Look Closer
Extreme Vision
Posted by Viewfinder (Bradenton, FL, United States) on 14 November 2007 in Plant & Nature and Portfolio.
We are looking at an iconic image of tropical/coastal Florida. Now don't get me wrong, I like palm trees. No, I love palm trees. But around these parts, palm trees are everywhere. There are some palms native to the area, but an extreme vision of the tropics has introduced all sorts of "exotic" palms that do well in the balmy Florida climate but are not particularly natural inhabitants.
Whether these particular ones are or are not native, I do not know. What I've tried to do in processing is offer a hint of the extreme vision of a mythic tropical Florida, as seen by developers and profiteers, with the use of some color saturation techniques.
Nikon D80
1/320 second
F/4.5
ISO 200
105 mm (35mm equiv.)