Photo of the Day – 11 October 2016: Lone Tree

After a couple of fabulous sunny days, conditions became overcast.  That can be challenging, although sunny weather when there are harsh shadows and extremes between the light and darkest parts of the scene can present its own issues.  In fact the light was excellent at the end of the day and I have several pleasing shots taken then.  However, one of the reasons for doing this blog is to show a variety of images so I have chosen a picture from earlier on.  It is the classic photographer’s meme of the lone tree, which can often be difficult to find.  I do not have that many examples of my own.

For this one, I have opted for a shot taken with my infrared camera and converted it to mono in Lightroom.  Usually I prefer to use Silver Efex Pro 2, but on this occasion it was introducing artefacts which I could not find a way to prevent.  It does mean that I could not make quite as much of the sky as I would have liked, so this might not end up being the final version.

Lone Tree
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This post is part of my occasional “Photo of the Day” series when I publish any shots which I think might be of interest and tell the story behind them.  They might not necessarily be portfolio standard images, nor the final version, but still be of sufficient interest for inclusion in my blog.  If I do not show a shot on any given day, it does not mean that I did not take any photographs, just that I did not get anything worthwhile.  For me, that is part of the fun of photography, not knowing what you will find on a shoot when nothing is planned.