Autumn

Gallery: LandscapePosted November 20, 2010177 views12 comments

A scene along a small creek in the Napa valley I found a couple of years ago. Took some time and reprocessed it recently. It took me awhile to place all those leaves. All but the ones on the boulder, they are as mother nature put them

I hope you enjoy it, and thank you for your thoughts. larger version included too.

D200,
18-70mm,

Thanks,
Chris

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Kyle L. Krause on November 20, 2010 at 2:40 PM

Ok Chris you fooled me, I thought this was from Yosemite, when we were there a few weeks ago. Beauitful Image with a wonderful palette of color. Nicley done.

I thought you'd be in the valley for the snow?

Registered on June 15, 2010, 29 Posts, 605 Comments

Comment posted by Nicolaus Wegner on November 20, 2010 at 3:53 PM

That's a lot of leaves Chris. A simple and beautiful scene. Glad to hear you let mother nature do the leaf comp on this one. ;]

Registered on February 21, 2010, 133 Posts, 1509 Comments

Comment posted by Zaynab on November 20, 2010 at 4:55 PM

Man, that must have taken you a long time setting up this photo. My question is did you bring the leaves with you or did you find them in the area? And if you did bring them with you, can I rent them from you for a photo of my own.

Registered on November 16, 2010, 8 Posts, 30 Comments

Comment posted by Nick Bristol on November 20, 2010 at 5:10 PM

You really have to look at the larger version. This is a very nice fall scene, Chris. Love all those leaves around the small pool in the creek. The placement of the big rock works well with your comp too.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI.

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Comment posted by Phil Pogledich on November 20, 2010 at 7:36 PM

That is gorgeous. Just a spectacular array of fall color . . . well worth revisiting!

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on November 20, 2010 at 9:16 PM

Chris,

I too thought this was from the Valley. I guess it doesn't really matter now does it? It's still a lovely image. Not a grand beauty, but a solid, intimate autumn image. The larger view is most certainly the way to enjoy this because at the smaller size it just doesn't jump out at ya. Well done Chris.

Lon

Registered on November 24, 2006, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments

Comment posted by Adrian Klein on November 20, 2010 at 11:17 PM

Well it may have taken you a while to place all these leaves but you sure did a heck of a job! I really like this scene it balanced very well.

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on November 21, 2010 at 12:21 AM

Beautiful autumn intimate, Chris. The composition is superb and I really love the variety of autumn color in the leaves. This is excellent.

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Comment posted by Dietrich Gloger on November 21, 2010 at 11:32 AM

Super solid work Chris! The composition flows very well, the little pond is a nice diagonal element that carries me through the composition. The boulder and the few leaves atop of it work as very good focal point. No nits here!

Registered on January 26, 2007, 360 Posts, 9876 Comments

Comment posted by Harley Goldman on November 21, 2010 at 11:55 AM

Nice fall image, Chris. At the smaller size, the pool seems like a void in the image. In the larger, the bottom details fill in and make the image work quite nicely.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on November 21, 2010 at 3:25 PM

That was some autumn splendor! Magnificent color and assortment of leaves.

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Comment posted by Gabi Lach on November 21, 2010 at 8:13 PM

What a rich autumn photo, Chris! Very pretty with unique composition. The leave collection look amazing, especially in the large version.

Registered on May 1, 2007, 101 Posts, 3187 Comments