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What you can see, we are deaf to know
Where you have been, we will never go
Touch the sky
Let our crying blow

Heal our generation
Pray for us, sing the song of songs


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A little experimental shot.
I wanted to get the light as the main subject of the picture, with the tree a secondary player in the frame, and I played around with some ideas how to do it. Most of the methods got me the tree as the main subject, and I knew I had to do something with the lighting, only the light was to strong to try anything conventional

Light metering from the brightest spot.
Widest aperture (F1.8)
exposure relatively high - 0.62 seconds (but actually shorter, as explained)
the lens was covered for a period of time to create the dark tones surrounding the light, so actually i tricked the light metering to get the dark tones very contrasted to the light.
PS - contrast and some levels. B&W and toning.

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:iconorbingpunk:
Oh wow. That is so awesome. I LOVE your work!! That tree is so cool looking and the sky is amazing, as usual.

Merry Christmas!
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~Abby

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:iconsleurope:
great photo.....and description =)
:iconsad-:
beatyful! :+fav:

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:iconsebastianskarp:
This is beautiful! :nod:
Nice toning and a very nice tree :)
:iconwild-angel:
very beautiful pic.. so peaceful!
great job! i love it!
:iconbrazilero2002:
Great work & interesting explanation !

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:iconofirabe:
wow... gorgous shot!
looks like a background of a video set...

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:iconaaronkor:
Beautiful shot!
And I think it's more powerful after your explanation of the shooting process...

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:iconmoonchill:
The tree looks really creepy. Was this taken at the dead sea?

Somehow it looks like one of those old pictures, where the sides are darker. But it fits. Great work.

-Sanne

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:iconmssv:
very cool shot!! your ability to be able to control the shot so much and achive a result like this is something i envy.

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NIKON CORPORATION
NIKON D70
10/16 second
F/1.8
50 mm
Dec 24, 2004, 6:13:19 PM

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