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Belated Happy Halloween!

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Posted by Aleksandra Miesak on November 4, 2011 at 5:58 PM
Belated Happy Halloween!
Hope everyone had a fun filled halloween!

One of my recent fall images from Yellowstone. Probably one of my favorite mornings of the entire trip.

Just a heads up, I purposely processed this dark to enhance the spooky mood and bring more attention to the back lit spiderwebs.

Comments always appreciated :wavey:
Posted by Todd Caudle on November 4, 2011 at 7:52 PM
This is quite a find and an incredible photo, Aleks! I can't believe you got those spider webs.
Posted by Morris McClung on November 4, 2011 at 10:02 PM
This is so You! Great that you got 2 webs! Your processing brings out all of the best in this shot. :toast:
Posted by Bill Bean on November 4, 2011 at 11:22 PM
Dang Aleks, why qualify the processing on this? It's only spectacular! If it were processed any lighter the entire mood would be gone. Great find.
Posted by Soubhik Patranabis on November 4, 2011 at 11:47 PM
Beautiful !
Posted by Art Escobado on November 5, 2011 at 7:18 AM
the web of course makes it - great shot!
Posted by Jody Grigg on November 5, 2011 at 10:05 AM
Aleks great shot, darkening it was a great idea. :toast:
Posted by Grant Collier on November 5, 2011 at 12:49 PM
This is great! Didn't even see the second web at first.
Posted by Stan Rose on November 5, 2011 at 1:29 PM
Wicked! I love the subject and dark mood here. To be super picky i wish the web on the right were more prominent/front and center cause its the coolest part of the photo, and it gets a little lost on the rhs. But overall, this is great! :smile:
Posted by John Mumaw on November 5, 2011 at 7:36 PM
The 'development' you chose works perfectly for such a haunted looking image. And the word 'haunted' would have come to mind regardless of the holiday. Man, Yellowstone is about the last place in the world I would have guessed as the location here. Big, big kudos for that fact alone!
Posted by Aleksandra Miesak on November 7, 2011 at 11:35 AM
Thanks everyone for feedback. Stan, I had the same exact feeling about that right web so thanks for bringing it up. Unfortunately I can't crop it any other way so I'll play around with selective burning or curves to make the web pop a little more.

John, Yellowstone is quickly becoming my new favorite playground. The potential for the unexpected is limitless.
Posted by Dan Walters on November 12, 2011 at 9:42 PM
BW looks great. Very eerie looking image.