Autumn Fades + REPOST

Harley: Marvelous light and a great capture of a wonderful scene. Most excellent.>=))>

Harley,

This indeed does present the sense of an oncoming winter.  The last set of leaves ready to fall.  The light on the alders is wonderful with the added darkness behind really making them stand out.

I'm slightly on the fence with the foreground.  I don't mind the dark shadow across the frame.  But you might consider cropping up about halfway to that shadow to eliminate the green grass showing through. Minor thought though.

The other suggestion is maybe taking a b&w layer in luminosity mode and brightening the yellow leaves a tad. Another minor suggestion.

Nicely seen and captured!

Lon

Wonderful layers for me, Harley, subtle colors and delicate details.

Silvia

For me, the best part of this image are the trees and then the darker trees behind them and then the slightly lighter background behind the the dark trees. It took me some time to see that because the foreground grasses are so dominant. I would burn that grass way down and crop off from about half way above the dark section of grass. Cropping them out entirely would be a mistake because they provide a strong baseline for the trees. I can see bringing out the yellow in the leaves as suggested by Lon. 

This image kept me looking for a rather long time. The brighter foreground trees against the echo of darker ones are quite mesmerising. The greener grass in the foreground are the only thing which distract for me but cropping them entirely upsets the vertical balance, maybe a smaller crop might be a good compromise. 

The lighting and timing of the shot is excellent.  I am wondering what your thoughts were including the lower portions of grass and the horizontal shadow. Might have cropped off the allow the trees to get all of the glory - the dark band seems out of place to me but I'd be interested to see what your thought process was.  I'm sure a BW would turn out pretty good too.

Lovely late fall picture with drama. I would crop some off the bottom above the trail, or whatever that dark line is, to emphasize the trees a bit more. That would make it a square image, but I think it might look very good that way. Excellent light and comp.

Wonderful storytelling.  We have already experienced a 45 centigrade day.  How the pendulum of the seasons swings!

Thanks for all the comments and suggestions. All are much appreciated!

Here is a repost making the green grass more a yellow/gold.  While doing my original processing, I experimented with various bottom crops and decided I liked the perspective of including the shown amount of grasses and the tree shadow line, so I did not doing any crop on the repost. But I certainly can see where those suggestions have merit. 

Harley, I think it was a good idea to keep the foreground grasses instead of cropping them, as they add another area of interest for me. Burning them makes for a matching visual weight with the delicate trees in my opinion, anchoring the composition aptly at the same time. Great work in my opinion.

Peter

Harley,

Excellent idea you had!  I think I mentioned the green and cropping up - didn't think about simply getting rid of the green, leaving the crop as original.  I like it!

Thanks for taking the time to rework and post.

Lon

Perfectly titled, Harley. The repost looks real nice. If I had one suggestion, it would be to add a little light to sunlit trees in the far background. Not a lot, though. I love the nearly bare trees. This a fine image, and really shows that winter is soon to come.
--P

Exquisite, Harley.  The light on those trees set against the dark background is simply stunning, withthe golden grasses in the foreground.  Have mixed feeling on the shadow of the tree across the foreground, but a crop might loose something, making for a more square format and diminish the graceful lines of the trees.  Your repost works really nice with the foreground.  Love it.

Love the overall darkness and the spotlighting effect that really brings the trees to life. A stark but striking photo.