Adirondack Autumn

Welcome Donald
You couldn't get a better group of folks to show your work to, honestly. The mood you captured via the light is great. Looks like some rain or clouds moving through the area.
Technically speaking I would say get a hold of Tony Kuyper's actions and learn the mechanics of them. Great tools for the digital tackle box. Im unsure on the sliver of rock but im not sure how much closer you could get but emphasizing the trees and scene in front of that is just magical. Great first post and thanks for sharing

An excellent first post, Donald. Excellent colors and a nice mood to it. I wish the gray rock wasn't there - I'm big on foregrounds, but this one, I find, distracts from the awesome sky and awesome fall colors. I think you could get away with a crop off the bottom and left to get rid of it.

Love the colour in the valley.I might try to remove the rock in the FG.

Hi Donald,

Welcome to NPN. Spectacular first post. I like it very much. I'll echo the others' sentiments about the rock, athough I don't mind it. The colors are fantastic and you did a wonderful job of handling the dynamic range of the scene. I look forward to seeing more images from you soon.

Michael

Donald,

Welcome to the ES&S Gallery! Looks like you joined a while ago and certainly glad you decided to finally post an image.

What a great autumn scene from the Adirondacks. I really like the combination of fall foliage with the storm/cloudy skys and rays of light hitting the landscape.

Not too much to critique really, but I would completely echo Anthony's recommendations about Tony Kuyper's masks, actions and Tutorials. And the one thing I think could be improved here is the contrast and shadows. This appears a little "hazy" - not necessarily from the atmosphere, but because I think you could drop the shadows a bit. The added contrast I think, would clear that up a little and even give this a little more pop.

As far as the rock in the FG, I'm a little indifferent. But it does border on being a "tweaner." And that basically means I either want to see a little more so we can enjoy the foreground element, or none at all. It's right in between more or none - hope that makes sense.

A little tweaking in PS and this will be quite wonderful.

Welcome! We look forward to your participation.

Lon

I really like this Donald. The light is really special . . . and difficult. I think you handled it well. The contrast between the warm and cool colors makes for a nice dynamism.

Excellent color and a very nice first post. I agree with the suggestions on crop and using Tony's masks to bring every nuance out of this. Well done.

Phenominal light and color Donald! Welcome to NPN. Excellent first post.

Welcome! And a fine first post you have here. The warm colors contrast nicely with the colder tones in the sky. A very well made landscape shot!

Welcome Donald.

Nice post, love all the colors and nice drama in the sky. the fg rock is a tad distracting, but probably nothing you could do about it. Spend some time on the site and you will get some great information on digital processing.

Have fun

Amazing autumn colors Donald. As a fist post You really set our expectations for your future postings. Maybe some more interesting foreground object would have improved the overall impression but its nice as it is.

Hi Donald, welcome to ESS! I love the dacks, spent a couple years worth of weekends up there. Nice shot, some great drama in the clouds and nice color. I agree with the suggestions to tighten things up a bit, the fg rock and blue sky dont add to the drama here. Hope to see more from you!

Gorgeous autumn Donald. Welcome!

Wonderful shot Donald. I agree with the others that you could do without the rock. Welcome!

Beautiful and vibrant colors with dramatic view. This reminds me of my teenager years in finger lake region.

Jim