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Published: 2006-11-19 07:00:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 4054; Favourites: 284; Downloads: 88
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the cycle continues on... this tree, which i have come to know over the years, has passed on. left me a bit depressed when i saw that it did not leaf out this year, however later in the spring i noticed an acorn that established itself as a seedling not 5 ft away from my former friend... with the coming storm, this new life will be nourished and i will have the pleasure of watching my new friend make its place.same tree as "I stand alone"
all thoughts and suggestions are most welcome.
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omg ... you keep on impressioning me
very nice pic man
hope you are doing OK!!
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thanks a heap for the comment!
yeah, things are good! hope the same for you as well.
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I would love for this to hang in my bedroom. The tree is so lonely, but that's why it's so beautiful. This is amazing!
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hey thanks!! i appreciate that
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What Great shot. Don have words to explain my feelings.
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Well, it's nearly perfect. Maybye the clouds shouldn't be so red. I love the dimensions and composition. MUST FAV!
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Wow, this is the first shot I've seen in your gallery.
It's really gorgeous, and I'm totally awestruck.
I hope to see some more soon
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thanks!! i don't submit very often... hope you like the ones i do.
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Your shots have this really lonely, forgotten look about them. Very good shot.
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thank you! i always love a little solitude here and there
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Yes, well it really works for you!
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This image, I cannot describe how nice it was.
WOah! I'm still gasping for oxygen
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All trees pass on. just look at my sorry australian twigs! But I dig the colour and the "bang smack middle of the foto here I am" composition mate!
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thanks man! yeah... though i just aged the tree this week and i found it to have only lived to just under 50 years. the avg life exp on blue oaks is 150-200 yrs. i have been documenting randomn oak deaths in the central sierra foothills and it seems that the mean average death is falling as the temps rise and pollution levels increase. sadly enough the regeneration rates are not keeping up with the mortality rates. this will be a problem soon...
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I am in Tasmania at the moment where they still log old growth trees... 100's of years old
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quite sad, i hope that there is active re-foresting of the harvested areas.
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Only with plantations that then get logged again!
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If i had the money i would buy a print of this one in an eye blink. I love the colors, the background, the sky and the concept. I also like the story behind it. I also like the fact that, in my opinion, reflects many feelings, some that can't be explained by mere words. When concentrated, you feel part of the photo. This is one of those photos that are a "Must Favourite" 10/10. Keep up the excellent work!
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aww, thanks! if i had the money i would send you the print instead! thank you so much... there are so many thoughts and emotions that are drawn up from places like these... so nice to capture them in part.
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I absolutely agree. I am not a photographer myself, so i can't quite give you such a detailed explanation on the subject, i just want to say again, it is a beautiful photo. Excellently well taken, from just the right angle. I think that. Really overwhelming.
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thank you again!!
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hey thanks! .. it was a great day
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hey thanks!! it was quite an amazing day
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I just thought of something... I've noticed that you tend to use a faster shutter speed and a wider aperture... I'm just curious if this is something you do intentionally.
If not, have you tried putting it at a higher aperture? It'll cause more of the photo to be sharply in focus and you really only need to have the shutter speed at 500 to catch everything. (But if you try this, let me know if you don't know about the Sweet/Sunny Sixteen or Basic Daylight Exposure rules... cause I'd hate to ruin your photos.)
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i know!! thanks for noticing that... i usually shoot all manual... however everytime i switch to aperture priority it sets it to a wide ap... and me being in a hurry usually, i always forget to reset it.
however with my cam... i wide aperture and a quick shutter speed helps with bringing out the contrast that my sensor is so crappy at picking up
time for a new cam i suppose...
thank you so much dear
oh yeah.. i don't know about those rules...
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No problem. 
Here's the rundown on the Basic Daylight Exposure (aka: Sweet 16 Rule):
When the sun is at least 20 degrees above the horizon and it's a cloudless day, adjust your shutter speed as close to your ISO as possible (as long as it's a full stop not a half-stop, which is difficult to guess with digitals) and always, ALWAYS start with f16.
For instance...
If you're shooting with ISO 200 (because it's a relatively bright day and you don't want any noise), set your shutter speed to 250 and your aperture to 16. If the conditions are really what you estimate them to be, you will get a perfectly exposed photograph every time. There are adjustments to make in special situations, too, but you can ask if you want to hear those... I won't bore you with them right now.
Just in case you don't know the apertures and the shutter speeds in full stops, here they are.
F: 2--2.8--(3.5)--4--5.6--8--11--16--22--32--45
SS: 1--2--4--8--15--30--60--125--250--500--1000--2000--4000
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i know!! thanks for noticing that... i usually shoot all manual... however everytime i switch to aperture priority it sets it to a wide ap... and me being in a hurry usually, i always forget to reset it.
however with my cam... i wide aperture and a quick shutter speed helps with bringing out the contrast that my sensor is so crappy at picking up
time for a new cam i suppose...
thank you so much dear
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