Emil Davidzuk
December 2025 - Tree by the Wall
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About the Image(s)
Current Photoshop tools were used to create the image I
wanted of a single tree.
Workflow: I used generative fill a number of times to remove the foliage on the right and the foliage below the tree inside the fence line to get the solitary tree. I
rendered the image in BW using NIK Silver Efex, a touch of Detail Extractor and then the masking tools in LR to dodge and burn. I did use Topaz Photo AI to denoise.
Camera: 590nm Canon 5D Mk II, Canon 24-105 f4 lens at 32mm, 1/200 sec at
f8, ISO 200, 0EV
8 comments posted
A moody picture, Email. Love it! Also like the fence line and overall composition. Everything is going for this image. How I wish I was there to take it!! Posted: 12/01/2025 23:10:25
Hi Emil. I like the image you had in your mind's eye and produced in Photoshop very much. Post processing took it from a nice raw original to a beautiful final image. I tried to shoft the white point a little and make the highlights a bit brighter, without losing the mood. You may want to try it. The composition works well too. Nicely done. Posted: 12/02/2025 15:31:37
White point shift is a good suggestion Arik
Thanks
Emil Posted: 12/02/2025 17:51:49
Thanks
Emil Posted: 12/02/2025 17:51:49
Emil, such a graceful delicate tree. It is a challenge to take a portrait of a tree, but in this case, you have succeeded. How you managed the light in post processing gave life and beauty to this image. Very nice. Posted: 12/02/2025 15:36:40
I agree with Arik, you took a good image and made it GREAT with post-processing. It does not always work out but in this case, you nailed it. Posted: 12/02/2025 21:39:49
I agree with the others, Emil. The tree by itself would be a terrific image, but the fence makes this special. I hope you take the time to print this. Posted: 12/08/2025 19:12:40
The softness works so well here, Emil. And I really like your setup with the forest of trees in the distance down below, obscured by haze or fog, there's all kinds of mood in this. Very nice. Posted: 12/08/2025 23:58:47
Hi Emil. I like and appreciate what you have done. In it's simplicity it is very appealing. It;s all about the mood. Posted: 12/12/2025 15:57:35