Foggy Autumn Afternoon

Gallery: LandscapePosted November 22, 2009141 views12 comments

Wrangell-St. Elias National Park. What I love most about Autumn is that I can shoot fall colors on overcast days, in midday - in fact, those are the conditions you are hoping for! This was a scene captured along the McCarthy Road.

C&C appreciated. Hopefully the low clouds/fog makes this a little less cliche'. Web compression is hurting this one, so Please See LARGER VERSION for best detail.

Also see the 'alternative version' below.

Canon 5DMII. 70-200/2.8L @ 70 mm. ISO 100. f/13. 1/8 sec. Polarizer (I think).

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Doug Roane on November 22, 2009 at 11:09 PM

I don't do this often, but I thought this seen lent itself to this soft focus effect, created using Nik Color Efx 3.0. It's hard to tell the difference or appreciate it much at this size, unfortunately

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Comment posted by Dean Sauskojus on November 23, 2009 at 12:09 AM

Beautiful shot Doug. I really like the placement of the tree on the left. The outline of the mountains and the fog provide a nice layering effect. I like both posts. Nice colors from an overcast sky to top it all off. Bravo!

Registered on September 29, 2009, 137 Posts, 2659 Comments

Comment posted by Dietrich Gloger on November 23, 2009 at 12:35 AM

I love birches, so this has "my" subject matter. A very well composed imgage, Doug. It works well to have all lines pointing towards the right and also the placement of the larger birch on the left goes well with that.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on November 23, 2009 at 4:01 AM

Looks great, Doug, especially at large size! Great fall scene. The sharper the better, for me.

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Comment posted by Dorin Bofan on November 23, 2009 at 7:45 AM

The larger version is stunning, Doug! You captured an interesting atmosphere here. The monotone background is perfectly placed in the frame and it comes to enhance the beautiful autumn colors. Sublime!

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on November 23, 2009 at 8:20 AM

Beautiful fall color and nicely arranged comp. The fog does help, but i wish it came a little further into the trees (not much you can do about that of course!

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Comment posted by Bruno Silva on November 23, 2009 at 11:07 AM

great colors and light, doug. yeah, light here is awsome. I like both versions. there´s a lot of detail in the larger version, colors and the mood is great, but the second is nice and dreamy, as I said, I like both. great comp.

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Comment posted by Steve Sieren on November 23, 2009 at 12:10 PM

Love the gold and other mixtures of color, they all mix in nicely together Doug. The atmosphere is nice too.

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Comment posted by Andreas Resch on November 23, 2009 at 12:37 PM

Lovely. The quality of the 70-200mm on the 5DMII is very effective here. Great warm colors and details throughout the image.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on November 23, 2009 at 1:10 PM

The warm colors and mood created by the fog are wonderful Doug. Comp works well too.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on November 23, 2009 at 9:12 PM

I really like the bottom of the image, especially the second version. The clouds and mountains are nice, but I wish I could see a bit more of the mountains.

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Comment posted by Carl Donohue on November 24, 2009 at 5:00 AM

Hey Doug

I prefer the sharper one.

You've reminded me to not be so afraid of clouds. I need to be more willing to shoot this kind of scene.

I might be tempted to play with the clouds here a tiny bit and clean up the tones a bit .. take some green or cyan out - but as no one else has mentioned it, it could be my computer or eyes. :)

The lower 3rd of this image is sublime.

Cheers

Carl

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