Three Trees

[Jay Sheinfield]

Cades Cove, foggy morning sunrise. These old trees in the park just floor me.........................I used Topaz Clean Curly smooth at light opacity for its effect on the leaves. Added just a bit of diffusion to recreate the lighting I remember. The rest was hand painted lighting.

Comments always welcome. Cheers...........

[Cheryl Slechta]

Jay, this is absolutely beautiful! I wouldn't change a thing.

[Dennis Bishop]

Jay, you stopped me dead in my tracks. My intent was to take a quick look at some images before lunch and do comments later. This absolutely couldn't wait. I love what you did with the foliage and the diffusion. AND, your composition is wonderful. I don't know if you intentionally laid it out in divine proportions or if you just have a great eye. There's also a wonderful sense of depth -- partly because of the road and the muted tones in the background and partly because of the darker and lighter tones in the foreground trees.

[Mitch Carucci]

The lighting glows. It is luminous and subtle. I want to walk into the photo it is so appealing.

[Jay Sheinfield]

Jay, you stopped me dead in my tracks. My intent was to take a quick look at some images before lunch and do comments later. This absolutely couldn't wait. I love what you did with the foliage and the diffusion. AND, your composition is wonderful. I don't know if you intentionally laid it out in divine proportions or if you just have a great eye. There's also a wonderful sense of depth -- partly because of the road and the muted tones in the background and partly because of the darker and lighter tones in the foreground trees.

Dennis, Thank you. I have done some reading on Divine Proportions, but I haven't as yet gotten in the habit of thinking about it before the snap. I took this image from a sitting position just to get the mid-ground tree under the arch of the branches in the foreground tree....it made some sense to me at the time. The depth was helped by mother nature and the fading mist. I sometimes use touches of tonal contrast, brushed-in, to highlight things of interest in the foreground, which also helps with perceived depth.

[Bob Miller]

Jay....A real beauty....Love everything about the composition and processing. This is a winner!

[John Storjohann]

Jay, not only is this a wonderful composition and image...you are becoming more and more a master of the subtle nuances of processing to your vision; not always the easiest thing, and certainly something not easily done consistently. Beautiful work...very impressed.

[Hazel Grant]

Nothing more I could add....so well done. As said, I wanted to walk into it, stay in it, rest in it......and Cade's Cove is another one of my favorite places.

[denise ippolito]

Sweet! Appealing colors, composition and processing! This is a home run!

[Indranil Sircar]

Excellent composition, Jay. I too love it... wonderful feel to it and the colors are appealing. TFS.

[Mark Fuge]

Very nice image and application, Jay.

We have to go back again.

[Jay Sheinfield]

Thanks for kind words everyone. Very much appreciated.

[Paul Jasso]

Excellent image and processing. It creates a real sense of place.

[Judy Howle]

You have really come up with nice processing methods Jay! I love the composition, colors, and the mist is wonderful!

[John Ippolito]

Beautifully composed, and executed. Wonderful work,Jay!!