It is definitely a log and I'm sure it is black! A perfectly defined shape in this otherwise busy landscape. i think I would be tempted to dial back the blacks on the the right just to emphasise the starkness of the log a little more. and since I have started messing, a very little on the left as well (although that area does point you towards the log, so maybe not). But i would keep the branches above the log heading in the opposite direction comparatively darker because of the tension they introduce. This is a simple scene that I could look at for ages.
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It is definitely a log and I'm sure it is black! A perfectly defined shape in this otherwise busy landscape. i think I would be tempted to dial back the blacks on the the right just to emphasise the starkness of the log a little more. and since I have started messing, a very little on the left as well (although that area does point you towards the log, so maybe not). But i would keep the branches above the log heading in the opposite direction comparatively darker because of the tension they introduce. This is a simple scene that I could look at for ages.