Intimate Forest

Gallery: LandscapePosted October 25, 2013241 views13 comments

A complex forest scene from Oak Creek Canyon this past Tuesday. I was drawn to the dark tree trunks against the colorful autumn leaves. I'm pretty content with it as is, but am open to any thoughts you may have.

Canon 7d
Canon 17-40mm@40mm
ISO 100
f14
1.5 sec
CPL Tripod

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Bob Miller on October 25, 2013 at 7:50 PM

Nice combination of tones and colors Peter. I might try to find a tad more detail in the trunks but that's just me. Nice job avoiding intruding branches.

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Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on October 25, 2013 at 8:06 PM

Wow, this is beautiful. Excellent composition and amazing color throughout. I really need to add this to my ever growing list of fall color destinations. This is definitely not the first thing most people think about when they think about Arizona. Amazing stuff, Peter!!

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Comment posted by Shane McDermott on October 25, 2013 at 8:21 PM

I think it works perfect as it is Peter! Nice work finding a simple yet effective comp in such a complex scene.

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Comment posted by Scott Smorra on October 25, 2013 at 8:39 PM

Very nice colors here Peter. I really like how you used the warm and cool tones.

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Comment posted by Doug Koepsel on October 25, 2013 at 8:41 PM

Nice arrangement of dark trunks and patches of color. One thing that is noticed is blue in the trunks, especially in the upper left one.

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on October 26, 2013 at 12:13 PM

This is a knock-out Peter. Grand color and the dark trunks really add to the scene.

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Comment posted by Gary McGhee on October 26, 2013 at 2:07 PM

Nice colours throughout Peter and a very balanced composition.

Gary.

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Comment posted by Peter Coskun on October 26, 2013 at 10:45 PM

Thanks everyone!

Bob, there is still plenty of detail in the print version in those trunks. For whatever reason this doesn't show well in the small web version.

Doug, I see what you mean about the blue in the trunk. I'm pretty sure that is the blue gray colored canyon wall behind me that was reflection onto the trees. I liked the color it added to the scene but may have to pull back on that section a bit.

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Comment posted by Abdullaziz Bin Ali on October 27, 2013 at 12:12 AM

Great work, love the crop a lot

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on October 27, 2013 at 6:52 AM

I really like the light, colors and composition. Very peaceful and relaxing scene.

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on October 27, 2013 at 1:06 PM

Sweet color, mood, glow and composition. Love the sharpening here too.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on October 28, 2013 at 7:04 PM

Hi Peter

I like the interesting shapes of the trunks balanced by the patterns of delightful autumn color.
Albert Darmo

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on October 29, 2013 at 3:22 PM

Another lovely fall image on here. Excellent color, light, and I like the graphic quality of the dark tree trunks. My nit would be for the comp to not have the pine tree limb in the urc, or the intruder from the left side either, but both are not deal breakers as the rest is strong enough.

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