June JHO Photo Contest

[ranchwife]

For this month's photo contest, I thought it would be fun to see all your best black and white photos of a single tree, or tree part. The focal point of the picture should be one tree, or a portion of one tree - not a forest or stand of trees. Have fun!!

 

[el_vaquero]

Good choice ranchwife.....I'll have to get out this week hopefully and shoot a few trees. With the camera that is...

 

[el_vaquero]

#!

This is actually three exposures processed in Dynamic Photo HDR. It was a little windy that day so not as sharp as I would like, but with the processing it has a somewhat surreal look.

I'll try and get another photo to enter if time permits, but I figured I'd get something posted since you guys seem to be slackin'!

 

[el_vaquero]

In case anyone new stops in to post, here is a link to the RULES thread.

 

[Cold1nhand]

#2

 

[Caninelaw]

#3

I'll give you a couple (hope that's OK to do more then one?)

#4

 

[fishnhuntfreak]

#5

 

[el_vaquero]

Nice work guys!

Just a reminder, you can submit three pics but put one pic per post and number in sequence. Makes it a whole lot easier come time to vote.

Thanks everyone.

 

[bucknut]

#6

Vertically challenged trees.

 

[ranchwife]

#7

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[Monsterbull]

#8

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How do you get rid of the annoying black border?

 

[Rustyb]

#9

 

[Rustyb]

#10

 

[Rustyb]

#11

 

[el_vaquero]

#12

This image was taken in RAW and converted to JPEG, so I don't have the exif date off-hand. Converted to B/W using the infrared effect and then a little contrast and level tweaking. I think the vignette style border fits this shot.

 

[el_vaquero]

Monsterbull, you can resize your photo to a smaller width and it shoulld get rid of that border....

 

[el_vaquero]

#13

This one was taken in JPEG and converted to B/W using an infrared effect. A little lever, contrast tweaking and added the border again.

1/200 sec, f/10.0, ISO 100, 44mm

 

[wapiti]

#14

Blue Ash in Snow..

 

[el_vaquero]

This thread is closed to any new entries in the June Photo Contest. You may now vote here.

 

[el_vaquero]

Congrats to Wapiti! Clearly the winner this month by a landslide.

And Ranchwife takes the runner-up position.

Congrats to both...some fine shots!

Wapiti will have the distinction of choosing the topic for the July Contest. Pleas e-mail me your choice and I will post and pin another thread.