My fall color contributions

I spent a week in the SW part of the state working fall color. I thought I'd share just a few images with you here.

The first image was made south of Silverton, Colorado.

I too, was at Crystal Mill. After the light got low on the mill I worked the water below the mill a bit.

Finally, here's pano of an aspen grouping, near Cottonwood Pass.

Very nice Randall. Love the mountains and clouds in that first image, but I found the dead/black space in the middle right to be distracting. I would see if you could crop as much as possible on that side without losing anything of importance.

Nice! 1 & 2 are excellent.

I like your different take on the Crystal Mill.
Those are some great fall colors on the water.

Great Photos

The first has great light, colors and skies. Somewhat unique location, as well.
Koveh's thoughts are valid. I actually think you could crop in from the right past the shadowed peak just to where the sharp light edge on the mountain is located, placing the aspens in the foreground in the corner.
And I really like the reflected light in the waters leading my eye to the falls in #2. Great idea!
In comparison, the pano. doesn't hold up as well as the first two.

Really like the compositions. Agree with the thoughts on #1. Number 2 is my favorite.

Folks, I appreciate your feedback. Here are two more versions of the lonely cabin photo. Please let me know if you prefer either of these over the image at the top of this post. Thanks.

Here's the second variation.

I like the first comp the best, it emphasises the isolation of the cabin. Nice work.

Randall, very cool stuff. My favorite is noumber one...love the cabin in the shot. Also like your unique take on Crystal Mill.

I much prefer the first composition (w/crop) over this one or the latest horizontal.
One of the many reasons is that the cabin is less of a focal point in the first. Another is the semi-circular array of aspen trees were very appealing in #1, and are missing in the next two.

I like #1. I disagree that the the dark area in the RHC is a problem because it's presence helps create a horn-shaped arc, the small end of which starts in the middle of the RH side under the pines and ends with the aspen on the left. To me, that actually makes the image particularly interesting and unique. You might lighten that area in the RHC a bit but not too much as it will destroy the effect I noted.

Also interesting is the lit area within the dark area which melds with the tail end of the aspen nicely.

A nice shot all 'round.