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Sunset At The Old Tree
One of my biggest influences in art, without question, is English romantic landscape master painter J.W. Turner I discovered him while studying at art college, and I fell in love with his work. When the traveling Great Masters of Art show landed in Denver at the museum, I almost slept out for tickets, knowing that among Rubens and Van Dyck, Turners work would be there. There is nothing like seeing Turners work in person, nothing. It is simply stunning and inspiring and very motivational. So, I suppose without question that you could certainly say that whole shot was inspired by him. I wanted a shot that would really reflect the influence he has had on me as an artist and as a photographer specifically. My painting style goes without question, but trying to capture a photograph in teh same style as a master landscape painter is a different beast entirely. Did I succeed? You be the judge. About the photograph itself: Captured on the northern Colorado plains on an old country road, the old tree, though long and dead, seems to almost still hold some life as the sky paints the end of the day slowly falling behind the Colorado Rockies. Processed in Lightroom, Dynamic Photo HDR and final output through Photoshop. I hope you all like it! John  More can always be seen on my website at jdebordphoto.com Photo is © John De Bord, 2009. Please do not blog or use my photos without getting my permission first. This is NOT a creative commons photograph! I do my best to answer all comments and comment back, but it isn't always possible. I really thank you all for your support, it really means a LOT to me! Comments Wonderful colors.
Awesome sky. Love the shape of the tree and how the landscape looks like a desert. -- Living is easy with eyes closed  Thanks hon! Check it out now, had the wrong size displayed lol DOH!-- John, your deviantART Gallery Moderator of Photography>Animals, Plants & Nature jdebordphoto.com my website  Excellent work!
  Simply amazing work.
 I think you captured Turner's sentiment very well.-- Important Notice: Shader 2.0/DirectX 9.0B: The composite shader has performed an illegal exception resulting in the value "float2 dither+uv" equaling -0. The system will now crash.  an childhood memory springs to life. reminds me of days long gone.
like the vibrant colours and shades. well done!! -- also, visit this artist's page if you have a moment! [link] and maybe he can do a caricature pic for you? + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + life is what you make of it. now to spot one through the viewfinder!!.  wonderful photo, really like the composition
 Without a doubt, this is one of the best photographs I have seen today. Beautifully composed, great colors, wonderful post processing, and an all-around great shot. Instant fave!
-- .:My Deviations:.   I absolutely love Turner. 'The Painter Of Light' I full viewed this and it went off in my face. Third degree Wow!
Think you captured the style well, John. That almost monotone brown, with the light bleeding into it. I think old Will won't be turning in his grave. He'll give it a  -- come spend some time at #The-Comedy-Store  I feel you've succeeded in what you tried to do John
. Having also seen his work in person, I completely know what you mean when you say how moving it is. If you've ever been to Boston, the Museum of Fine Art has an incredibly large collection of Turner's work. Along with famous ones like Slave Ship and Fall of the Rhine. Also, although they're not always on view, they even have a few of his pencil drawn landscapes. If you're ever going to be in the Massachusetts area, and since you're a big fan of JMW Turner, I highly recommend the MFA  . very beautifully done!
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And as for this piece, it does look like a wonderful homage to his work. The colours and the atmosphere look very much in his style, and the colour and depth to the clouds especially make this very characteristic. The colours to the sky are beautifully intense, and nicely masked by the rather creepy looking tree towards the left of the shot.
I think there is a good contrast to the rest of the shot. The ground has some vastly different colour to the the sky and the clouds, and i think the colours of both compliment each other very well
Great job, hun
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