Tree on a HIll in Asheville, NC

I took this picture of a tree on a hill at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC in February 2010. One of the things I like about this photo is that it lends itself to creative post-processing, which I applied in the following examples using Photoshop CS. The first is the original shot. Let me know what you think...

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i just love 2 and 3.. Actually it would be real cool if you took for of your processes and put them in single frame...

LOVE the orange and green!!! also like the post about putting 4 in a frame. It would work for this one perhaps

I like the idea of combing 4 into one. I had planned on having them printed and them framing them in individual frame and hanging then in a square. In the mean time I played around with it in GIMP too. What do you think of this one?

Sorry, I had to do put it in a frame for you..

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I like it! Thanks!!

I really like 4 & 5.... oh, and the one where you combined them all together

Duncan

toonartist wrote in post #10243631
I really like 4 & 5.... oh, and the one where you combined them all together

Duncan

Thanks! I appreciate that. But I can't take the credit for the combination - that belongs to Nathan...

I wanted to do something similar to this can you share your camera setting? thanks BTW nice shot

Here's the EXIF data from the original RAW image. I did the editing in Photoshop. I also used GIMP on one version.

File Name BIltmore_003.CR2
Camera Model Canon EOS 40D
Shooting Date/Time 2/20/2010 3:37:50 PM
Shooting Mode Program AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/250
Av( Aperture Value ) 10.0
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation 0
ISO Speed 100
Lens EF-S18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Focal Length 60.0mm
Image Size 3888x2592
Image Quality RAW
Flash Off
White Balance Mode Auto
AF Mode One-Shot AF
Picture Style Faithful
Color Space sRGB

thanks for the reply also what time of day did you capture the image. Hope I'm not being a bother

No bother at all. I took it on February 20th at about 4:30 PM. You familiar with the area?

a_roadbiker wrote in post #10249719
No bother at all. I took it on February 20th at about 4:30 PM. You familiar with the area?

nah have only been to Jasper and Atlanta, GA but I have been eyeing this bare tree in a cow pasture that I think would photograph well and when insaw ur phot it inspired me to go after it but it's on private property and prob 500 ft from the road and all I have is a 28-135 kit lens just doesn't have the reach. Wonder if I could some how contact the farmer and ask permission to go and photograph it. Anyway again nice shot and thanks for the info

Any time. Maybe if all else fails you can resort to the old-fashioned, but still reliable form of contacting the farmer - send him a letter in the mail...

a_roadbiker wrote in post #10266257
Any time. Maybe if all else fails you can resort to the old-fashioned, but still reliable form of contacting the farmer - send him a letter in the mail...

That was def my first thought maybe i will