Kimberley Colour

[loose cannon]

Captured this scene in the Bungles in the late afternoon just before the sun slipped behind a hill. The colours were far more dramatic the day before but I missed the opportunity.

Initially I shot a couple of frames with a clean view of the hill but decided to include the dead tree and foreground foliage. To my eye they add some colour and drama to the image. Probably could evict the leaves on the right hand side, I'll get around to that later.

[seaslug]

Beaut contrasting colours. That's a great shaped tree.. as dead as it is!

[Toddyh]

Tree definitely adds to it Mick. I would like it to be further off-centre personally.

[loose cannon]

Beaut contrasting colours. That's a great shaped tree.. as dead as it is!

The tree is a beauty isn't it. I got a thing about dead trees, love 'em.

Tree definitely adds to it Mick. I would like it to be further off-centre personally.

Cheers Todd, you raise a good point with the position of the tree. My thought at the time was to have the tree in an 'in your face' position rather than maybe off to one side because I felt the tree deserved to be a major element of the image. Misleading title to the image perhaps, with hindsight maybe a title of 'Dead Tree' would suit the image more.

[Sully]

For me the tree is an intrusion .... my eye goes straight to the mouth and nose on the rock (left hand side) ... and then to all the trees right up the top.

Amazing what captures peoples eye.

[Alan]

Stunning reds. I like the black tree cutting across the image like lightning.

I'd like a vivid blue sky to go with the vivid red. Or maybe less sky, (not so much 50/50. I scrolled some sky out and it looked good to me) ), but you'd lose the top of the tree, but some creative cloning would solve that problem.

Failing that, maybe it's worth playing with crops to emphasise the tree and red?

I also tried a square crop.

Cheers

[loose cannon]

For me the tree is an intrusion .... my eye goes straight to the mouth and nose on the rock (left hand side) ... and then to all the trees right up the top.

Amazing what captures peoples eye.

Thanks for the comment Barb. I have a couple more of this scene and when things quieten down a bit I'll post a different version. Flat out for the next few days and struggling to get near the computer. Might be moving house soon and have plenty to do!

Stunning reds. I like the black tree cutting across the image like lightning.

I'd like a vivid blue sky to go with the vivid red. Or maybe less sky, (not so much 50/50. I scrolled some sky out and it looked good to me) ), but you'd lose the top of the tree, but some creative cloning would solve that problem.

Failing that, maybe it's worth playing with crops to emphasise the tree and red?

I also tried a square crop.

Cheers

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Agree there's too much sky and it is a bit light on colour, good call, but I'm loathe to trim the tree. Leave it with me and I'll get back to this one when time permits. Thanks for taking the time Alan.