Bleak

RichardV, 6 months ago

Does suit it though Deb.

Excellent B&W. Love the detail in the tree.

Kitsmumma, 6 months ago

Gorgeous shot Deb, love the contrasts and the texture in the rocks. The tree looks very lonely.

Alf Caruana, 6 months ago

solitude comes to my mind when I look at this. great mood shot

tonilouise, 6 months ago

Just love it Deb…Such a feeling of desolation to these images of yours..But I just love them…

Karin Taylor, 6 months ago

what a great study…there would be some great quotes to accompany such a powerful image…seems like it has a lot to say :)

lightsmith, 6 months ago

I’m happy with ‘bleak’. And the picture is great. Lone tree….. lovely.

Mindy McGregor, 6 months ago

Stunning work! Great composition!

genevieve m, 6 months ago

I really like this. Nice tree.

TonyLegg, 6 months ago

Lovely work Deborah, hope yo are well !!

Nikki Mulkern, 6 months ago

Love the tone and treatment, wonderful capture

David Harris, 6 months ago

Bleak but interesting! Like a snapshot from a bad dream! I mean that in a complimentary way!! your work is always fantastic! Having trouble saying what I mean today!

vonne, 6 months ago

AWESOME! Love your Black and Whites

Paul Compton, 6 months ago

Majestic. Almost seems like the tree is sinking down into the gully. Beautiful work Deborah.

joak, 6 months ago

its bleak but it does seem like the tree is radiating light, awfy good

Jing3011, 6 months ago

Solemn and well done

Robert O'Neill, 6 months ago

Great description and great picture.

people/are/str..., 6 months ago

great framing !!! love the stand alone tree

SylviaHardy, 6 months ago

I just love the feel you have reated here Deborah with the black and white. It is very beautiful!

Deborah Parkin, 6 months ago

Thank you everyone for your wonderful comments – I am sorry I cannot reply to each and everyone but reality beckons and I am just off to do the school run :0)
Thanks again.

Antoine Dagobert, 6 months ago

Awesome image Deb..love you treatment!

Kate Towers IPA, 6 months ago

has a great feel to it , excellent image

Dave Miller, 6 months ago

a well known tree and you’ve managed to capture it in your own way, moving to the side adds the gritty rocks which add to the bleak feeling. ( I find the burnt in top corners a bit heavy ) – good work Deborah

alistair mcbride, 6 months ago

Very striking image Deborah,beautiful tones and textures.

gladders, 6 months ago

Yes it is…....................but very earthy too. I like the imposing foreground too. Makes you feel small and the tree seem much bigger.

gladders, 6 months ago

And I think the burnt in corners are spot on!

David Parkin, 6 months ago

I expect to see nothing but excellent photographs from you Deborah.

You always deliver.

Laurie McClave, 6 months ago

Love the solitude of the image and the treatment! beautiful in it’s Bleakness….

Sandra Brock, 6 months ago

This is really great. Wonderful job!

poppykitten, 6 months ago

Title says it all really, great shot I love the framing with the hills. and the treatment works really well.

Paul Tupman, 6 months ago

Great strong shot… the composition of this is great with the stark silhouette of the tree framed between the 2 sloping sides.. I like how your vignetting mirrors these slope.. excellent B+W work as ever with some great contrasts and detail in the foreground. Excellent.

Trish Cooper, 6 months ago

This is fantastic work as ALWAYS!!...you never fail to deliver…...And you know I LOVE your b&w work!!!Hope all is well with you…....have missed ya!!!! HUGS xoxoxoxox

Nicholas Averre, 6 months ago

Wonderful image Deb!! I think the title fits it rather well. Lovely treatment and the framing is spot on.

lifevibrations, 6 months ago

Such emotion conveyed in this capture -superb

deahna, 6 months ago

What an AWESOME image, love the POV and it’s sooo powerful in B&W

Matt Richardson, 6 months ago

beautiful work~

Matt Roberts, 6 months ago

Bleak yet beautiful.

AndyReeve, 6 months ago

Stnning and considering the landscape I would call it brave tree for growing there in the first place.

marshall calve..., 6 months ago

hi Deborah a very gritty feel to this image makes this such a strong picture we know it well I would probably go a long with daves comments about the sky ,
Sycamore gap springs to mind if you need a name or is that a bit to abvious?

Martie Venter, 6 months ago

Love lone-tree images – wonderful light, toning and foreground detail, love how the tree is framed by the curved horizon and the subtle vignetted corners above it!

cdwork, 6 months ago

Beautiful! Great find and capture! It’s almost like the tree has hidden in the vally to allow it to grow! -Love it

berndt2, 6 months ago

It’s the tree from the movie Robin Hood : Prince of Thieves, I think – I was there about a fortnight ago – very cool!

nodrogart, 6 months ago

woah Deb, this is wicked

JudyBJ, 6 months ago

amazingly beautiful

Catherine Davis, 6 months ago

Great photo!

Sharon Hammond, 6 months ago

Bleak works as a title. Great b&W pp Deb

Sean Farragher, 6 months ago

bleak but brilliant

Douzy, 6 months ago

Love this. Minimalism at its best.

Lam Tran, 6 months ago

Fantastic capture! Excellent tone and perspective, well done my friend!

docophoto, 6 months ago

So rich in its textures and tones. Love the detail from the front of the image all the way through to the back. So evocative…

Pal Gyomai, 6 months ago

Mouthwatering quality, as usual. Gorgeous B&W, Deb.

David Stuart, 6 months ago

Or a symbol of hope in a devastating land. Gorgeous work as always Deborah.

David Stuart, 6 months ago

That should be ‘devastated’ :)

Basia McAuley, 6 months ago

Excellent composition, love the light , processing and texture of the rocks, beautiful work Deb!

Mohammad Khaksar, 6 months ago

Nice exposure, deborah!
The cloud detail is beautiful and nicely frames the monument…..

Martin Derksema, 6 months ago

Good art. Maybe ‘Bleak’ would be a good title? I love what you did with the stony landscape on the foreground. The texturing is just amazing. So rich. The angle is perfect and makes a hero of the tree. Lonely, but content with itself. A work with great tranquillity in it.

velveteagle, 6 months ago

This looks like a working goal to me.. Very well done Deborah..

ECGardner, 6 months ago

Bleak it is… This is gorgeous. Love the tones, textures, and especially the feel to it. Magical, as always.

Firedrake, 6 months ago

It is very bleak…I like that the hill fades to black.

Rhana Griffin, 6 months ago

I think you nailed the title Deb… I mean I can’t really see this being called “Sunshine” or Happy Days” or something similar (insert cheeky grin here) I love the curvature of the hills… its like they are protecting this lone survivor who is teetering on the edge of extinction.

PhotogeniquE IPA, 6 months ago

bleak? just about right – excellent image

Joanne A. Bradley, 6 months ago

Beautiful and poignant!

Ken Mucke, 6 months ago

I just love your perspective here Deb…it really isolates the tree more…the tones of course are just perfect….as is the lighting….perfectly balanced throughout….Yuor magic really shines through here Deb….not many could have made this shot what it is…..BRAVO

Rosina Lamberti, 6 months ago

Love your Black and Whites

marcusjohn, 6 months ago

What a find, beautiful work Deborah. Love the simplicity and the B&W as always is brilliant.

Louise Cooke, 6 months ago

I really love the contrast in your images Deb, this one a perfect example. It’s something I would love to master…you just always turn a great image into something magical with the strength in the tones…wonderful image!

DarkHotel2, 6 months ago

Superb piece Deborah, love a minimal world with so much texture, and you are the master at it… great shot for me!

DarkHotel2, 6 months ago

Superb piece Deborah, love a minimal world with so much texture, and you are the master at it… great shot for me!

wellman, 6 months ago

Stunning (as always!) Deb – love how the foreground seems to play tricks with your eyes – I swear I can make out fine threads of a root system. Masterful!

wellman, 6 months ago

Stunning (as always!) Deb – love how the foreground seems to play tricks with your eyes – I swear I can make out fine threads of a root system. Masterful!

Antanas, 6 months ago

great composition and mood

shaz, 6 months ago

Beautiful image Deborah… The title is perfect

Stuart Chapman, 6 months ago

Okay, I eventually found this within a fortnight! It’s the scale that intrigues me on this Deb. One minute the tree seems to dominate the scene, the next it seems to blend back against those lovely shaped diagonal rocks.

You call it Bleak, I see Hope. Hope that life springs from adversity. It’s an interesting thing to do. Look at an image and say the first word that comes into your head. You would have nearly a different answer for each coment.

Alan Findlater, 6 months ago

Really good work well done

Graham Dean, 6 months ago

New and innovative art in this modern age, that an artist could only hope to be able to create.

shawhouse, 6 months ago

I don’t get the title – What’s bleak about the miracle of a tree growing on the surface of the moon? :) Really wonderful treatment and the vignette at the top frames & balances the image, ages it and counters the hillside perfectly…some serious multi-tasking, wow…

Gerard Rijs, 6 months ago

Bleak appears pretty accurate for a title to this one. Like the white in the rocks. Makes them look glassy and hard. Like it!

funkyfacestudio, 6 months ago

Wow this is beautiful, love the framing too.

HotWetSandMob, 6 months ago

Perfect, great work the vignette works well, well done

Jules Campbell, 5 months ago

It is a beautiful dramatic image and a fav!

Ryan Piercey, 5 months ago

Very nice capture… You’re b&w shots are beautiful!

Bjørn Gjelsten, 4 months ago

I look and I learn.. from your fantastic captures!

andreasphoto, 4 months ago

awesome. fav…

Geir Floede, 3 months ago

What a vunderful compotion. I love your black and white art. They are so emotinal and beautiful.

Charles McKean, 3 months ago

Fab

BlackLemonz, 2 months ago

Excellent.