Lone Tree

[Kerry Perkins]

I am always excited to find a lone tree and this one was right in plain sight but I never noticed it! It sits in an empty lot that is unfenced and opens up into open space and national and state park lands. I happened to notice it when I was coming out of the convenience store across the street from it.

I was playing with the original image and wondering what I could do with it when I thought of the "fog" effect in Topaz Lens Effects. I used that filter and applied lots of fog. I thought it gave the image an Asian art look. What do you think? Too minimalist?

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

Kerry,

Greetings. A bit too foggy for my taste. I'd like to see a more consistent tone out the ends of the branches with a little more contrast. Perhaps, a slightly tighter crop with a bit more off the right and top would work for me as well. Interesting idea... worth working on. Thanks for posting.

Cheers,

-Michael-

[Jackie Schuknecht]

I love it Kerry! It's so hard to find a lone tre, I keep looking all the time too. Just enough of a hint of horizon. Well done!

[Nancy Bell]

Love the shape of the tree, low and leaning in. I'm glad there is just enough contrast to discern a ground to anchor the tree. I like the lonely, foggy look.

[Diane Miller]

Lovely! Would be interesting to compare the "Michael version." If you had asked me how far this was from the nearest convenience store.... Isn't the view through the camera amazing?!

[Anita Bower]

Not too minimalist. I like it. Tree is nicely placed. I might also like it with a bit more contrast.

[gary ellwein]

Not too minimalist for my taste. I would like to see a bit more detail.

[Dennis Bishop]

I like the tree, itself, the heavy fog effect (with this amount of contrast), and the solitude of the tree. The fog seems to be variable, and I like that except right near the tree.

[Dan Brown]

Foggy for sure, Kerry! This does have the Asian feel to it. As an Asian piece, more BLACK would really push it to the Far East, and of course, a nice Chinese red chop, IMO,

[Paul Lagasi]

The tree very nice composition, your signature balances it out. Nice work