more fall colors - and share yours, too!

[Andy]

okay the other thread was getting a bit long... let's start another one! here are some fall shots, taken today in westchester county, ny. about 35 miles north of nyc, the water you see here is part of the croton reservoir system, it's the main water supply for the city of new york. shot under cloudy skies, about 430pm local time. shot in raw with canon 20d, 16-35 f/2.8L or 35 f/1.4 L aboard. in post, i only did minor curves adjustment for some added pop, and then a velvia action at about 40 or 50%.

http://www.moonriverphotography.com/photos/10224066-L.jpg
http://www.moonriverphotography.com/photos/10224068-L.jpg
http://www.moonriverphotography.com/photos/10224064-L.jpg
http://www.moonriverphotography.com/photos/10224067-L.jpg

enjoy (the warmth of autumn) photography,

[John Mueller]

Here are a few of mine.


http://mhj.smugmug.com/photos/10226890-M.jpg




http://mhj.smugmug.com/photos/9417601-M.jpg





http://mhj.smugmug.com/photos/9861130-M.jpg

[Andy]

stunning! :clap :clap :bow

[cowgirl21]

Nice shots to both of you!!:thumb In Missouri, We have not really gotten the beautiful colors yet and I'm not sure if we will this year. Bummer. I 'll go out tommorrow and try to find some color.

[pathfinder]

A couple more shots of autumn colors....

http://pathfinder.smugmug.com/photos/10235322-L.jpg

http://pathfinder.smugmug.com/photos/10235321-L.jpg

[Andy]

beautiful mustardy/ochre colors. sweet.

andy

[Andy]

i had about 8 minutes of good light this afternoon, and fortunately, it was right in between birthday parties that my 5 year old boy was going to :lol3

http://www.moonriverphotography.com/photos/10258281-L.jpg
http://www.moonriverphotography.com/photos/10258282-L.jpg
http://www.moonriverphotography.com/photos/10258283-L.jpg
http://www.moonriverphotography.com/photos/10258284-L.jpg

[wxwax]

:clap Beautiful work, Andy! And a perfect quote. I especially like the stone wall shot.

[ian408]

Andy/John,

Beautiful colors! You all are lucky to live in an area with real seasons.

Ian

[lynnma]

Beautiful shots Andy and all :clap :clap More leaves....

http://Lynn.smugmug.com/photos/10248797-L.jpg

[ginger_55]

Andy, I like that particular group of photos particularly well.

I got a tree on the way to the train. A red tree. DC has gotten fall, even Sara mentioned, but that tree has been teasing me for a week, so we stopped. It is right in the middle of the road kind of.

I do like the group of fall colors you posted.

ginger

[mun]

wow the colours are so vibrant.
i was wondering that do you guys ps the pictures? or are these originals?

[pathfinder]

wow the colours are so vibrant.
i was wondering that do you guys ps the pictures? or are these originals?
Most of these images have been post processed in Photoshop - but when you ask the question you are demonstrating that you do not understand that ALL DIGITAL images are processed either by the user or by the camera's settings when it produces a jpg or a tiff or a RAW file.

Got to http://www.luminous-landscape.com/ and read Michael Reichman's article for Adobe "Making the Transition From Film to Digital" and you will realize that all digital images have to be processed after being created by the light sensor - this is either done in camera or afterward by post processing. Post Processing just allows the shooter more control and creative lattitude.

In that vein, here is one more post processd image of Fall

http://pathfinder.smugmug.com/photos/10277946-M.jpg

And another from a G5
http://pathfinder.smugmug.com/photos/10152865-M.jpg

[ginger_55]

This is the same tree, photographed in five minutes on the way to the train station. I had been "eyeing" it all week. g


http://gingerSnap.smugmug.com/photos/10281047-L.jpg


http://gingerSnap.smugmug.com/photos/10281045-L.jpg


http://gingerSnap.smugmug.com/photos/10281046-L.jpg


http://gingerSnap.smugmug.com/photos/10281044-L.jpg


http://gingerSnap.smugmug.com/photos/10281048-L.jpg


g

[Andy]

pf is right -- you either do it yourself or let the camera do it. the last batch i just posted got the following

* raw conversion to jpg
* levels, or curves, for exposure fine tuning
* added color saturation (not much needed in this season!)
* usm

cheers,

andy

[gubbs]

http://Gubbs.smugmug.com/photos/10283712-L.jpg

[gubbs]

http://Gubbs.smugmug.com/photos/10283714-L.jpg

[lynnma]

This is the same tree, photographed in five minutes on the way to the train station. I had been "eyeing" it all week. g

gLovely fall colors Ginger... it bothered me a bit tho straight away that the tops of the trees seemed cut off..:D
By the way.. do you have your computer back yet???
Lynn:dunno

[Andy]

:clap :clap

thanks :D

[ginger_55]

[QUOTE=ginger_55]This is the same tree, photographed in five minutes on the way to the train station. I had been "eyeing" it all week. g


http://gingersnap.smugmug.com/photos/10281047-S.jpg

http://gingersnap.smugmug.com/photos/10281048-S.jpg


Thanks, Lynn. The top one is my favorite, the emphasis being the leaves on the ground.

I did put the whole tree in, the problem was that the top of the tree had lost a lot of leaves, so this one is more photoshopped with some cloning to get the top without what looked like "sticks" sticking up. And I did this sometime in the wee hours last night. Just glad to be back on CS.

Yes, we have our computer back. Tomorrow we are getting a bunch more memory. That was a problem, also I had deleted something, also the spyware I couldn't get rid of, it was generally a sick computer.

I still perceive that I need more hard drive, the repair person said my hard drive is fine (Yes, and I have to take photos off all the time), but he said what I perceived as a hard drive problem was a RAM problem.

ginger

Gosh I wanted a nice day.:(:

[ginger_55]

re photoshop and the fall colors, just for kicks I up the red saturation a bit, and usually the yellow, too. By that time, well, no need for contrast or anything else.

I could show you the original of my tree, it is a beauty all by itself. In the shot with the whole tree I would not have saturated it so much, but was tired.

By upping the red, I feel I am controlling which color I "saw" when I looked at the tree (s). It is kind of light dependent, IMO. You know you see something, it looks gorgeous, photo it, and well, I have been disappointed. In photoshop I just try to edge the effect to what I thought I saw in the first place.

This past week, in DC, I was shooting in jpeg, not as much latitude, but that is what I did. And that is basically normal for me in post.

I often look to see if there is a color I want to emphasize, or not show so much of, and I control that either in saturation or in selective colors.

It is often yellow/green. I don't like green much. The more help I can get with the marsh shot, it is a "green" shot, so please feel free to comment. It is not my forte.

ginger (I mean the one I am working on for the challenge)

[gubbs]

http://Gubbs.smugmug.com/photos/10293421-L.jpg

[lynnma]

:clap :clap :clap :D http://gubbs.smugmug.com/photos/10293421-S.jpg

[tmlphoto]

I managed to find the only dead leaf in south Georgia.

http://tmlphoto.smugmug.com/photos/10295862-L.jpg

[GREAPER]

http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/photos/10303010-M.jpg

http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/photos/10303006-L.jpg

http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/photos/10303007-L.jpg

http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/photos/10302927-M.jpg

[Andy]

y'all are putting up some really fine work :clap thanks so much to all of you :D

here are some more from today's outing.... in post, not much, just levels or curves, and a color boost. the barn shot i developed two exposures, one for the scene and one for the sky. canon 20d, swans with my 70-200L f/2.8 i.s., the rest with my 35L f/1.4

http://www.moonriverphotography.com/photos/10312522-L.jpg
http://www.moonriverphotography.com/photos/10312525-L.jpg
http://www.moonriverphotography.com/photos/10312529-L.jpg
http://www.moonriverphotography.com/photos/10312526-L.jpg

[GREAPER]

I managed to find the only dead leaf in south Georgia.

http://tmlphoto.smugmug.com/photos/10295862-S.jpg


Nice shot...

and by the way, if you have a shortage of dead leaves, there is a monsterous pile of them in my front yard you can have. Shipping is your responsability.

[GREAPER]

http://www.moonriverphotography.com/photos/10312526-S.jpg


This is my favorite of that bunch. I like it a lot. The one with the swans is sweet as well.

Around here it is hard to find a nice barn that does't have a lot of JUNK around it, or other things built too close. I have had trouble finding barn shots I like.

[Andy]

This is my favorite of that bunch. I like it a lot. The one with the swans is sweet as well.

Around here it is hard to find a nice barn that does't have a lot of JUNK around it, or other things built too close. I have had trouble finding barn shots I like.

thanks greaper!

yes, but you do gots packo's!!!!!!!!!! (http://tonypacko.com/) mmmm mmm i think you should have one, tomorrow, for me. make it two, chili dogs, and put on a rerun of the old mud hens championship game :D

[Andy]

It's too rainy to venture outdoors, but the window has fall in it.

yeeeeeeeee haaaaaaaaaa love it :clap :clap :clap

[Andy]

one more just found it :lol3

http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/10273337-L.jpg

[pathfinder]

I managed to find the only dead leaf in south Georgia.

http://tmlphoto.smugmug.com/photos/10295862-S.jpg

This shot is such a great demonstration that warm colors - red, yellow, orange - approach the viewer and that the cooler colors - green, blue - tend to recede from the viewer.
I love these very simple looking images that are so effective and a lot harder to create than most people think. Well done, Thomas!

[pathfinder]

one more just found it :lol3

http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/10273337-S.jpg

This image must break all the rules of composition and still succeeds nicely.
:D :D :D

Very Nice Andy!!!

[tmlphoto]

This image must break all the rules of composition and still succeeds nicely.
:D :D :D

Very Nice Andy!!!
Sweeet light Andy, love the novel compo as well.

[tmlphoto]

This shot is such a great demonstration that warm colors - red, yellow, orange - approach the viewer and that the cooler colors - green, blue - tend to recede from the viewer.
I love these very simple looking images that are so effective and a lot harder to create than most people think. Well done, Thomas!
Hey Path, Here is another simple shot that I thought you might enjoy. Still lookin' for leaves...

"Lichen on Crepe Myrtle"
http://tmlphoto.smugmug.com/photos/9108684-M.jpg

[ginger_55]

That is a perfect barn. I don't have those either. I took some photos this spring of nothing houses, they should not have been good, but they were.

Then again nothing beats red. My father used to wear red if he knew he was going to have his picture taken in an outdoor type setting.

So, Andy, how did you get those two different exposures together again. My book has me doing a lot of work, some of which I don't understand, but I can do it, just don't have it memorized. Is there some way you "paste" them easily together when you get one on top of the other?

Your result is great!

g

[ginger_55]

This image must break all the rules of composition and still succeeds nicely.
:D :D :D

Very Nice Andy!!!
It has three of those tree things, three, always three, like your smile. I don't think I ever would have thought to do that, though. Who knows.

However, I didn't do it, Andy, you did, I really like it.

g:clap :clap :clap

(If you don't have three, just make sure that it is an odd number, as in :D one)

[Andy]

It has three of those tree things, three, always three, like your smile. I don't think I ever would have thought to do that, though. Who knows.

However, I didn't do it, Andy, you did, I really like it.

g:clap :clap :clap

(If you don't have three, just make sure that it is an odd number, as in :D one)

thank you, ginger, and everyone. sometimes you gotta say, "rules schmulez!"

[Andy]

http://www.moonriverphotography.com/photos/10325631-L.jpg
http://www.moonriverphotography.com/photos/10325172-L.jpg

[Andy]

i lichen your shot, thomas :D

[MainFragger]

This was a shot taken near the meadow section of Longwood gardens

[MainFragger]

I don't know what they are called for real, but I call them Floweaves because they look like they are half flower, half leaf. When the sun shines through them, the shadows of the overlapping leaves creates a secondary, darker, leaf pattern. Sorry of some of them have blurry spots. Some mist got on my lens from some fountains, and the detail on the LCD didn't pick up on it. I'm sure its digitally repairable, but I am not that good with editing programs just yet.

[MainFragger]

floweave shot 2

[Andy]

This image must break all the rules of composition and still succeeds nicely.
:D :D :D

Very Nice Andy!!!

i was thinking about this shot - one reason i took it was i thought that the texture of the bark (rough, sharp, clearly defined) would contrast nicely with the soft fluffy colors of the oof tree leaves in the distance. maybe that's why the central tree doesn't ruin it?

[RocketMan]

Last weekend I took a little (200 mile) ride to the Blue Ridge to take some pictures of the fall foliage that is still in it's first stages around here in DC. Got there and the sun went behind the clouds pratically the whole time I was up where the best colors were. On the way home about 2 miles from my house I saw these, some of the best color to date. While I was taking this shot some one in a car stopped to take some pic's as well, had to tell them about how I went 200 miles to filnd color and wound up finding the best so close to home. HA HA!:roflStill it was a nice ride...
http://roadrunes.com/images2/fall-trees.jpg

RM