Autumn Parade

Thank you for the feedback on the grass and leaf photo. I also made the other variations to it, one horizontal from the same perspective and then two others with the grass patterns moving generally diagonally through the frame. The one I posted I thought was the best. Maybe later I'll post the others as a comparison.

Now earlier in the morning on the day I made the grass photo, I had wandered to the extreme west end of the El Captian meadow and met up with the Merced river. It was very slow moving and had this faint mist floating above the water. I could not find anything however that appealed to me so I continued to wander until I found that grass.

Later, once El Capitan was being lit by the rising sun, its warm light started to reflect back onto the meadow. I wandered back to the river where I was earlier and found Lon photographing the river and these trees. We have yet to see what Lon captured, as I am sure it will be a joy to see, only now I liked the light on these trees and grass on the opposite bank much more, enough for me to burn two sheets of film to created this stitched panoramic.

I do wish it was just a bit wider than high to fit the traditional 3:1 panoramic format, but its close to 2.5:1.

4x5, Nikkor 150mm, I failed to record the aperture and shutter ?!?!?, Fuji Provia 100F. Stitched in CS5. Does it look too saturated?

The two sheets were exposed by performing an extreme shift of the back standard hoping to keep the focus unchanged between sheets. It seems to have worked well.

Your comments and thoughts appreciated.