Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda.

[Barefoot]

Takes a little effort to pull it off what with shooting with a mobil app on an iPad and a tripod with a below horizontal arm attached while composing upside down just a few inches off the ground so the Benro isn't in the shot. I see a few things I wish I had done differently, but the question is...worth the effort to begin with?

http://i781.photobucket.com/albums/yy94/CircleOfConfussion/SilverBluff_zps7f6b90a2.jpg

[Iguanasan]

I don't know for sure how much effort was involved but it is a very captivating image... we often don't see the world from that vantage point. Excellent! :thumbup:

[Marko]

Very interesting image and vantage point.
Yes. totally worth the effort.

[Realist]

Very interesting image and vantage point.
Yes. totally worth the effort.

I would agree with that.

[asnow]

Works for me and definitely worth the effort.

[Matt K.]

Yup! Definitely is.

[Barefoot]

I don't know, fellows. It needs a speed light or something. Maybe find a bigger tree? Or get closer to this one?

[QuietOne]

What draws my attention first is the roots. Then up the trunk, drawing in the foliage around it to the canopy. Maybe a little more contrast in those roots. But it's a nice start to experimenting, and there's no reason not to try your other ideas.

[AntZ]

Fabulous capture...regardless of the effort, it was definitely worth it. I quite like the B&W processing.

[Barefoot]

What draws my attention first is the roots. Then up the trunk, drawing in the foliage around it to the canopy. Maybe a little more contrast in those roots.

That's sorta what I was thinking. Maybe throw a lil'bit of strobe at the base of the tree.

[Barefoot]

I quite like the B&W processing.

'preciate that, AntZ.

[casil403]

Makes me a bit dizzy looking at it but I like it....can't look at it too long but it is still a really cool perspective.

[Barefoot]

....can't look at it too long but it is still a really cool perspective.

I don't know. Maybe I tried to put too much in the frame. I left the house with a good idea of what I wanted to get, but when I got there I found that I had left the camera to laptop cable that I needed at home. (I assumed that the one that I use for the 300S would work with the 800. Wrong.) My intention was to try out that AIS 28mm 2.8 that I found on craigslist, but without the cable that didn't pan out for me. So, I put the 10-24mm on the 300 to avoid a completely wasted trip and shot on the short end of that lens instead. There was some joker hanging out by the river and when he saw me setting up he came over and annoyed me for a while until it was almost dark which sorta knocked me out of the zone, too.

All in all, I guess I just wasn't paying attention to what I was doing after I realized I wouldn't get what I came for. Ever have one of those days?

[casil403]

All in all, I guess I just wasn't paying attention to what I was doing after I realized I wouldn't get what I came for. Ever have one of those days?

Always!!! More often than not it seems lately!