Portland Japanese Garden, Portland, OR
hi guys, thanks for all the comments! about the photo… its a japanese maple tree in the japanese garden of portland OR, shot position will probably be the same for anyone since its along the pathway and enclosed within a low metal fence, you can’t get any closer , behind or to either side of it unless you go inside the enclosure, my shot angle was from the ground using the low fence to support the camera, the low height was to get maximum vertical foliage coverage, lens was11mm wide, post-process (guilty as charged… but just a little) was done obviously :) - reduced red/orange lightcast by the red/orange foliage which made the ground/rock/foliage in front greener, this also made the furry moss on the branches popped out; a bit of channel saturation was done on magenta/green to the foliage to add contrast with red/orange; curves for overall contrast then high-pass filter sharpening and voila…
now, you should really check this out: www.flickr.com/groups/14678506@N00/
Comments
capitalist_b
nice color contrast.
Kyris
Just stunning
s.j.pettersson
Why doesn’t trees like that grow here. Lucky you to witness this…
Krazy Klown
very nice, love the details
Johnny cH
No words for this,excellent.
Creativity+ Timothy K Hamilton
Very lovely. I like the way you did a close crop that fills the frame. Nice placement, too.
Seen in the interestingness archives. (?)
Jeff Beard
Absolutely stunning capture. Well done.
I was interested to see your equipment. I rented the Tokina a few weeks ago and found it to be a fantastic lens on my XTi.
Edward Faulkner
Fantastic. Seen on reddit.
Marty.FM
so many views… so few comments… so many hit and run people who enjoy the beauty of your photograph… yet dont take the time to tell you what a wonderful job you’ve done…
typosaurus
Amazing colors and beautiful composition!
Excellent shot my friend!!
Cutter_Newmoon
Is this the Japanese garden in Portland, OR?
I love that place.
Beautiful photo friend.
Eric in SF
I was about to say, this reminds me of the Portland Japanese Garden!
Eric in SF
Marty - the views are from www.reddit.com - so 99% of them can’t comment as they’re not Flickr members.
Anitza V
Beautiful. Also came from Wired/Reddit.
Citizen 10
What a beautiful photo.
rkag
nice one! absolutely beautiful!
camera_obscura
Gorgeous.
LifeSunDeath
Perfect capture!
greg94080
Beautiful Capture!
Craig !
Whoever put this up on Reddit did it properly and linked to a large size picture - which means it doesn’t have this comment box on it. So you’ll get a lot of views and just a few people who use Flickr and want to tell you what a great shot this is, and ask you where it was taken! :)
yakherderman
I just saw this on reddit. Amazing exposure and color on this photo.
Niall McLaughlin
Absolutely beautiful.
tobybear
Very nice indeed :-)
pooge
stunning
Moonrhino
Seen on Explore. Fantastic
CreativelyDeadly
I would love to just sit under that tree…. Very Nice! Love the contrast!
Whoopsi
I wish I was there right now.
NFX
wow!
ianbayne
Haven’t been here in years. Great picture!
mrcheezy503
recognized it immediately. i love Oregon, and your photos@
silentnight_913
Breathtaking photo. The branches sort of look like veins, and the color is wonderful.
mistermundo
this is an amazing photo. the color is just stunning
animefx
perfect
eScapes Photo
I swear this is the same tree that Digital Light & Color is using in their current “Color Mechanic Pro” ad campaign:
www.dl-c.com/
Am I crazy?
Varanos (school)
Very colorful. I love it!
peteinakl
Gorgeous. My only wish is that it were hi-res enough to use as a desktop wallpaper hint hint ;)
nikki_fowers
Are you selling prints of this? Amazing.
dustout
Beautiful!
Anum Arshad
this is an amazing picture… the colors are breathtaking. i second nikki_fowers— you should sell prints!
Benj Haisch
seen on digg.com.
pretty epic
jonprevost
I’ve never bought a print… but having seen this I think it would be my first. Please tell us you’re selling prints!
solracarevir
Astonishing! You made it to Digg
G0Da
Beyond stunning, flat out brilliant!
Martin @ Oulu
Beautiful work!
thespeak
digg.com/travelplaces/BeautifulTreeinaJapaneseGarde…
Peter Hellberg
I really love this image, do you by any chance have a larger version? (Would like to use it as a background on my 24” 1920x1200 monitor)
♥ li
Gorgeous.