Windswept
“Don’t be afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with the wind.” – Hamilton Wright.
Windswept by Shane Smart.
Millicent, South Australia.
© 2007.
HDR – Three exposures (-2, 0, +2).
Combined and tonemapped in Photomatix and finished in CS2.
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Windswept belongs to the following groups:
Fine Art of Landscape Photography, HDR Photography (3 Photos per 24hr-day), Landscape Photography and Trees - 2 images per day with trees as the focal point Available for sale asGreeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints and Framed Prints


janik
Lovely capture.
Carlo Cesar Ro...
Wonderful shot! Congrats!
waitin' for rain
The ART done by wind !!
great composition !
Charlie Lin
Nice sky
Steven Sandner
Lovely image!
John Conway
think Stran9e summed it up nicely, always good to find these types of trees, good one Smarti
HelenBanham
Super shot!!
Naomi Frost
Stunning. This is going straight to my favourites.
Andy Smylie
super image. interesting subject good light and nice sky.
Michael Kienhuis
Whoooopie! Wow. Just super! M:>
Samuel Gundry
Nice positioning. I’m struggling with knowing when to ‘vignette’ my images, I think you have down it well here, it really focuses you on the subject. (Oh, and that grass looks soooo inviting.)
Sharon Hammond
terrific image
Hadassah
Very..stunning!
Helene Kippert
Amazing!
richiedean
Great shot smarti .
Grigri
Aesome!
Nicholas Averre
Crackng image! this ‘ol’ fella sure has a story to tell. Well done!
lightsmith
fantastic image – the composition is perfect and the colours vivacious! brilliant!
Antoine Dagobert
Beautiful!!!Perfect in every way!
Joyce Dickens,...
Outstanding image; the tree is magnificent; well composed.
Deri Dority
Stunning in everyway!!!
StacyLee
What a great capture!
DawsonImages
nice composition
Fiona MacNab
Lovely.
cdwork
Great composition and colours! The tree looks like it want to meld with the grass!
treesurfer78
Great subject and great image.
Lance Leopold
Wonderful central subject,composition and exposure!!!
Enrico Bettesw...
Awesome subject… awesome capture… well seen and done!
Shauna Noble
wonderful image – I saw similar scene at Coffin Bay SA – what beautiful hardy trees – they just go with the punches
ltruskett
great lighting and lovely composition.
Roddy Atkinson
You must get some wind there, great shot!
GittiArt
I love the sense I get from it ….....it’s so beautifully done , bravo ! Regards, Brischit
gladders
got composition. Nice old tree….reminds me of a really old woman that ooo ahhh thrickets past my house on the way to the shops…..all bent over and packed full of history! Like it!
classical
All your work is so beautiful!!!
Angela Stewart
Brilliant capture…well done!
Bramble
Love the colours
minoanphotography
great light, has that wonderful chromatic feel in the tones.
AdamDonnelly
Fantastic!
SylviaHardy
This is very beautiful and the portrait format works so well with this one too!
Kelly Boyle
wow
geosgurl
wow! very cool! isn’t nature awesome!
Birgitta
(I’m thinking HDR?)
Absolutely brilliant photography.
I like the extra FG too. :-)
Halcyon007
What a fantastic looking tree and the sky looks excellent too.
Really well composed
Nikki Trexel
Wow – amazing tree. great shot & composition too!
Jessie Harris
I adore this. It’s amazing.
DRice
Great lighting and excellent composition. Nice work!
missalyshachri...
this ones so creative!
i love it.
and i like that you put quotes with your photographs, they always seem to fit perfectly
philwells
fantastic image
halftone
What a magnificent tree!
Hilary Robertshaw
You have some wonderful pictures. I love this one and Destination particularly..
Globalphotos
Wonderful shot !
Zern Liew
Great composition!!!
Albert1000
Oh, I like it.
Nick Johnson
Beautifully balanced photo in more ways than one. Yeah.. Pun intended.
Perfect!
sara montour
What a great tree!
LocoCow
So cool… The colors within this shot are spectacular and the trees form is unique to say the least.
Marc Bruno Sch...
This is almost surreal. Excellent technique, a very crisp shot. Lovely use of stylisitc devices like the rule of thirds.
MuscularTeeth
it must be sleepy
Peter Marin
I’m a sucker for a great tree photo, this one is up there with the best, your quote is perfect also.
Jonicool
Unique and so Beautiful!
clarkey
Beautiful capture – detail is good, the unusual shape of the tree if fascinating. Perhaps you could lighten it a little, otherwise a lovely image.
andrew cowell
Fabulous processing here! :-)
Benjamin Scheurer
The framing >>> as good as it gets!
Matt Merritt
Nice!
mikrin
wonderful shot
checkma8
Wonderful
funkyfacestudio
Awesome tree, great shot !
HouseDad
We have got trees like this in Geraldton, Western Australia, but I have never seen a leaning tree photographed like this before even on ‘professional’ postcards. Beautiful Image.
Ganz
fantastic! :)
Jessica Karran
magnificent!!
Michelle Boyer
Great image
Wanda Lechene
amazing just amazing
ayham Salameh
Amazing
mhollestelle
Great tree and a great look-trough (is that the correct word?) I like the deep blue sky!
pauline tims
This is so beautiful!!
screamqueen
very cool
Kaylene B
I love the color tone!
David Haviland
Great find and well shot and processed.
Irish
GREAT!
palmerphoto
incredible shot
Belinda "Billy...
So glad you are featured today….I got the chance to see your work.
Damiend
Fantastic image, I love that sky as well!!!
Sophie Watson
Beautiful!
Mariaan Krog A...
Excellent! Wonderful details. Storytelling quality…..
NervousNellie
Awesome!
Craig Wilson
Lovely composition – must be some strong winds in order to bend the tree like that.
narrowpathphoto
serene, great color
KCphoto
Beautifully captured!! Congrats!! :)K
DawsonImages
what a great tree and image
cartoonjohn
really nice
mikv
beautiful
Tammy Serdiuk
very nice
Gabriele Swans...
outstanding work
Lu Collazo
The cloud lines, the leaning of the tree, the green of the land!! This is absolutely gorgeous! Keep clicking!
maniax
great shot, very nice!
Nathan Shoemark
Love it. Very peaceful & calming feel to it.
pauline tims
Fantastic picture ,well done
johnr
this is excellent,i can barely see the rope tying it down.brilliant
Tom Gomez
Lovely picture, a very pleasing HDR …
Mark Richards
Very balance and clean, very nice work Shane!
AnnaMarie
This is excellent. Wonderful work!
Elizabeth Duncan
Lovely image great title.
Leslie Patton
Awesome image
cartoonjohn
amazing expression of life, thanks fpr seeing it
sajal maskey
good image the tree is so amazing
Katja Klages
Fantastic capture :-)
waylie23
very well done, loving the colours
Mick Smith
Fantastic shot. I love the contrast, colour and my, its so sharp. Great feel to it too.
Mick.
Sara Rejaie
This is brilliant. Is this HDR? The colours are lovely
Sara Rejaie
Yes, it is! Just noticed the group it’s in. :)
Kathleen Hill
Awsome sky, colour contrast and composition
Rebecca Cruz
This is a shining example of what HDR should be!! Depth of tone, texture and color without looking cartoonish or harsh. This is wonderfully executed!
Antanas
perfect
Jim Robertson
Another great image.
tiggermoth
Windswept indeed! Great!
MondoStef
I love it!
Prasad
Fantastic
David Iori
Nice capture
Leith Matson
Stunning colour, spectacular sky and sharpness. I have seen umbrellas like this
SD Smart replied
Thanks Leith – I love the inside out umbrella connection!
Jean M. Laffitau
Wonderful!!!!
andreasphoto
awesome depth of field
Tracy King
Beautiful image Shane.
Sue Nueckel
Beautiful
Glenn Tuazon
I like that you add quotes to your shots. The presentation is great… interesting that the horizon is almost in the middle. The presence and curious bend of the tree is a find. Seeing the green makes me feel like I finally reached my destination.
phillip wise
great charecter and love the clouds
Michael Gray
you almost have too may great images to comment on. well done!
Ash Sivils
How amazing is this?!
jlynn
Incredible image and I love the words!!
Chrystal Ferreira
wow, I absolutely love this image and the title is perfect, thank you for your comment on my “destiny” as you can see I love trees with history, beautiful !!
Linda Matlow
AWESOME!
Peter Zentjens
A simple but o so powerful composition! Fantastic image.
Aimelle
so lovely tree ! I like the good contrast in the sky and those intense colors.
has a polarizer been used ?
SD Smart replied
Thanks Amielle – Yes I did use a polarizing filter which helped to darken the sky.
Aimelle
I am about to get one this week , so would you mind telling me the name/brand/code-numbers of this one, please ? feel free, I will understand if you do. thanks any way
have a nice day
SD Smart replied
Aimelle – Mine is a Hoya 58mm Cir-Polarizing filter (pitch 0.75) which cost $49 Aus.
Aimelle
thank you very much Shane. I appreciate a lot.
Brendan Schoon
Incredible image!!! Wonderful!!! Well done!!!
zomboy
Its like a dreamscape! amazing!
Kathryn Potempski
simplicity at its best Shane,glad I didn’t miss this one.
Alan Findlater
excellent work well done
Lauren Marr
wow you really have some talent! whoa!
LindaMcCarthy
An amazing shot! Beautiful and outstanding work.
Madalena
Excellent work. You have an amazing collection of images.
megsmad
wonderful shot!
faved!
steve conti
Beautiful image – love the tree and composition
Lensman2008
I know of a place in the UK with a tree just like this.
I was invited to go there some years ago, and still have the pic in my files.
Nicely seen and shot.
Vicki Ferrari
wow! dramatic image! very insightful!
Garth Smith
Great find well taken,magic!!
linda858100
LOVELY
Michael Matthews
Another gem .. & I love the quote from Hamilton Wright.
sharra
your work is perfect. im so envious…LOL….its magnificant
Igor Janicijevic
Great shot!
Mark Lee
I’m stunned… Great shot :)
Paul Doucette
wow…wow…... very cool tree …superb shot!
Angel Warda
fab!
Michael Douglass
Terrific image.
deannedaffy
Wow Gareth this is just beautiful! What an amazing tree.
Jesse Blyth
This is an amazing photo!
KiwiAna
This is beautiful!
Stephen Thomas
Awesome! Just outstanding!
Kenny Gulley Jr.
awesome image accompanied y an awesome quote
Scott d'Almeida
excellent;
Adam Gormley
Brilliant shot mate, captured this perfectly!!! :)
CiaoBella
The choice of this shot clearly demonstrates that you have an eye for a perfect image, your portfolio as a whole underlines it
SD Smart replied
Many thanks for your special comments CiaoBella.
Jane Kerrigan
That tree seems to have had a hard life … this scene is amazing … especially the sky!
Noah .
Amazing!
Sharon Mau
The light in this image is fascinating!! This is so beautiful Shane and I love the quote!
hsien-ku
stunning sky, incredible tree. what a great capture!
MollyLittle
I love wind swept trees like this, this is beautiful.
benthebrown
The shape and colour in this is stunning! Is that hdr?
SD Smart replied
Thanks Ben – Yes this is a HDR from 3 bracketed images. I did this one a couple of years ago now. I would probably process it quite differently if I reshot it now.
Zalman Lazkovich
nice,very very nice!
MHO on hdr – it’s sort of over enhancement of an image. It’s like adding more artificial dramatic effect to a raw image. I personally would never use hdr.
And again, it looks attractive but less natural.
1001101
i still can’t get over how amazing this looks!
Jan Timmons
And way down here, one more admirer comments: Love the wind-blown shape of the tree and the way you captured it. The subtle use of HDR lends beauty to the dynamic range, rather than becoming the subject itself. Just all-round great photo.
-Lilith-
This is so beautiful!
Love your art!
Waleska Luker
Stunning work and message!
David Murphy
Nice work here, Shane…....
a great folio, a feather in your cap!!
Cheers
David
William Murray
This is absolutely fantastic, such a sense of place and feeling.
AnnieSnel
Beautiful capture!
Tom Smart
your images are incredible! I could comment them all. Love this one.
Elysia Ranking
wow!!!
rougepoppies
I love distortion as well as trees.
It is beautiful.
Aimelle
such a wonderful image !
Sue Ellen Thom...
Beautiful capture.
micpowell
Sometimes Nature shows a wonderful sense of humour!
Mark Elshout
Fantastic sky. Lovely composition.
Russ Styles 26 days ago
Love that shot…
harry13 24 days ago
Amazing. fantastic work
sunsetgirl 9 days ago
neat capture! like the quote!