November 28, 2007
Photo of the Day: November 28, 2007
This is the sort of tree that gives rise to all sorts of anthropomorphic, evil and/or violent trees in popular entertainment, and inspires waking nightmares in children walking in the woods on cold November evenings. Flickr user brents pix gives the picture the HDR treatment, but with two twists that buck the prevailing trend of overwrought and bizarrely colored HDR shots. First, he presents the photo in black and white (though there is a color version available). Second, he takes a subtle and restrained hand with the effects. He brings out all the craggy details of the tree without pushing into the surreal, making for a chilly and imposing photo.
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Excellently excellent! I'm reminded of that beastly Freudian nightmare tree in the early David Lynch film THE GRANDMOTHER. And that is a mighty thing.
I'm willing to bet Christopher Walken carried an unconscious Miranda Richardson into that hole, a few seconds before that photo was taken.
This is the last thing the Lorax saw before he died.
Autoerotic asphyxiation, but don't tell the kids.
The Lorax is not dead. I refuse to believe that.
Unless.