Tree Collection

Another class assignment was to photograph a subject by taking a series or collection of 8-12 photos. While driving down to Illinois, I saw this tree in the middle of a Kenosha farm. I pulled over, and I walked about 200 yards through knee-high snow. It was foggy out and snowing heavy, so the background in the photos went white. The contrast was low, similar to the final photos. I was inspired by this idea of many individual photos of a tree from a magazine a few years back -- and here is the final product.
Shot with
- Nikon D700 camera, 70-200 mm lens
- each photo was between 170-200 mm, f/8, 1/1250 sec, ISO 800
Processed with
- Photoshop crop, layers, contrast
- Nik Color Efex 3.0 - Cross Processing
- Photoshop color adjustment, drop shadow
- Added a texture layer (same one used in "Frosted Trees" below)
- It took about 2 hours to assemble, process, adjust, and finalize.