Reviews from

Gnarly Old Tree

Tree shedding its bark

13 total reviews 
Comment from Gina Schneller


Hello there! How cool is this photo!!!! So creepy and yet interesting. I would have loved to see it in person. The black and white is great. would have loved to see it in color. Thank you so much for sharing!

 Comment Written 25-Aug-2023

Comment from Lisa Davey


This eery scene is gripping. It looks like a scene right out of Dracula's Transylvanian forest all foggy and decrepit. Great find! Your composition, clarity and lighting are spot on and you made the perfect choice going with black & white. Very powerful image.

 Comment Written 24-Aug-2023

Comment from Ray Gordon


Fantastic shot, perfect for Black and white. It is amazing how the tree exfoliates itself. Focusing in on the bark enables seeing its condition. Congratulations for second place. Ray

 Comment Written 24-Aug-2023

Comment from liseworks


It almost looks like it has fur, lol,,what a tree, yes I like it black and white, now all you need is a cemetery in the background to make spooky for Halloween, this is a great photo

 Comment Written 24-Aug-2023

Comment from seshadri_sreenivasan


This looks straight out of a horror movie! The atmospheric effect is good. The photo has a good balance of negative space and foreground/background interest. Very well balanced. Good luck!

 Comment Written 23-Aug-2023

Comment from seshadri_sreenivasan


This looks straight out of a horror movie! The atmospheric effect is good. The photo has a good balance of negative space and foreground/background interest. Very well balanced. Good luck!

 Comment Written 23-Aug-2023

Comment from Charlotte Morse


This really is a gnarly tree, I wonder what it is, it's lovely and very unusual.
The photo's great too, I love that the background is misty, it makes the whole image a little spooky!
Excellent focus, with a good depth of field that shows what's in the background without taking away from the tree itself.
Very best of luck in the contest.
Charlotte

 Comment Written 23-Aug-2023

Comment from Glena Jessee-King


What a lovely old tree, lovely in its own right. You did a super job in enhancing its beauty with your capture. This is fine black and white, gray scale, photography with the greenish-gray tint, soft black and white, in the foliage. Best wishes in the contest.

 Comment Written 23-Aug-2023

Comment from suffolkbrian


Its good you looked for different angles to take this,i do that and sometimes it works sometimes not,you have shown us that the tree is indeed gnarled in this ans a different one for the contest...Brian

 Comment Written 22-Aug-2023

Comment from Jewell McChesney


Definitely a great shot to convert to black and white. The gnarly old tree is pretty cool. I love the random trees in a desert landscape. I lived in NM for years and always loved seeing a tree now and then. This one is especially cool!
You have a great entry. Good luck!

 Comment Written 22-Aug-2023