Beautiful Lit Trees.

November 30, 2008 4:24 PM

Beautifully Lit Trees : Nothing to do with Christmas. [via]
posted by grapefruitmoon (17 comments total)

Wow, those are beautiful. Thanks much!
posted by solipsophistocracy at 4:42 PM on November 30, 2008

Horrible interface.
posted by Balisong at 4:46 PM on November 30, 2008 [1 favorite]

Does what it says on the tin. Nice post.
posted by not_on_display at 4:46 PM on November 30, 2008

I like them. I wanna go light up some trees now.
posted by moonmilk at 5:01 PM on November 30, 2008

Enlighten me on the technique.
posted by gman at 5:06 PM on November 30, 2008

You can do it in the dark using a tripod and time exposure, and "painting" with different colored lights / flashlights.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 5:22 PM on November 30, 2008 [1 favorite]

The Technique, courtesy of Lost America.
posted by 2sheets at 5:30 PM on November 30, 2008

And the polar opposite: Ugly Christmas Trees!
posted by twoleftfeet at 5:37 PM on November 30, 2008

AKA "photoshop the hard way"
posted by DU at 5:42 PM on November 30, 2008 [1 favorite]

Beautifully colored cats
posted by msbrauer at 5:54 PM on November 30, 2008 [1 favorite]

Beer bottle christmas tree is a thing of beauty.
posted by ryanrs at 5:57 PM on November 30, 2008 [1 favorite]

Ugly Christmas Trees doesn't seem to know about the Charlie Brown Christmas tree.

So sad it's beautiful.
posted by twoleftfeet at 6:46 PM on November 30, 2008 [1 favorite]

I'm not a big fan, but I have never seen any other pictures like these. Respek.
posted by rageagainsttherobots at 9:35 PM on November 30, 2008

Wow it's really interesting. Only thing is that it needs more colors on it. And the time of the day seems not appropriate to me. Oops!
posted by susanharper at 10:49 PM on November 30, 2008

Nice idea - not seen that sort of thing before... Thanks.
posted by benzo8 at 8:56 AM on December 1, 2008

Richard Misrach took a similar approach (though, to my mind, not as dramatically colorful) some 30+ years ago ... and yes, the Lost America link above spills the beans on the "secret" ... Great post.
posted by aldus_manutius at 9:46 AM on December 1, 2008

I am not much of an artist but I thought those sucked.
posted by Mr_Zero at 8:32 PM on December 1, 2008