Fiery Creek (Bishop Canyon)

This was taken Tuesday along the South fork. Still plenty of color down in there with some of the very large aspen that haven't even turned yet.

Initially I just wanted to capture a vertical image with less of the trunks you see here but I combined two photos to add more trunks. So I started with a vertical shot and then the 4x5 ratio you see here, then even a square and a horizontal by adding more vertical shots.

The other comps

Steve,

No reason to travel back east, or up north this year we have had a great fall for color in our own backyard. As evidenced by your great posted image. I also like how you included some of the other images you captured at the same spot I can see that the rounded clump of grasses with the crown of fallen aspen leave was a central part of your foreground , the flow of the first image is much better and well seen and chosen. Thanks for sharing the other's as I believe it shows and important part of the creative process. Which we don't often get to study.

Paul

Thoughtfully composed with good color. Thanks for sharing, Steve.

Really nice little scene, Steve. Glad you included so much foreground. The leaves there really set it up nicely.

Still lots of nice color.

Hopefully I'm not going color blind but I feel the first version had a cast? Hard to tell when shooting aspens that aren't white.

I like the first one better. I don't see any color cast.

Steve, The 1st version appears to have a cast compared to the other comps. However, looking at the white of the water, the 1st version is the best. The psychological effect of the warmer color draws the viewer in. Great image and very hard to find without backing up into other trees!

John Richardson

Quite excellent find Steve, well done all across the frame. Obviously taken with good diffuse cloud lighting. I enjoy exploring along sections of streams through aspen groves. And with purpose seek sections that seem inhospital for travel
requiring barging through tangled areas of willows, birch, cottonwood, with aspen to find subject few if any have seen. Important that you were able to maintain the nice verticalilty of trunks left to right. Like how you put those three very thin trunks with brighter yellow leaves across the stream between the center trunks.

very nice steve! I did notice the color cast in the first, the repost looks spot on! Congrats on the Sierra Heritage Cover!

Cory Freeman
Blog
Sierra Impressions
bishopweather.com

I've been unsuccessfuly searching for years for a grove of vertical aspens, but it's obvious I'm too intrepid to find them. You seem to go anywhere for the shot. I obviously need to take fearless lessons from you (or wear waders). I prefer the first one. To my eye, the first does seem to have a slight reddish cast, but the revised version seems too cool. Great shot!