Old Trail
Start of 4000 ft. jungle climb.8 total reviews
Comment from SandraInSpain
I love this - I am very much into trees, and not just pretty trees. It's the earth connection that draws me, and I love to look at twisted roots and branches, and the sort of stuff you've captured here. Good use of light - excellent work.
reply by the author on 30-Sep-2018
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I love this - I am very much into trees, and not just pretty trees. It's the earth connection that draws me, and I love to look at twisted roots and branches, and the sort of stuff you've captured here. Good use of light - excellent work.
Comment Written 30-Sep-2018
reply by the author on 30-Sep-2018
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Thank you so much! You wouldn't believe the last opposing comment I received, saying it was "too busy" and that the lack of blue sky was "distracting." -- I don't mind getting helpful critiques but this is a journalistic photograph taken with a disposable camera in the mist with no blue sky to be had.. anyway I so appreciate that you get the "heart" in this" reality-check photo"!! Daphne Oberon
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I think I know who that reviewer is - I get similar comments from one particular person, when everyone else is giving me 5 or even 6 stars! It bothered me at first, but I just take it on the chin now. After all, one highest and lowest score is discounted for rankings.
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Thanks! Yes I am sure you know who it is. I only review her art that I like, and give it good ratings, but it is as though she doesn't read the posted captions on work... it takes all kinds! How is your health? I have had lung problems too -- was intubated for those 8 days in 2016 when both lungs partially collapsed. I never knew that the pancreas supports lung function -- keep it healthy... I also feel so much better around a powerful air filter which is helping more than Advair!... Daphne
Comment from GaliaG
nice idea, but the focus is very soft, the imagme too busy and the colors and contrast need to be adjust, the over expose sky are a big distraction
good luck with the contest and thanks for sharing
reply by the author on 29-Sep-2018
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nice idea, but the focus is very soft, the imagme too busy and the colors and contrast need to be adjust, the over expose sky are a big distraction
good luck with the contest and thanks for sharing
Comment Written 29-Sep-2018
reply by the author on 29-Sep-2018
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Thanks. By the way, do you read the captions on what you review? This "busy" photo is about a condition in nature after logging has taken place, taken with a very cheap camera in the misty rain-forest -- no blue sky to be had even with a good camera....
Comment from nikman
Quite an impressive entry into the competition posted here! Your fine composition allows us a good look at the difficult start of your walk. Exposure and sharpness are good. Well done and good luck!
reply by the author on 29-Sep-2018
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Quite an impressive entry into the competition posted here! Your fine composition allows us a good look at the difficult start of your walk. Exposure and sharpness are good. Well done and good luck!
Comment Written 29-Sep-2018
reply by the author on 29-Sep-2018
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Thanks very much for your thoughtful reply. I always get such strange reviews from Galia G who never reads my captions: She says: nice idea, but the focus is very soft, the imagme too busy and the colors and contrast need to be adjust, the over expose sky are a big distraction. ... so it goes. It was actually a misty day, I had a crappy camera and there was no blue sky! Anyway, again, thanks for your thoughtful review!! Daphne Oberon
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Wow! Sorry that a fellow member is not meeting your expectations!
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I appreciate constructive criticism, but I guess it was the claim that the image was "too busy" that doesn't compute, since it is a documentary type of photo of a condition created by destruction of the natural environment... anyway, thanks again! Daphne
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Better to let passions and views die back and the. Review things,
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agreed....
Comment from supergold
a very impressive story telling image in addition to your description; it demonstrates how nature fights against human destruction; among all the branches, there is a very strange one: it loks like a chain; an idea what it is ?
reply by the author on 28-Sep-2018
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a very impressive story telling image in addition to your description; it demonstrates how nature fights against human destruction; among all the branches, there is a very strange one: it loks like a chain; an idea what it is ?
Comment Written 28-Sep-2018
reply by the author on 28-Sep-2018
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Thank you so much for your interest! These are the "Tarzan swinging vines" that used to have tall trees to grow up, and now that there are none, they are gravitationally restricted, and grow in chain-like lumps because they cannot stretch up or out as they swing from the trees!! Daphne
Comment from dalebraatz
Look like a very old trail filled with trees down and very overgrown, very nice details and depth, a pleasure to look at, thank you for sharing, dale
reply by the author on 26-Sep-2018
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Look like a very old trail filled with trees down and very overgrown, very nice details and depth, a pleasure to look at, thank you for sharing, dale
Comment Written 23-Sep-2018
reply by the author on 26-Sep-2018
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Thank you so much!! Daphne
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Your welcome
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I voted for you in Just Relative, not for myself. I really posted my photo of me and my father to get reactions; don't care if I win that contest or expect to. It is too bad to have been excluded from the sunrise, that I would have appreciated placing in. (Tom became real prick about that, as he knows I changed it in plenty of time. We communicated about it after it was fixed well before they excluded me two minutes before voting began... he knows, is just being a major jerk and started relying the same lie back to me, won't communicate respectfully or at all. I like your photo in this contest -- hope it wins!! Daphne
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Tjank you, sorry to hear your having a problem ,
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I have given up on that.. life goes on!
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Yes it does,
Comment from Angel Knight
This photo captures a nature scene which tells an story. The re-growth after man's destruction and what has since been changed. I like how you state in your commentary " I view it as Nature's response to modern logging methods". Nature can be loving, kind and resilient, while at the same time it can be cruel. Usually from the impacts of man. Great photo with another good story that goes with the photo, issues that again never seem to get addressed. - Angel Knight
reply by the author on 26-Sep-2018
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This photo captures a nature scene which tells an story. The re-growth after man's destruction and what has since been changed. I like how you state in your commentary " I view it as Nature's response to modern logging methods". Nature can be loving, kind and resilient, while at the same time it can be cruel. Usually from the impacts of man. Great photo with another good story that goes with the photo, issues that again never seem to get addressed. - Angel Knight
Comment Written 23-Sep-2018
reply by the author on 26-Sep-2018
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Thank you so very much!! You apparently think like I do about these things! Daphne
Comment from Dick Lee Shia
Wow! Impressive artist's notes with a social sympathy & environmental concern!
Aptly captured for the contest theme...
Dramatic gnarled trunks, intertwined roots, knotted tips, entangled branches & twigs!
Nice nature shot before man's ruthless exploitation, insensitivity & greed!
Verdant overtone!
Great story telling factor.
Low vantage point greatly changes the visual language & power dynamics of this image.
Trees seem to look taller than they are.
Sharply focused despite being a bit against the light.
Fine forest features & varied textures...
Diminishing perspective leads us to diffused canopies...
Vanishing viewpoint lends greater depths!
Tall format framing works well here.
Good perspective & long depth of field...
Best of luck in the contest!
Thanks for sharing...
reply by the author on 26-Sep-2018
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Wow! Impressive artist's notes with a social sympathy & environmental concern!
Aptly captured for the contest theme...
Dramatic gnarled trunks, intertwined roots, knotted tips, entangled branches & twigs!
Nice nature shot before man's ruthless exploitation, insensitivity & greed!
Verdant overtone!
Great story telling factor.
Low vantage point greatly changes the visual language & power dynamics of this image.
Trees seem to look taller than they are.
Sharply focused despite being a bit against the light.
Fine forest features & varied textures...
Diminishing perspective leads us to diffused canopies...
Vanishing viewpoint lends greater depths!
Tall format framing works well here.
Good perspective & long depth of field...
Best of luck in the contest!
Thanks for sharing...
Comment Written 23-Sep-2018
reply by the author on 26-Sep-2018
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Thank you so VERY much!! Daphne
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You're most welcome!
Comment from alaskapat
This looks like a very challenging trail, it doesn't seem to have a clear way through. Well captured to show this new growth . It's amazing to see how nature will renew itself after destruction such as you describe in your sad and interesting artists notes, I hate to hear of animals being killed in their own environment. Well presented!
reply by the author on 26-Sep-2018
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This looks like a very challenging trail, it doesn't seem to have a clear way through. Well captured to show this new growth . It's amazing to see how nature will renew itself after destruction such as you describe in your sad and interesting artists notes, I hate to hear of animals being killed in their own environment. Well presented!
Comment Written 23-Sep-2018
reply by the author on 26-Sep-2018
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Thank you so VERY much!! Daphne