Beached Tree

Sony A850~Carl Zeis 16-35 f2.8@ 16mm~ISO 400~F13~1/500 sec~manual exposure~Bryan Beach (near Freeport, Texas)~11-30-2012~ CS6, NIK color effex pro 4-Kitschy Postcard preset.
Been hung up on the Kitschy Postcard preset! Anyway I thought some of you guys might like this one. Comments and critique welcomed. regards~Bill

Bill, Great wide-angle view and leading lines, shadow and texture. I very much like this processing, also. The bit of green on the limb is intriguing. Fiddled with a slight crop at the top (just above cloud on right) and that was an interesting variation for me. Thanks for sharing your part of the world. :S3:

Hi, Bill, I like the perspective. I think I would prefer a little crop from the top also. I'm not sure about the green, would probably prefer that it wasn't quite so bright. I love the shadows from the tree:S3:

The wide angle shot, the diagonals, and the shadow are all just wonderful. I really like what you've done. The dark part of the cloud on the right nestling into the crook of the branch is great, too.

Here's a dissenting opinion on cropping from the top. That's because, if anything, I'd like to see the horizon line dropped just a bit and cropping would raise it. My inclination would, instead, be to use the crop tool to extend the canvas vertically so the horizon was at the upper divine proportion line (using the Golden Ratio view if you've got CS6), then use the rectangular marquee to select everything above the horizon and pull the top of the selection to the top of the canvas. However, it's fine just the way it is. Thanks for posting it here.

Hi Bill....love it as posted. great color and depth! The shadow is very cool! The green could be toned down but it is not a deal breaker. The image has a surreal look to me!

Hi Bill, great lines and design to the image. Another vote for a crop from the top to just above the cloud in the URC.

Hi Bill, I also vote for "as posted". This image really has impact and I like it a lot. I like the deep blue sky at the top and would leave the crop as is. I really like the shadow of the fallen tree. I see four very strong compositional elements here - the tree, the shadow, the water, the sky. Nice job!

This beached tree looks like some prehistoric animal. The perspective you chose leads the eye right up the trunk to the top of the image. I might tone down saturation on lower part of log just a bit, but this is not a big deal. Did you happen to take another photo from a slightly different perspective, maybe more to the left, so the trunk moves more at a diagonal? Thanks for sharing.

I like "as is" posted. Good perspective, like the strong shadow lines, sky and the wash lines in the sand. Good job.