The Carpet

Excellent. I like how the leaves are marching away into the distance and appear to be creeping up the foreground tree. Colors a great.

I really like this, Igor.  I have been recently reading  about the importance of the quality of light in an image and how most folks would say it is the most important thing in composition.  They were, however, disagreements on that point.  The author of that piece thought that it wasn't the quality of the light, it was how the light, or lack of it, made the composition work.  It could be mid-day, or flat light, or anywhere in between.  This image is an example of that argument. I love how the somber trunks stand guard over the wonderful carpet of golden leaves.  Very well seen.  As an aside, I be tempted to clone the red dog leash wrapped around the left tree. 

Dammit Gary. You notice everything. I only saw it when I blew the image up. Then I remembered it and had made a note to myself to remove it.

If you could please post the link to the article. I love reading critical articles that don't dwell on technique.

Wow, just wow!  Breathtaking.

Your Plan B works beautifully, Igor. The solitude and peacefulness of the scene really shines in the large version. Nicely done IMO.

Ed

Igor, wish I had the link.  I have been sort of binge reading a lot of different photography related things lately.  I think I came across that particular reasoning on Chuck Kimmerle's Unapologetic Photographer blog.  I have been researching contemporary B/W photogs and got a kick out of his blog. Not at all technique related.

Gary
I found the blog by Kimmerle you mention. The entry is called "The Myth of 'Good' Light". Personally I have trouble with midday harsh light and avoid it. The truth is that midday light in Baja is much different than Alaska, but I know what he's talking about. I love flat light though. It brings out the colors in the intimate landscapes like nothing else. Colors seem to be particularly vibrant on a rainy day. I'm not sure why. The flat light after the sun goes down sucks, however. The Kenai Peninsula has great light because of the coastal weather. 

Anyway, as he points out, it's the subject - not the light. Bruce Barnbaum states that he mistakenly thought he made good images because the tonality was perfect and the composition was strong. The problem was the image said nothing. 

Excellent. It is very much an abstract, yet not. Cool image. 

You're back! 

We missed you. 

Love the strong verticals, the play of light and dark, and the lovely splattering ot color. A mysterious and haunting scene that is inviting at the same time.

There are two kinds of patterns, the more regular of the trunks and the irregular of the leaves on the ground, that work together in a most interesting way to me.

Maybe correcting the verticals would make it even more compelling, but that is only a minor matter to me.

Peter