Meredith Bain  


A Tree Within a Tree by Meredith Bain

October 2024 - A Tree Within a Tree

About the Image(s)

"This image was made at a local reserve named Dog Rocks Reserve. It is maintained for the local community and is a magnet for photographers. I confined this image to the trees and grassland rather than the rocks of which there are many.
The small tree on the horizon framed by the larger tree in the foreground caught my eye and I crouched low to get this view. The sky adds some background interest but is not the star of the show.

I edited in Lightroom by cropping, adding contrast and converting to black and white because to me it made a better image, then masking the sky to reduce the exposure a little.

Fujifilm X-T4, 10-24mm lens @ 13.2mm, ISO 160, f8, 1/450 sec, hand held

Your thoughts are welcome."


This round’s discussion is now closed!
6 comments posted




Napoleon O’Young   Napoleon O’Young
This is an excellent composition. I totally agree with your rationale for framing the tree the way you did. I you are so inclined and the light pollution causes no problems, you could use the tree within a tree as the foreground, background and use the night sky (either Star Trails or Milky way) as the background. Nice job.   Posted: 10/07/2024 05:20:34



Stephen Levitas   Stephen Levitas
(Group 32)
This is an excellent situation. I see why that small tree in the distance caught your attention.
I think you needed to be closer to the big tree, and if you had used a longer lens, you would have made the small tree seem closer.
When I first glanced at this, I thought tree within tree referred to the big tree with its side branch touching the ground. I think that is the most effective composition here.   Posted: 10/09/2024 04:16:33



Bob Scott   Bob Scott
It's a very good photo with a nice mood As a matter of personal preference, I would have added some texture and clarity for. more pop. The other way is when you converted to B/W, the color mixer further down becomes a B/W mixer and play with the channels to get the look. you want. Since you didn't mention that, I'm assuming. you didn't. (Same thing came be done with Photoshop if you use a b/w adjustment level)

Depending on the photo, some channels will have little effect and others will give very different looks. I assume these affect the underlying colors.

I would also experiment with cropping to get the big tree in the foreground less deadcenter. I t hink the bent tree then serves. more as a leading line.   Posted: 10/09/2024 05:17:54



Howard Frank   Howard Frank
Great capture and appropriate title. Good choice of converting to monochrome. The detail and range of white to black is just right. Composition is perfect.   Posted: 10/18/2024 23:42:36



Delian Slater   Delian Slater
I agree with Howard Converting to monochrome lends a greater impact to the image
And some say plants don't have feelings.....gimmie a hug !   Posted: 10/19/2024 14:32:02



Peter Cheung   Peter Cheung
I like the b&w conversion. Beautiful capture and processing. The contrast, composition, and details are very nice. I would darken the sky and the grass a little more. Great capture   Posted: 10/19/2024 17:58:31