Tree of life

[bleaches]

took this over summer when I went back to Taiwan. Wanted to capture the unique textures on those enormous ancient trees. Here's a few shots with the Sigma 30mm f1.4
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/8869/deviants0225hv2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/1613/deviants0224qx8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/269/deviants0222pe1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[fallintocolors]

Beautiful bokeh and colors. Nice tree texture. I want to touch this ancient tree after I saw your photos. I visited your website. I like your art.
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AKW
http://fallintocolors.com

[tirediron]

Excellent textures, and colours. That looks like a really nice piece of glass. I will say that I'm not fond of the softly focused foregrounds however. Generally I find that it's best to have either a soft foreground or background, but not both, and most often the foreground should be sharp. As is, it takes a second for the eye to settle down on these images. I'd really like to see #3 with a little dodging in the bottom foreground to bring out the detail there.

Nice work, and good take!

Just my $00.02 worth - your mileage may vary.

~John

[bleaches]

Excellent textures, and colours. That looks like a really nice piece of glass. I will say that I'm not fond of the softly focused foregrounds however. Generally I find that it's best to have either a soft foreground or background, but not both, and most often the foreground should be sharp. As is, it takes a second for the eye to settle down on these images. I'd really like to see #3 with a little dodging in the bottom foreground to bring out the detail there.

Nice work, and good take!

Just my $00.02 worth - your mileage may vary.

~John

Thanks, i agree with the DOF to be a little bit much on some of the photos :P and the dodging does seem like a good idea

Cheers :D

[kiley9806]

the 3rd shot is my favorite, as my eye has a better path to follow.
with the 1st two photos having blurred forgrounds, my eye goes straight to the centre which is in focus, then has no 'escape'...
nice texture & color. do you have any full tree versions to share? i love multi-cultural trees! :D

[PaulaLynn]

Beautiful bokeh and colors. Nice tree texture. I want to touch this ancient tree after I saw your photos. I visited your website. I like your art.
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AKW
http://fallintocolors.com

Could someone please explain Bokeh to me?

[Ben H]

Why retype it all when you can just Wiki..? :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokeh