About the Image(s)

An overcast slightly hazy day at Skunk Lake provides a splendid background for a hearty oak tree’s arched branches stretching over a lakeside pathway.
Tech stuff: ISO 100, f/11, 1/8 sec., +1 step exposure bias, aperture priority, pattern metering, flash mode no flash, 50mm focal length.
This was a fun image to work with as it was a very bright overcast day and I decided to make the image lighter so the oak branches could be showcased. I love the way the tangled branches are at top right and the heavy trunk counterbalances the arching tree limbs. Standard initial PS and LR processing, then did some PS work including patching over distracting elements at top left and along the left side. Did some slight burning of the oak trunk and limbs, some