As soon as I saw this challenge I knew what I wanted to get. Especially with how much I knew it would fill the frame. I saw this done in one of my photography books, and wanted to do it, but couldn't because of the editing involved. Expert editing allowed me to get what I wanted out of my shot. Saw this tree and new it was the one I needed. Hope people like this as much as I had fun working on it. Shot with a tripod, on a windy day. Thick branches stayed still. Small branches moved a lot in the pic. Next used slight radial blur to get the rest of the blur I wanted for the shot. Appreciate any constructive critisism anyone has to offer.
Adjustments:
Raw Conversion
Saturated color
USM, Hue/Saturation.
Dodge/Burn on main trunk.
Radial Blur Layer
Adjustment layer to bring out sharpness of tree.
Sharpened again.
Coverted to B&W
Hue/Saturate again with color.
Added Border and saved for web.
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You left a nice comment for me in the Street Photography challenge, and I checked out your profile. This image is awesome! Simply stunning. Surprised it didn't do even better. Congrats.
Now if this is done with a fixed camera on a tripod and the "action" is for real - I'm quite impressed. Clever idea and well executed. If this is all photoshop I'll be quite bummed. Good luck in the challenge.
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