as it came out of the camera, I took several shots like this to play with, blowing out the color by setting the shutter speed at different speeds. I found 1/160 took must of the color and detail out, so took half a dozen on that setting.
Above is after I edited it a little in Photo Shop, and below I changed it to Black and White...and played with the black and white until I liked it.
I do love these dead trees, to me they are works of art just as they are.
I really love trees of all kinds, especially in silhouette at night.
ReplyDeleteThese photo's are beautiful Sandra, you're right they are natures works of art.
Briony
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These turned out really great. The last one looks just like a drawing.
ReplyDeleteBlack and white is really suited to these trees and converting to a line drawing would also be fun, Sandra. Picassa has this option under special EFX.
ReplyDeleteThey are natures works of arts!!! Love love love the black and white
ReplyDeleteGreat studies of the driftwood Sandra.
ReplyDeleteI love driftwood and all the treasures one can find on the beach...this girl is itching to have her toes in the sand too.
ReplyDeletemaybe next year.
Hugs C
This is why stick saving is so important. Dead trees are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Goose
Driftwood appeals to me too. Niceky done!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite is the next to last.
ReplyDeleteI too am still learning this camera, its amazing all it can do and there is so much more to learn. Great captures of the driftwood. I wish I could be there to just touch the wood, too bad you cant take some home with you.
ReplyDeleteJust gorgeous! That first one looks like it belongs on my wall. :-)
ReplyDeleteI like all of them. The black and white look like pencil or charcoal.
ReplyDeletei like the last pencil drawing one. :)
ReplyDeleteI DO like the b and w conversions. Very artsy indeed.
ReplyDeleteThey really do look like pencil drawings!
ReplyDeleteMersad
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They are definitely works of art. Nicely done Sandra. I love finding driftwood on the beach.
ReplyDeleteYou know I share your heart when it comes to dead trees and I love what you did with photo shop!
ReplyDeleteI like all of these, but the second from the bottom is my favorite. :)
ReplyDeleteAs I've said before, I like your pictures of the tree skeletons as they come right out of the camera. But your edits are truly beautiful -- thanks for sharing them with us.
ReplyDeleteThey are beautiful indeed!
ReplyDeleteWhen I went to the beach a couple months back, I marveled at all the driftwood. Lovely captures here Sandra.
ReplyDeleteWow, I actually thought the first picture was a painting!!! My favorites are two and next to last, but ALL beautiful and a symbol of BEACH!
ReplyDeleteThe treatment on the first one looks like a watercolor painting. It would look pretty matted and hung.
ReplyDeleteLove the trees, they are works of art but what you did to your pictures are also works of art. I never would have thought to play with the settings that way. That last one is fabulous, looks like a pencil drawing
ReplyDeleteThese trees lender themselves so well to your art. I love it when B&W turn out neat.
ReplyDeleteI can never get enough of driftwood. Any time, any place, I love it. I love all of the playing you did in PS but the second one makes me want to go to the beach.
ReplyDeleteMy fav is the 2nd from the bottom one --but I do like the B&W one at the end.... NEAT.
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Betsy
Divine...and I bet you can't carry any of the drift wood home either.
ReplyDeleteWell done, but my favorite of your digital art manipulations were the framed tomato plant and bloom photos that appeared on, I think, your kitchen wall in an earlier post. They were so striking and dramatic!
ReplyDeleteThey may be dead, but I think it is beautiful! I would like to have a piece in my house.
ReplyDeleteWhile I love the fauna in the pictures I:'m drawn into them because of the water. Water always gets my attention and I have no idea why.
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