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MasukiaMaru [2014-12-07 08:21:06 +0000 UTC]

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A beautiful image this is. I thought it was an oil painting at first because of how blotchy the trees at the front look. I think that gives the photo real depth, how black all the trees in the front are instead of the ones in the back being black. I can easily sense a mysterious faerie-tale esque vibe from this. Maybe the next Disney movie scenery, kind of like off in the woods alone but you feel safe. It has that kind of quality in it.
The yellow tones are so amasing. I'm very glad it's not blue; it looks foggy and most of what I see associated with fog are the blue tones being brought out more. This is definitely different and much more suitable and inviting than blues. It's a very warm photo that I could hang, no question about it, in my hallway by the front door for company to see and feel at home. The gradient is also great; how bright it is at the top versus how dark and subtle it slowly becomes towards the bottom, where a dark olive green is brought out. There's an even balance of browns as well that melt the entire scene into this. I can imagine walking through a forest looking exactly like this and it makes me quite happy to be in a place such as this. It looks so endless and there's an adventure in here calling for me. Maybe there's some really cool cabin with a witch hiding in here behind that mist and fog. Who knows. So Mythical.

Definitely caught my attention the moment I saw it.

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Gunpowderpatron [2014-12-06 07:09:14 +0000 UTC]

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The eye is principally attracted to light, followed by movement, and then attention to detail. To read the image is to begin in shadow, to observe the immediate foreground. The brush, while dark, is untrampled. The light grows stronger moving into the background, yet is given neither absolute direction nor strength enough to hold a firm resolve - the light is diffused, entrapped, held in an air that almost tastes dense with moisture. For all this, the emphasis remains not on the relative and surprising weakness of the light evident in the low foliage, but the set of trees taking up the center of the photograph. Their texture is almost indiscernible, giving the viewer the opportunity to begin reading not at the bottom with the shadowy brush, but to jump right from the darkness into the murky grey and mixed yellow hues of the limbs surrounding the scene. In doing so, the center of gravity is shifted the the upper third of the photograph, wherein the greatest divide of color lies and emotion lies.

This is a remarkable picture set in a remarkable region, a cleft in the Cascade Mountains of Western North America. It is not the first misty forest picture I have seen, nor will it be the last, yet its charm comes from its ability to induce senses other than sight - the stillness is palpable, the air dripping with humidity and petrichor, of a low cloud not yet burnt away by the heat of the sun. It pleases me additionally to find images of woodlands set in more colors than dark green and brown; the gold of the scene lends something of a cheerful emotion.

This is my own personal preference, but I really appreciate the use of a watermark as part of the scene it inhabits rather than drawing attention to itself as the herald of the author.

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shawn10000 [2015-04-09 20:37:56 +0000 UTC]

I really like the golds and blacks in this, it almost looks like a painting.

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