Marsh Madness

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 27, 2017222 views9 comments

I decided to travel earlier rather than later in the fall foliage season to catch the marsh maples on fire. While on my way to northern NH, I found this grouping in the swamps of Oxford, ME. Conditions were perfect for this type of shot - bright overcast and no wind. I used a 80-400mm zoom at 200mm to isolate and compress the view, avoiding featureless skies. I focal blended 4 images to keep the leaves and trunks sharp, bu t let the distant foliage go soft to help reduce the business of the scene.

I have considered a slight crop off the far right, but figured I would post the full image.

Nikon D810, ISO 64, 0.3 sec., polarizing filter

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Igor Doncov on January 27, 2017 at 6:16 PM

Love the riot of fall colors in this image. I would burn in the greens in the llc to the level of the greens in the shade directly above. Beautiful work.

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Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on January 27, 2017 at 7:12 PM

This is beautiful, Harry. I like the mix of color in this scene. The comp works for me, but I do see the merit of a slight crop off of the far right. I find it difficult to compose these kind of scenes so I always admire scenes like this that are done so well.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on January 28, 2017 at 4:45 AM

Just beautiful. I personally like the different shades of green, and the other colours are spectacular.
Exceptional work!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on January 28, 2017 at 8:00 AM

Hi Harry,

The intersection of bright red and yellow leaves on the Rh side makes this composition successful. I'd leave this one as presented crying

....................Jim

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on January 28, 2017 at 8:44 AM

That is quite a blast of bold color! I like the comp without the crop, but I might burn down or desaturate the bright red leaves on the right edge. I find it is an eye magnet pulling my attention out of the image.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on January 28, 2017 at 10:29 AM

Beautiful fall scene, Harry. Nice job with the composition and those colors are just wonderful. Looks great to me as is.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI.

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Comment posted by Dave Dillemuth on January 29, 2017 at 12:09 PM

Gorgeous riot of fall colors. The comp. works fine as framed but I think some create burning could enhance the image further. To that point, I would darken the bright red leaves along the right frame edge and the bright green foliage in the lower left.

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on January 29, 2017 at 1:24 PM

Thanks for the dodge and burn ideas. I will incorporate them into the master file.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on January 29, 2017 at 1:33 PM

Harry,

Beautiful autumn image; terrific mix of color, even including the greens. While I think a burn of the right like Harley suggests would certainly work, but I'm also leaning towards a crop; not just because of the bright reds on the right, but also the dark trunks. Moving in from the right would also bring back the emphasis to the left, where I think there is some nice depth, front to back dimension to this. Of course a scene like this, you've got your options. ;-)

Lon

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