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A Family of Trees Wanting to Be Haunted
2nd PlaceA Family of Trees Wanting to Be Haunted
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Trees XI (Standard Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Nikon D800
Lens: Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 28-70mm f/2.8D IF-ED
Date: Jan 4, 2026
Date Uploaded: Jan 4, 2026

 Consider me surprised, I didn't think this shot would do well. Thank you voters.

I was driving around looking for a typical cliche shot of a lone tree in a snowy field. This family of trees jumped at me instead. The moment I saw them the MGMT song Kids came to mind, hence the title. I still don't know what those lyrics mean though.

Statistics
Place: 2 out of 27
Avg (all users): 6.8857
Avg (participants): 6.6471
Avg (non-participants): 7.1111
Views since voting: 220
Views during voting: 49
Votes: 35
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0

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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 01/27/2026 10:20:53 AM
Congratulations, I love the way this demonstrates the bareness of winter with snow against bare trees. 2x2 is hard to find and well composed in your image.
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Canon EOS R5
Canon RF 24-105mm f/4-7.1 IS STM
 01/23/2026 07:42:14 AM
One of my top 3. Very nicely balanced and the B&W helps to isolate the trees. Congrats.
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Canon Canon 1d x Mark II
Sigma 85mm f/1.4 FG HSM Art
 01/23/2026 04:31:18 AM
Was in my top three, the edit was sublime!
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Ricoh GR III
Pentax DA 18-135mm F3.5-5.6ED AL [IF] WR DC
 01/23/2026 01:22:56 AM
a lot of subtlety though the elements are beautifully aligned. you can smell winter too.
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Canon EOS M200
Canon EF-M 55-200mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM
 01/23/2026 12:20:40 AM
Nicely seen and composed. I'm glad your notes explained the title. I got the "family" part, but the "haunted" was eluding me. :-P Congrats!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D810
 01/22/2026 06:08:23 PM
One of my top score choices. I really like how it's almost a duotone. I like how you can see the city in the background.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 USM
 01/22/2026 04:33:20 PM
Beautiful! it grabs you right away as a true art piece.
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 01/19/2026 12:11:42 PM
My pick for yellow in this challenge.
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 01/18/2026 05:06:35 PM
Your image is clean, clear and crisp. Very nicely presented and nice balance in your work.
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