Aspen Color

Gallery: LandscapePosted October 17, 2009216 views16 comments

Following the theme of fall color and white tree bark. This was taken the day of the wind storm in Colorado on the road to Owl Creek pass. Luckily this location was blocked from the majority of the wind but it was still a waiting game for the leaves to be still enough to take the shot.

D300, 70-200mm @200mm

Comments

16 comments

Comment posted by Ken Smith on October 17, 2009 at 2:32 PM

Wow!! This is wonderful! The colors of the bark and placement of each in frame is superb. I would only clone out the little twig in lower center ...then frame it and hang!

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Comment posted by Trevor Anderson on October 17, 2009 at 2:50 PM

Nicely balanced with a great color palette.

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Comment posted by Reno DiTullio on October 17, 2009 at 3:08 PM

Well done, Martin, and the rock cliff in the bg makes a pleasing bg for the image, nice detail in the tree trunks

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Comment posted by Dorin Bofan on October 17, 2009 at 3:53 PM

Beautiful composition! I also like how crisp and clear the trees are. A gorgeous autumn scene!

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Comment posted by Floris van Breugel on October 17, 2009 at 4:14 PM

What a wonderfully balanced composition Martin, and I love the stony background (as opposed to a sea of aspens).

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Comment posted by Aaron Ellingsen on October 17, 2009 at 6:25 PM

Yeah, the bark and leaves against the rock backdrop makes this a standout, IMO. The overall clarity, composition and contrast is top-notch.

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Comment posted by Kent Mearig on October 17, 2009 at 6:31 PM

The rock sure makes for a unique backdrop. The in-focus leaves look nice and crisp, no hint of a windstorm.

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Comment posted by Peter Conway on October 17, 2009 at 9:14 PM

I like this a lot. Wonderful color and clean comp really appealing!

Peter

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Comment posted by Eric Vaughan on October 17, 2009 at 11:10 PM

Great shot, love the design and composition. Really nice fall colors also, well done.

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Comment posted by Doug Roane on October 18, 2009 at 3:24 AM

very, very nice!

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on October 18, 2009 at 11:06 AM

The white trunks are really standout elements here. I heard about the wind storm from my friends. Very lucky to have gotten a shot like this on such a day.

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Comment posted by Kurt Budliger on October 18, 2009 at 2:35 PM

Very pretty arrangement of trunks with great surrounding color. I like the relatively shallow depth of field keeping my eye on the trunks.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on October 18, 2009 at 4:06 PM

Great intimate portrait. I love the "eyes" in the aspen boles.

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Comment posted by Robert Dayton on October 19, 2009 at 12:28 AM

It was well worth the wait, Martin. Gorgeous!

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Comment posted by Thomas Creel on October 19, 2009 at 12:42 AM

Martin, I really love the way the trunks frame the composition. I'm not wild about the rock background for some reason, but I imagine that was pretty hard to work around. :-)

On another note, I'd love to see an image with the wind blurring the leaves with this composition. The image I've created in my mind of that scene could be very interesting!

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on October 19, 2009 at 8:31 AM

Very nice Martin. Excellent detail - a real pleasure to look at.

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