Afternoon Aspens

Gallery: LandscapePosted October 30, 20151,812 views7 comments

Had to stop and try for an image of this small aspen grove with good color in the Eastern Sierra. I liked the foreground cover and wildness of the lower branches and of course contrasting trunks. Processed for coloring and softness in the foliage. Comments and critique welcome

F16, 1/100sec, 70-300 mm @135, ISO 400 handheld.

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on October 31, 2015 at 2:30 AM

A lovely fall scene. I wouldn't mind a bit more pop to the processing but it works well as you have presented it.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on October 31, 2015 at 9:06 AM

Nice stand of east side trees and nice image. I like the understated presentation.

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Comment posted by Ryan Shain on October 31, 2015 at 10:28 AM

Good day Stephen,

I really enjoy this presentation of the Intimate Aspen Grove. Yo have framed up the trees well, and I like the details in the foreground. I too could see just a tad more pop to this image, but it is very nice as presented.

Digging your vision

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on October 31, 2015 at 10:40 AM

Stephen, This is really nice! It is a very interesting stand of aspens and I love the colors in this. The foreground works great here as well.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on October 31, 2015 at 3:29 PM

Beautifully composed, Stephen, with a delicate colouring and a range of textures which make this very appealing. I wonder whether you might even crop off the top to focus even more strongly on the ochre/grey combination - but lovely as is.

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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on October 31, 2015 at 5:29 PM

I don't know why, but this group of trees looks really familiar. Be that as it may, I like the subtle color and the nicely textured foreground. You did a nice job extracting a sense of orer from the chaos.

--P

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on November 1, 2015 at 3:15 PM

I like the subtleness of the colors both in the trees and in the foreground. You took good advantage of what looks to be a light overcast, Stephen. It would be interesting to see a retake with the sun shining, I'm sure that would be a dramatically different image.

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