I have something a little different for you today! I made this image at Cathedral Grove, a protected stand of giant douglas fir trees, on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
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The grove is not quite as spectacular as I remember it being as a kid because there was a huge storm about 15 years ago that took down many of the ancient trees. Afterwards additional trees had to be removed for safety.
I found one spot where there were 3 of the old giants close together and made an image. In post-processing I added the blur effect and then masked it so one of the trees does not have the blur. Then I made additional adjustments to the colour in Nik Colour Efex Pro.
Love this abstract Anne! The light and motion is stunning.
Thank you very much Russ! It’s a new kind of technique for me so I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Very cool shot. I like the composition, not overly abstract. Well done!
Thank you very much Kris!
Really well done. I like your vision here!
Thank you so much Ken, I appreciate it.
Very good, Anne, I like that!
Thanks Fred, I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Cool shot Anne – really liked the processing you decided to use here and I’m not usually very pleased with PP blur – but this came out good.
Hi John, I know what you mean about the PP blur. I find it always does something weird to the edges of the frame. For that reason, I cropped out the edges after the processing to get rid of that bit. Thank you very much for your comments!
Love this shot Anne, very inspiring !!! Thanks for sharing your technique, will have to give it a shot 😉
Hi Diana, thank you so much for the compliment. I have only tried this a couple of times and find it is a bit easier when the object you want to isolate (the unblurred part) has clearly defined edges. It is hard to isolate a tree with little leaves. Good luck and let me know if you try it, I would love to see the result.
I love your work, it really stands head and shoulders above others for me. My son just bought me a Nikon D7000 for my birthday as I have always wanted to take lovely photographs, now I need to learn how to use it. I shall look at your images for inspiration x