Avenue des Baobabs

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• demeve (4054)
• [2007-08-14 8:31]

Hello James,
Lovely and beautiful place, great POV
and composition, very good details

Everton.

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• PaulH (10774)
• [2007-08-14 8:34]

Hi James,
i remember your previous post from this spot, and this works very well too. Perfect POV to fit all the trees into the frame from this vantage point...the prehistoric feeling to this shot is amazing. Another for my faves, cheers.
Paul

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• earthtraveler (3519)
• [2007-08-14 8:36]

Hi James,
Baobabs are always a good view and you have made an interesting silohuette composition here. Great POV.
TFS
Richard

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• joey (19643)
• [2007-08-14 8:45]

Hi James,
an excellent shot of these weird trees.
Sharp and detailed.
Lovely lighting.
Well done,
Joe

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• LordPotty (8376)
• [2007-08-14 8:49]

Hi James,
Pretty impressive grove of trees I must say.
Looks like you had some pretty harsh sunlight to work with here,but the effect is good.
Very interesting shot.
Cheers,Steve

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• pirate--s (880)
• [2007-08-14 8:54]

hi james,

beautiful place.you got a nice POV and exact exposure.like it.
tfs
caroline

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• vanderschelden (26517)
• [2007-08-14 10:06]

Hi James,
Must have been a 'wow' experience for you, especially you, to see these monsters heading to heaven:-)
Nice representation; good content...
To diminish a bit the contrast, you have a tool in PS CS2 called shadow/highlight...if you play around with the sliders, you will get more detail in the shadows and in the highlights.
Go to image>adjustments>shadow/highlight!
TFS
Annick

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• ben4321 (0)
• [2007-08-14 10:27]

Compositionally this works well James, although the light wasn't really working in your favour. It's very harsh and has resulted in burnt-out highlights on the sides of the trunks along with almost completely blocked-out shadow areas.
Ideally it would have been better to take it earlier or later in the day when the light was both warmer and less intense. If that wasn't possible, shooting with the sun behind you with more even light on the trees would have helped avoid the massive contrast in brightness levels, which are difficult for any digital sensor to record.

Cheers,
Ben

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• Arjun (3398)
• [2007-08-14 10:32]

hi james,
a superb picture from u once again.nice compo and gr8 details.
congrats and TFS

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• gracious (12196)
• [2007-08-14 10:44]

Hello James,
Thank you so much for your all around the world excellent photos in your gallery!
I loved this one especially the type of tree, the perfect lighting from one direction and the POV!
very very well done and composed
thanks again
Tony

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• Mikolaj (1641)
• [2007-08-14 11:06]

Hello James! Wonderful trees. Wonderful lightness and shadows. Very original shot. Regards!

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• nglen (20880)
• [2007-08-14 11:09]

Hi James. hope you had a good time in Devon. What a fantastic shot of these unusual trees. they look so tall and large around the trunk.
Good colour and detail . with a nice POV. well done TFS. very informative notes.
Nick..

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• marhowie (34529)
• [2007-08-14 11:18]

Hello James,
I thoroughly enjoy your posts, great interest. These trees I've not seen before..and with names like Bottle or Monk Bread tree? I can see the bottle shape there but how do the monkeys get their bread up there?? ;-}}
Great post, thank you.
Howard

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• rousettus (8249)
• [2007-08-14 13:41]

Hi james,
very interesting but nice shot of these famous baobab trees from Madagascar. composition, details, POV very nice. good notes. thanks. best wishes. Ahmet

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• Evelynn (12501)
• [2007-08-14 16:27]

This has a bit of the soft effect of a scanned image??? I love these trees. I bet it would be a great place for a sunrise or sunset shot. I like the three trees "stairstepping" into the distance.

TFS
Evelynn ; )

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• go2stones (1279)
• [2007-08-14 16:33]

Shooting into the light can flatten an image which this kind of did, but it also brought out the details of the twigs and leaves. Very nice effect. Well done.

TFS!
Reid

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• BeBe (909)
• [2007-08-14 18:29]

Hi James, excellent capture, excellent composition and management of the ligth and colors, Juan

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• pablominto (15468)
• [2007-08-14 23:14]

Hello James,
The Madagascan icons are well depicted!
Those are amazing trees and very photogenic...
Attractive composition with a fine feeling of depth!
Greetings,
Pablo -

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• dew77 (13069)
• [2007-08-14 23:22]

Hello James,
Beautiful post.Well seen and composed.POV,framing,use of perspective and visual impact are excellent.
TFS.:-)

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• gannu (10628)
• [2007-08-14 23:59]

James nice shot and how beautifully they are lined up It looks like they are standing in a queue. Nice landscape shot. Ganesh

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• tomcezar (1309)
• [2007-08-15 4:19]

Hi James,

A great photo with a great vegetal species. Interesting direction of the light and spectacular composition. TFS and all best regards. Cezar T.

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• SelenE (12120)
• [2007-08-15 15:26]

Hi James,
Baobabs are amazing trees- so fascinating, powerful and mythical. POV, composition and colors are very nice. TFS
Best wishes,
Selen

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• marioana (1476)
• [2007-08-16 0:55]

Hello James.
Great image. A little surreal. Great composition. Good POV. Very well seen and well done.
Regards, Steve.

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• Mana (16346)
• [2007-08-16 10:36]

Hi James,
Majestic Boabobs and they look so grand in their forms. You have managed the harsh light well and I like your POV to portray them. The lighted and shaded areas give it a fine effect. Wonderfully composed. Kudos.
TFS.
Sumon

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• Alex99 (14595)
• [2007-08-16 11:14]

Hi James.
I welcome your creative approach and selection of the POV. Light effect is so impressive. You are right. The image produce a strong esthetic impression. It is the principal key of photography, I think. My compliments and TFS.
Alexei.

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• fragman (11302)
• [2007-08-20 2:46]

very dramatic, TFS Ori