My department at work recently moved out of our cubes and into offices. A couple of folks asked me about printing some images to spruce up the walls, and that sent me back to some of my fall images. This is a pretty signficant crop from a 4x5. The area of this image occupies about 1.5 x 3 inches on the tranny, so still plenty large enough for a nice sized print.
When I originally put this up last year, I had converted it to b&w, but I liked the contrasting blue & yellows after reworking it a little. The compression is killing the sharpness here, but the leaves are tack sharp in the tranny. Here's a version that's not as compressed
With the 90-degree weather, I'm already looking forward to fall....
At first look the blue is startling in a good way, but upon extended viewing I think it would probably look a bit better if you backed off the blue a bit. Just a bit, I wouldn't want to see this image lose such a dynamic color presentation. It's quite awesome!
Rick, this is a beauty. I might back off on the blue just a tad, too. But I'd need to see a comparison to be sure. The color contrast is one of the things that really makes this pop.
90-schmine-ty! Spend the day half-submerged in a kiddie pool with your feet kicked up - nice and cool. Of course, I wasn't out taking photos...
Oh my!! Rick, I especially like how the colors on the aspen trunks become warmer further in. Great shot and a great reason to shoot big (limitless crop potential!!).
Thanks, guys! Here's a version with the blue channel desaturated a little. Tough call. In the firsrt, the blue is a bit much on the right but okay on the left. In the second, the blue is good on the right but the colors go a little flat on the left. Might need to try a more selective adjustment to get more even color.
Kiddie pool, eh? Not a bad idea. Party at Scotts! I escaped by taking a drive up to Mt. Evans and the weather was perfect. It was mid 50s on top and low 60s at the lake. I even stopped at a pullout, reclined the seat and took a nap for about 45 minutes while a nice breeze blew through the truck.
Rick, nice photo! The blues on the trunks and the nice yellow compliment are what makes it for me. Could be something to tweek to get what feels good. Your comments on the second post are pretty much how I would see it, too.
The second version really looks alot more natural to me as well. On the first version, the blue in the trunks on the right is just a bit too much for my tastes.
rick, if you're taking votes, i prefer the first. the blues work very well with the yellows and really give the image a cool (temp and presence) feel. i might try to even it out a bit - see the third trunk from the left - but otherwise i wouldn't change the color cast at all.
My vote is for the second. This looks like one of those that you could spend hours on and still end up going back to the original. Both are very appealing.
I know there's plenty of monitor variation here, but #2 is far more pleasing to my eyes. The intensity of the gold really shines, but there's still plenty of blue for a subtle color contrast in a great composition. Either works, depending on your goals. As a matter of personal taste, I like the leaf color dominating - instead of the vibrating color contrast in #1.
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11 repliesWhen I originally put this up last year, I had converted it to b&w, but I liked the contrasting blue & yellows after reworking it a little. The compression is killing the sharpness here, but the leaves are tack sharp in the tranny. Here's a version that's not as compressed
With the 90-degree weather, I'm already looking forward to fall....
90-schmine-ty! Spend the day half-submerged in a kiddie pool with your feet kicked up - nice and cool.
John
Kiddie pool, eh? Not a bad idea. Party at Scotts!
The second version really looks alot more natural to me as well. On the first version, the blue in the trunks on the right is just a bit too much for my tastes.
nice work!