Color Splashes

Excellent eye to see and capture this so effectively Igor.  This is true nature photography IMHO as well as true art.  Well done.

Yes, this is what it's all about for me: carving a confined composition out of the wide-angle world we see that stands on its own as art. Great photo. And f/19!

Beautifully done, Igor.  I struggle coming up with these types of intimate images.  You, however, are beginning to make this a signature of sorts.  The clarity of detail and placement of the color elements works perfectly for me. Very well done.

Thank you for the kind words guys. The truth is that I am no longer capable hiking 10 miles to a great spot and be there for a sunrise to capture the moment. Most of my landscapes are now shot close to roads and campgrounds. 

Like this a lot - a very natural and simple scene and comp. The twisted maze  of branches are well-complimented by the splashes of colours.
Very nice work!
Sandy

I came back to look some more and wonder what it would look like with the few cutoff leaves at the top cloned away.

Thanks, Ron. I thought about that too. I would have to clone quite a bit to not have the frame crowd the image. But I agree with you that having that sweep of leaves run out of the image is not optimal. Although it's occurring on all sides with the yellow leaves as well which never bothered me. Maybe it's ok the way it is. It's a peak through the brush. 

Beautiful understated image. I would clone out the leaves cut off at the top, but minor stuff. Works as presented. 

Hi Igor,

This is simply gorgeous. It has such a tangible feel about it. I love the unforced composition, which provides just the right amount of structure. It is no doubt a busy scene but it portrays truth and beauty. And that is perhaps what I like best about this photograph.

 

Igor, I think you did an excellent job with this. I very much enjoy this composition and I like the wonderfully natural feel it has. I don't see any need for changes here as it works well as you have it. 

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

A stunning image to me, Igor. There is a wonderful balance in your composition, well anchored by the trunk to my eye. Interestingly, the rather chaotic structure of the twigs work as a kind of leading lines for me, that keep me exploring all the diverse elements.

Peter

Peter, this image was a follow up on an image I took about 6 months ago in Baja California. That one dealt with lines of subdued colored in the form of branches of a thicket of bushes. I think Harley called it controlled chaos. 

In this image I tried to add strong colors to the lines. The lines play a secondary role to the colored leaves. Of course I never went out to shoot such an image. I was merely attracted to the rich variety in these reddish leaves. Once that was decided the composition was analyzed, again, intuitively mostly. I shot quite a few fall compositions each with a different approach and the majority were uninteresting. 

at this point in my life I don't like simple compositions. I like images that are border line busy. I find them more interesting. That is I tend to spend more time exploring them. 

BTW I really appreciate that nobody asked that that dry leaf by itself in the branches be cloned out. Removing IMO would make the composition fall apart.

As an aside, this image was initially shot with an iPhone, digested overnight, and reshot the following day with the DSLR. 

Gorgeous color and very nicely framed. I think the bare branches add visual interest and set of the colorful foliage nicely. Agree with Harley on cloning out the clipped leaves at the top left.