I understand this is probably more radical than what a lot of my visitors may be used to.

This is a pretty big blooming tree in spring — I called it a cherry tree, but it probably isn’t. I was standing right under it, and it towered on the dark background of a late spring evening, really overwhelming everything else. It was beautiful, but also somewhat cold — I tried to convey here both the feeling of overwhelming and the feeling of coldness. Let me know whether I succeeded, please.

Typically, I don’t much like central composition, but I think it is appropriate in this case. This is a portrait and with the way I made this shot I don’t believe the central composition makes the shot as static as it normally would.

How to make this

This shot is done in the same technique as Arlington Spring and you can see the same 3d effect if you try. See the description under that shot for more details on the process and how to make something like this.