Angry Buddha's Photoblog
Melancholy
Posted by Sean Bailey (Phoenixville, United States) on 30 January 2007 in Lifestyle & Culture and Portfolio.
benjamin from Singapore
wow... great framing.. seems like theres a glow around the tree. great contrast to its otherwise "dead" look
30 Jan 2007 1:04pm
Darren from Japan
Nice work mate. You have done really well on the lighting and the texture also works well with this one.
30 Jan 2007 1:06pm
Still from Valence, France
Excellent work! it looks lik a painting on a piece of silk. Superb!
30 Jan 2007 1:33pm
Colour blind from Tokyo, Japan
Wow this is inspirational. I've been meaning to do photos like this and you've given me the push to do so. I love the composition on this peice. Placing that tree in the middle is my taste exactly!!
30 Jan 2007 1:40pm
Jerry from Tampa, United States
Sean - this would make a great post card! It's AWESOME! Well done! Please share your post processing - I won't tell.......
30 Jan 2007 2:44pm
Stu from Kyoto, Japan
Very original and artistic. I'm going to echo Jerry and say: How the dickens did you do that?!
30 Jan 2007 3:32pm
badala from Leiria, Portugal
This one...I like. It looks like a pencil study from art school.
30 Jan 2007 6:14pm
James Larking from
This amazing picture brings home to us isolation. How I'd like to be that tree, isolated from my surroundings and cut off from art like this.
30 Jan 2007 9:44pm
Chris Sullivan from Melbourne, Australia
An aptly titled and great shot mate! Excellent processing, especially the fibre-effect. A very graphic and involving shot, well done!!
30 Jan 2007 10:12pm
Ahraht from Loures, Portugal
this is really great . just don't have the words for it.
30 Jan 2007 11:59pm
Daniel from United States
This is very nice. I'd lose the vertical line texturing.
31 Jan 2007 3:45am
Jason from Ballarat, Australia
Top shot. The tree looks great in the centre, proof that rules are made to be broken.
31 Jan 2007 5:26am
Lyndsey Le from Houston, TX, United States
Looks like rain pouring down on that "melancholic" tree! Well done on the capture as well as post processing, Sean!
4 Feb 2007 9:11pm
Shawna from Regina, Canada
I am awestruck by this image. I also love "lone"trees.
12 Feb 2007 5:05am
Olympus E-500
1/160 second
F/5.0
ISO 100
35 mm