Wonderland

Gallery: LandscapePosted October 18, 20173,823 views7 comments

This is a great little bog in the Wonderland area of Acadia National Park. It's not much of a tourist attraction, which is great because it's less strain on the delicate eco-system. There are sort of natural walkways you can follow to minimize damage.

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7 comments

Comment posted by Lon Overacker on October 18, 2017 at 2:24 PM

Michael,

What a wonderful mix of reds and greens; I think beautifully balanced. There's a good sense of depth here created by including both the grasses at the bottom and the distant forest up top. The grasses, are almost a tweaner though.... You've included enough to know that you included them on purpose (or at least knew they were in frame.) Any less of the grass I would probably want to get rid of all toghether. But for me, I think there is enough to add to the image, rather than detract.

Processing looks good, although I might be inclined to drop the exposure levels by 1/3-1/2 stop and/or play with the contrast a little. Not so much you alter the delicate mood here, but just tweaking a little.

I also like this someone isolated, intimate selection from the much broader scene.

Lon

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on October 18, 2017 at 5:55 PM

I agree, it is a wonderful mix of red and greens. This comp works really well I think and even a bit more foreground grass would be ok, but fine as is. I also like the background trees in this.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI.

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Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on October 18, 2017 at 6:16 PM

This is beautiful, Michael. The reds and greens compliment one another nicely and the composition is well done. This looks like a beautiful location to explore!

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Comment posted by Michael Lowe on October 18, 2017 at 7:07 PM

Thanks for the comments. Lon and NIck, regarding the FG grasses, this is actually a crop of a vertical that I did, included here.

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Comment posted by gary phillips on October 18, 2017 at 7:23 PM

I like this a lot Michael. The explosion of reds and greens across the frame is quite striking. The grasses don't bother me and I wonder about a crop of the original that contains half of that grass clump only as an alternative. In your original post there are a couple of eye grabbers that I would clone. The silvery branch exiting the frame 1/3 from the bottom right, and the few white blobs (I'm guessing tent worms of some kind), and a touch of sky top right. Beautiful image.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on October 18, 2017 at 7:53 PM

Beautiful painterly scene!!! The exposure works for me. I like the way it is bright in the fore and fades in exposure. Nice effect. The foreground grasses don't bother me, but I might burn them down a bit? Very minor, sweet work!

Registered on November 19, 2003, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments

Comment posted by Ed Lowe on October 21, 2017 at 2:05 PM

I am surprised this has so few comments as this is gorgeous, Mike. This woodland scene has a wonderful mix of red and green colors. Nice job on this. I hope I have one this nice.

Ed

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