Gallery: LandscapePosted December 9, 201291 views8 comments
Falling leaves are stuck due to low water level in Turtle Creek.
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Comment posted by Richard Teller on December 9, 2012 at 8:43 AM
I like the color and lighting of the leaves to the left of the image, but the very bright spots are distracting to me and it feels a bit tight especially on the right.
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Comment posted by Russell Colletta on December 9, 2012 at 10:23 AM
Really nice Rick, but i maight consider cropping the right side off and making this a square comp. The good stuff is left and center IMO. Really like how the light is coming through those red leaves.
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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on December 9, 2012 at 10:43 AM
Beautiful color. As mentioned, the highlights are a bit hot. I love the glow on the left hand leaves and the smooth flow of the creek. Nice work
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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on December 9, 2012 at 1:55 PM
Rick,
I'm sure we all run across little scenes like this of leaves caught in the flow - I know I recently broke up a little dam to remove some leaves, letting them float down the stream... but I think you saw and captured this well.
Agreed about the highlights, but actually they're not that bad and really true to the scene. I do like the square crop suggestion; it really brings the abstract reflection more in to play and takes care of most of the highlights. I think that's the ticket!
As presented, this still works pretty well, despite the highlights.
Lon
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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on December 9, 2012 at 2:07 PM
Beautiful light in the leaves and their reflections, Rick. I agree with Lon that the bright reflections feel natural. I don't know what was on the right, but, if possible, I would like to see some space between the bright reflections and the frame. Alternatively, a tighter crop removing some of the bright reflections on the right and some (or all) of the clear space on the left might work well.
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Comment posted by Morris McClung on December 9, 2012 at 5:14 PM
Ditto on the crop to lose the biggest bunch of the blown highlights, but I like this, and the backlighting is cool. Well seen and captured.
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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on December 9, 2012 at 5:36 PM
Rick, I really enjoy looking at backlit leaves and here you even got a reflection. As mentioned the highlights seem a bit bright, although I'm sure they probably looked that way. Like a few others I do wish there was a bit more room on the right but we don't know what was there either that may have stopped you from doing that. This is a cool image and I enjoy looking at it!
Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI
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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on March 6, 2013 at 5:28 PM
This one really grabs your eye in the thumbnail with its bright colors Rick, neat reflection.
Like the complimentary browns of the water too
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8 commentsI'm sure we all run across little scenes like this of leaves caught in the flow - I know I recently broke up a little dam to remove some leaves, letting them float down the stream... but I think you saw and captured this well.
Agreed about the highlights, but actually they're not that bad and really true to the scene. I do like the square crop suggestion; it really brings the abstract reflection more in to play and takes care of most of the highlights. I think that's the ticket!
As presented, this still works pretty well, despite the highlights.
Lon
Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI
Like the complimentary browns of the water too