As most of you know, I’ve been on a short break, but one thing I didn’t want to miss was this week’s Monochrome Madness! This image was actually taken a few years ago when I first started taking pictures with my old camera. Fortunately I had been instructed early on to always shoot in RAW, so I found the original image and reprocessed it. I was amazed to see this tree all by itself with such dramatic weather around it. It sort of reminds me of my life at the moment! In an upheaval! haha
For those interested in seeing all the entries to this week’s Monochrome Madness, please check out Leanne Cole’s site when you can. It is usually posted about 6 or so hours from now. It’s sure to be a wonderful collection! http://leannecolephotography.com/
I will not be able to participate in next week’s challenge due to our move and not having internet. But I should be back up and running on my blog by later next week. I’m looking forward to getting back into the swing of things!
Laura Macky Photography 
April 1, 2014 at 6:58 am
Striking
April 1, 2014 at 7:11 am
Thank you Alex 🙂
April 1, 2014 at 6:58 am
What a cool shot 🙂 ……. sureal!
April 1, 2014 at 7:11 am
Thanks! It felt surreal!
April 1, 2014 at 7:02 am
Beautiful!
April 1, 2014 at 7:11 am
Thank you 🙂
April 1, 2014 at 7:09 am
Very nice and good to hear from you.
April 1, 2014 at 7:11 am
Thank you, you too Tim
April 1, 2014 at 7:09 am
Nice shot
April 1, 2014 at 7:11 am
Thanks John
April 1, 2014 at 7:17 am
You are welcome
April 1, 2014 at 7:12 am
Really intense and I would love to know what it sounded like around you while you were taking the shot. Great photo.
April 1, 2014 at 7:13 am
It was actually kinda quiet except for some wind.
April 1, 2014 at 7:17 am
I ask because those clouds look like they are bringing some weather your direction and the tree is so stripped, it looks like a place where the weather around you is just as interesting as the photograph. Good luck with you move and upheaval. I hope it all goes smoothly.
April 1, 2014 at 7:22 am
Thanks Carrie!
April 1, 2014 at 7:22 am
Love the picture it looks a little spooky .. Too me anyway. Good luck moving that is always a chore!
April 1, 2014 at 7:23 am
Thanks Cathy! It looked spooky to me too. 🙂
April 1, 2014 at 7:35 am
Holy mother! This is fantastic Laura… FANTASTIC!!!!
That’s such a crazy tree, it almost looks like it’s upside down. And those clouds… wow.
Amazing job once again. Good luck with the move and we’ll see ya on the flip side. I’ll be in the same boat in two months.
April 1, 2014 at 7:37 am
Thank you Shane! It’s been nuts but it’ll be nice when it’s all over. Let us know when you “disappear”, lol.
April 1, 2014 at 12:55 pm
Ha, ha, sure thing.
April 1, 2014 at 7:39 am
Wow, this is really intense… love it!
April 1, 2014 at 7:41 am
Thank you 🙂
April 1, 2014 at 7:39 am
Reduxed or not, it’s a great shot. Good luck with the move or more to the point, being without Internet.
April 1, 2014 at 7:41 am
Thank you Robert! I’m looking forward to getting back to *cough* normal.
April 1, 2014 at 7:52 am
I love that image! Superb.
April 1, 2014 at 7:54 am
Thanks Mike!
April 1, 2014 at 8:00 am
What a wonderfully moody image.
April 1, 2014 at 8:26 am
Thank you!
April 1, 2014 at 8:32 am
🙂
April 1, 2014 at 8:11 am
Wow Laura!
Absolutely Awesome Photo
April 1, 2014 at 8:26 am
Thank you 🙂
April 1, 2014 at 9:10 am
huge impact – drew me straight off
April 1, 2014 at 9:23 am
Thanks much
April 1, 2014 at 9:17 am
G r e a t !!!
April 1, 2014 at 9:23 am
Thank you !
April 1, 2014 at 9:51 am
Drama and Upheaval or not… there is always calm after the storm.
Excellent archival find Laura. Have fun with the move Lol 🙂
April 1, 2014 at 9:54 am
Haha tnx dan 🙂
April 1, 2014 at 10:21 am
Fantastic image Laura. I love the drama here.
April 1, 2014 at 11:45 am
Thank you. And I innocently say, “Me??? Drama?????” 😛
April 1, 2014 at 10:33 am
Aside from the amazing backlighting, the tree itself looks like a giant came and pulled it out of the ground and stuck it back in the hole upside down – it looks more like roots than tree! Great shot, and a wonderful eye you have for the interesting. 🙂
April 1, 2014 at 11:45 am
I love your description of the tree! Something out of a 3D movie! Thank you for your comment. 🙂
April 1, 2014 at 1:04 pm
A remarkable shot Laura and beautifully edited. Congrats and best wishes for the move. 🙂
April 1, 2014 at 2:01 pm
Thank you Andrew 🙂
April 1, 2014 at 1:30 pm
Just wonderful Laura. I love it.
Good luck with your move. Take care and hurry back. 🙂
April 1, 2014 at 2:01 pm
Thank you Sue!
April 1, 2014 at 2:29 pm
Stunning and so dramatic! Wonderful Laura.
Wishing you all the very best for the move xx
April 1, 2014 at 2:39 pm
Thank you Robyn…I’m just now going to look at the gallery 🙂
April 1, 2014 at 3:24 pm
It’s a really great week again Laura!
April 1, 2014 at 3:25 pm
It really is! I just got done looking at them. They are awesome! As your film shot. I love that one.
April 1, 2014 at 3:28 pm
Is that the one with the film? Its my favourite this week 😉
Fabulous week!!!
April 1, 2014 at 3:51 pm
I don’t know how much post was done to this, but I really like the lighting around the tree. It looks like a halo of light around it.
April 1, 2014 at 4:05 pm
Thank you David….the lighting was basically there….I just enhanced things. It really was dramatic.
April 1, 2014 at 4:39 pm
Powerful haunting image.
April 1, 2014 at 4:48 pm
Thank you Vera 🙂
April 1, 2014 at 5:32 pm
Hauntingly beautiful, Laura! I am inspired by this!
April 1, 2014 at 5:37 pm
Thanks so much Carrie! I can’t wait to inspire myself and get back behind the camera after this move! lol
April 1, 2014 at 5:57 pm
this is amazing.
April 1, 2014 at 5:59 pm
thank you! I was amazed to see it in person!
April 1, 2014 at 8:45 pm
Beautiful shot – love the clouds! Good luck with the move we did it a few weeks ago 🙂
April 1, 2014 at 9:15 pm
Thank you….I feel your pain! 😉
April 1, 2014 at 9:08 pm
Nice capture Laura
April 1, 2014 at 9:15 pm
Thanks Ravi….:)
April 2, 2014 at 12:41 am
Moody. Amazing Job. Love it.
April 2, 2014 at 5:43 am
Thank you Michael. 🙂
April 2, 2014 at 12:51 am
This photo is really great. I love the dramatic contrasts and the composition. I’m also very glad that you shot in RAW so that we got to see the result 😀 Wonderful post-processing!
April 2, 2014 at 5:42 am
Thank you so much! I’m so glad I learned the RAW lesson early.
April 2, 2014 at 6:01 am
Definitely! I wish that I learned that lesson a bit earlier than what I did. I shot some photos that could possibly have a lot of potential before I started shooting RAW.
The only advantage with JPEG is the file size.
April 2, 2014 at 6:23 am
agreed 🙂
April 2, 2014 at 8:19 am
high drama in this shot. good luck with the move
April 2, 2014 at 9:01 am
Thank you so much. 🙂
April 2, 2014 at 9:13 pm
dramatic shot!! it looks like a scene from a film like Wuthering Heights!!
April 4, 2014 at 10:02 pm
Oops! Sorry I missed this! Thank you so much!
April 2, 2014 at 10:36 pm
very dramatic 🙂
April 3, 2014 at 7:09 am
Thank you! It’s strange, my word press asked me to approve your comment which has never happened with yours before. 😦
April 3, 2014 at 12:00 pm
Reblogged this on A Good Blog is Hard to Find and commented:
She already has a lot of reblogs, but I will reblog this anyways because I like the photo.
Note: Comments disabled here, please comment on her post.
April 4, 2014 at 10:09 pm
Thank you again! I’ve gotten so many followers that I haven’t kept up on the comments lol. I appreciate a whole lot. 🙂
April 3, 2014 at 12:04 pm
Reblogged this on Random Repeat.
April 4, 2014 at 10:10 pm
Sorry for my delayed response. Thank you so much for the reblog!
April 5, 2014 at 4:11 am
no… Thank You 🙂
April 3, 2014 at 2:00 pm
must have been quite a moment seeing this in your frame … wonderful feeling in your image .. Lovely capture .
April 3, 2014 at 2:00 pm
Thank you so much…it was surreal!
April 3, 2014 at 2:50 pm
Hi Laura. Your photo is absolutely stunning! I just have to see more of your work 🙂 Thanks Leanne for leading me to you!
April 3, 2014 at 2:59 pm
Wow I’m so flattered! Leanne is an amazing photographer and is so inspiring. Thank you!
April 3, 2014 at 2:53 pm
Absolutely spectacular! The image is filled with drama and intensity-
Thank you too for visiting Move the Chair-I appreciate you taking the time to look and I look forward to seeing more of your amazing work!
April 3, 2014 at 2:57 pm
Thank you! I really appreciate those kind comments. 🙂
April 3, 2014 at 4:35 pm
Gorgeous!
April 3, 2014 at 5:34 pm
Thank you!
April 3, 2014 at 9:26 pm
These are some of the best photographs I’ve ever seen.
April 3, 2014 at 11:06 pm
Wow thank you so much! I’m humbled by your compliment.
April 3, 2014 at 10:57 pm
Beautiful Photography.
April 3, 2014 at 11:03 pm
Thank you very much. 🙂
April 4, 2014 at 1:24 am
In a surreal kind of way, it almost looks as though the tree is the wrong way round and the roots are poking out of the ground while the trunk, branches, twigs and leaves are beneath it. Very atmospheric.
April 4, 2014 at 11:18 am
Thanks so much Bryan! It definitely was surreal
April 4, 2014 at 5:41 am
You have done a splendid job. It is one of the best shot which I have seen till now. The image looks so fabulous and lighting around the trees is the amazing part of the image.
April 4, 2014 at 7:12 am
Thank you so much Anna Louise. It really was an amazing spectacle.
April 4, 2014 at 7:32 am
Wow! Uncanny and beautiful. Thanks for following my blog. Much appreciated 🙂
April 4, 2014 at 7:39 am
Thank you! And yw 😀
April 4, 2014 at 7:55 am
Wow great shot! Thank you for following me, I will definitely come back to see more of your work.
April 4, 2014 at 7:55 am
Thank you too!
April 4, 2014 at 8:34 am
I really love this photo!
April 4, 2014 at 10:17 am
Thank you 🙂
April 4, 2014 at 9:06 am
Love it. I’ve always had a love of lonely trees. Great!!
April 4, 2014 at 11:03 am
Thank you !
April 4, 2014 at 10:54 am
That’s gorgeous!! I have tried for that effect but never with the success of yours!
April 4, 2014 at 11:16 am
Thank you! I appreciate the comment 🙂
April 4, 2014 at 9:22 pm
Excellent!
April 4, 2014 at 10:57 pm
Thank you so much!
April 5, 2014 at 3:41 pm
Seeing this now, I couldn’t imagine being improved as a color photo. Nice shot!
April 6, 2014 at 7:52 am
that is just gorgeously striking!
April 6, 2014 at 8:09 am
Thank you!
April 7, 2014 at 10:39 am
Brilliant photo!
April 7, 2014 at 11:29 am
Thank you !
April 8, 2014 at 2:21 pm
Stunning, spectacular, eerie, romantic, mysterious, this is one of the most soul-gripping photographs I have ever seen. Brava!
April 8, 2014 at 2:57 pm
WOW Thank you so much! I really appreciate such wonderful comments! Keeps me going… 🙂
April 8, 2014 at 4:15 pm
That has to be one of the most unusually shaped trees I’ve ever seen. Like it should be in the wicked forest of a Disney movie. The way you photographed it will stay in my mind for quite a while. I really, really like it.
April 8, 2014 at 4:46 pm
Thank you so much! It was a really strange shaped tree. I’m glad I was there at just the right time with the light and clouds.
April 9, 2014 at 6:17 am
Very impressive. Great bw.
April 9, 2014 at 7:56 am
Nothing will ever replace a keen eye. Lovely.
April 9, 2014 at 7:58 am
Thank you so much. I hope my eye will not need to be replaced hehe.
April 17, 2014 at 3:18 am
This is a really fantastic and powerful photo Laura! And how wonderful it is you can edit old photos. I really love it, so nicely done!
April 17, 2014 at 7:39 am
Thank you! I like taking the older ones and making something new now that I have a few more tricks up my sleeve. 😉
April 18, 2014 at 8:38 am
Excellent photos. Love the starkness of the tree in the black and white photo. It really evokes the moodiness of that lone tree.
April 18, 2014 at 8:46 am
Thank you so much..I liked that one too. It’s not every day you see that come together!
April 18, 2014 at 11:32 am
They were gone…all of them. They left nothing behind but the dead and dying. The earth had been ravaged, murdered by greed and hatred. The humans were gone and the Universe breathed a deep sigh of relief knowing that without them, beauty would once again be restored and innocent lifeforms would flourish.
That’s what this beautiful photograph is telling me.
April 18, 2014 at 11:34 am
I’m so happy that my image moved you to write this! Thank you so much! (And if I accidentally unfollowed you just recently I apologize…I was doing something with my settings and messed things up. I’m refollowing now.)
April 21, 2014 at 7:43 am
To me it is the darkness before the dawn or the last winds of winter before the dawn and spring. . .
April 21, 2014 at 7:43 am
What a cool interpretation. Thank you for sharing that Anne. 🙂
May 13, 2014 at 6:14 pm
Laura, a beautiful photo! Thanks for your follow of Heart of Life Poetry, I appreciate it. Wishing you all good things.
May 13, 2014 at 6:16 pm
Thank you so much! And you are most welcome 🙂