I haven’t responded to all your comments yet, but I have read them and one, from Gary/krikitarts, requested a crop with just the dead trees. I did make a composition with the trees after the image I shared from Wednesday morning.
By the time I got to this most of the fog had dissipated as it wasn’t that heavy to start and I almost missed it entirely. Mount Norwottuck is hiding behind the trees on the right but basking in the early morning glow. With the dead trees and beginning of leafing on the tall tree making up most of this image, I think the light on the group of trees on the right is most pleasing. Better noted when seen large.
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Oh, how sweet it is. The fog is still there, and the old trees are lovely in their prominence. Thanks for the extra step, Steve. I love the result.
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If only everything we could ask for were as easily granted….
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Thanks, Gary. If not for your asking this may have sat for a while before I pursued its development. Glad that you like it. I will be doing more with those trees.
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Oddly, this seems the most ‘western’ photo I’ve seen here. If I didn’t know where it was taken, and someone asked me to name the location, I might have said Arkansas or Oklahoma.
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Shhhh….Mary Beth thinks I stay close to home.
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It’s a lovely image, Steve. Reminiscent of a Hudson School painting.
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Thanks, Eliza! That’s an awesome comment and compliment. I love the Hudson River School. We have a Bierstadt hanging over our livingroom sofa. Sadly, not an original. 🙂
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Ha, that be something to have an original Bierstadt. 🙂
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The Jones Library here in Amherst did own one but sold it for an expansion and repairs.
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Interesting, I didn’t know that. Having a valuable painting like that would be a security issue for that small library. $2.4 million funded a lot of work, I imagine.
I also read that they had an incident of vandalism on a 1823 painting last summer. I wonder if they ever caught the perp?
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I am not aware of an arrest. Yes, the proceeds did allow for a good amount of renovation.
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I love this, Steve, it’s just gorgeous. There is a romantic quality, but modern at the same time. The tones are exquisite.
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This time of day offers some really nice lighting just before the sun hits the land. The light doesn’t last long but that makes it even more special, I think. Thanks, Lynn.
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And the time of year – spring or fall – helps too, doesn’ it?
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Absolutively.
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