Autumn Close to the Ground

As others have described, blue skies and harsh light were factors for fall color shooting. Bob Karcz and I were in the eastern Flattops when we found a delightful, barely used road lined with aspens. For this image, I tried lying flat with my Nikon 17-35mm very close to the ground. The real sight was me trying to get up from down there.

Dave Bartlett was with me when we found some delightful ground cover along the Boreas Pass Road.

Finally, I thought a nice, close look at a leaf would be good. Thank you in advance for your comments and suggestions.

A front tilt would sure be nice to get the whole face of the leaf in focus on the last one Rod. The colors are sure nice there. Nice series all around.

Mel-

I especially like your low perspective on the first one. Good job, Rod!

#1 was an excellent way to get a unique perspective and to get around the 'blah blues'!
#'s 2 &3 are great intimate portraits of the area. I especially like #3, even if the edge of the leaf is cuttin' 'er pretty close to the left and bottom.
Fine (and unique) work here, Rod.

I really like #1, really nice perspective on that one. I agree with Mel on the third one, I'd like it better if the bottom of the leaf was more in focus.

Really nice color in all of those, and your exposures are dead on. Ditto on a little more dof on the leaf, but still like it. The first one works very well with your pov. I would be tempted to crop both sides to eliminate the trunks bisecting each corner. That second one is beautiful!

All three are nice, but #2 is my favorite: great repeated shapes and a very nice color palette.

Very nice group of photos. The focusing issue on #3 doesn't bother me at all; my eyes are drawn to the center of the leaf. #1 is by far my favorite.

Nice series. I really like what you've done in #1.

I really like the perspective of #1

AHHHHHHhhhhhhhh! You found my leaf-strewn road! 1 and 2 are very nicely done.

Way to get creative with #1, nice job.