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Photo posted by Harry Lichtman in the EPA 2017 gallery on 11/29/17 at 07:48 am EST
Registered on 09/17/10, 304 Posts, 3507 Comments
Post last edited by Donna Erhardt on 02/04/18 at 11:05 am EST
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Comment posted by Dan Kearl on 11/29/17 at 09:24 am EST
Registered on 09/02/13, 209 Posts, 1514 Comments
No words on this one, Harry, just superb.
What a nice FG and dreamy woods....
Would not change a thing.
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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on 11/29/17 at 09:39 am EST
Registered on 01/23/11, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments
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Harry, I think keeping the clarity down works very well at maintaining the sense of mystery that the fog creates. The colors are gently wonderful with the leaning trunks adding a nice sense of movement. This might also look good with some overall blur as a photoart treatment.
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Mark Seaver
Burtonsville, MD & Emigrant, MT
seaverphotos.com
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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on 11/29/17 at 09:47 am EST
Registered on 09/17/10, 304 Posts, 3507 Comments
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Thanks guys - I will try a similar treatment to this one as an earlier fall shot of maples and put in Photo Art.
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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on 11/29/17 at 11:53 am EST
Registered on 11/19/03, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments
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Beautiful, Harry!!! It has a great dreamy, painterly look and mood. Processing looks spot on to my eye. Excellent.
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"You were born an original. Don't die a copy."
- John Mason
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Comment posted by Dave Dillemuth on 11/29/17 at 12:37 pm EST
Registered on 12/10/15, 104 Posts, 1112 Comments
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This is exquisite. Everything working beautifully - composition, colors, soft light and atmosphere. Try as I might, I can't see any way to improve. This would make an exceptional print.
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Dave Dillemuth
Santa Barbara, California
davedillemuthphotography.smugmug.com
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Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on 11/29/17 at 4:53 pm EST
Registered on 10/26/09, 399 Posts, 2789 Comments
This is badass. So many diff ways to process these kinds of scenes and this works great. Boom.
aF
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Comment posted by Doug Koepsel on 11/29/17 at 5:39 pm EST
Registered on 04/01/10, 196 Posts, 1592 Comments
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The red makes a nice colorful foreground to couple with the foggy back. Beautiful image Harry. Picking tiny nits for this worthy image, but there is a thin lighter vertical limb along the left edge that might be cloned out.
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Comment posted by Richard Teller on 11/29/17 at 7:21 pm EST
Registered on 08/23/10, 1162 Posts, 6692 Comments
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I just like everything about this image. It really portrays the peaceful and quite feeling that this kind of conditions create in the woods. The colors cause the whole image to pop. The distance between the trees does not bother me at all.
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Richard Teller
Scottsbluff, NE
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The mountains and the seashore scream at you, but the prairie whispers and you have to stop and listen.
Don't shoot what it looks like, shoot what it feels like. David Alan Harvey |
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Comment posted by gary phillips on 11/29/17 at 10:46 pm EST
Registered on 10/24/13, 185 Posts, 4136 Comments
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Beautiful Harry. Love the fall colors in combination with the fog. Colors pop nicely without being overdone. Excellent.
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Comment posted by Igor Doncov on 11/30/17 at 01:58 am EST
Registered on 11/22/14, 189 Posts, 2733 Comments
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Nice lighting and wonderful complex composition of trees and leaves as they fade into the distance. The bright red leaves at the very bottom to me seem a bit too strong. I would darken the darker half of the reds. If there is a way to select the most saturated reds in just lower it a bit that would be best imo. Desaturate the reds too much and the image goes blah. It's a fine line and subject to interpretation. The image is really great as is. Sometimes I'll open the tab and it looks perfect. In this case color is subjective that changes from one look to another. Sorry for being so long winded.
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Comment posted by Mattia Oliviero on 11/30/17 at 05:39 am EST
Registered on 08/24/16, 43 Posts, 254 Comments
Great image and mood, Harry. I am really enjoying the conditions and the colors. I would suggest a slight crop of the red lower part. Basically, keeping only the red vegetation just beneath the tress. I know it might seem counterintuitive since the red vegetation is one of the main subjects but I think it would increase the dreamy atmosphere. I hope you get the general idea.
Mattia
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Comment posted by Ed McGuirk on 11/30/17 at 2:29 pm EST
Registered on 11/29/17, 19 Posts, 260 Comments
Lovely image Harry, it has a very soothing, pleasant feel to it. Shooting in a forest like this is all about making order out of chaos, and you have done an outstanding job of bringing order to this image. I sometimes find that leaning trees can create diagonals that can be distracting in forest compositions. But in this case, by placing the two leaning trees in the center in a "V" shape, you have turned it into a plus. In my opinion, the "Orton Effect" is being overused in landscape photography. This image has a slight "Orton" feel to it, but in this case it is totally appropriate for this scene. If you used any "Orton" here it was very subtly and tastefully handled. I also agree with Mattia, I would crop a little off the bottom red, there is a little darker section in the lower right that is a minor distraction.
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Comment posted by Craig Moreau on 11/30/17 at 7:41 pm EST
Registered on 04/21/15, 64 Posts, 584 Comments
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Harry, I have nothing to suggest on this, as it is amazing as presented. What a beautiful capture of a beautiful scene!
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Comment posted by Anil Rao on 11/30/17 at 11:06 pm EST
Registered on 11/15/03, 234 Posts, 4923 Comments
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This is really well done Harry. It is seldom that we get to see a forest portrayed in this manner. Totally enchanting and reminds me of fairy tales. Love the composition (the leaning trees in the center nicely balance the straighter ones on both sides) and the softness in color and contrast.
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Anil Rao
Santa Clara, California
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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on 12/01/17 at 02:42 am EST
Registered on 11/24/06, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments
Harry,
Man, oh, man, you had yourself quite the fall season. Pretty hard to top what you've already posted, but this is pushing that top spot! Dang it if I didn't already use the word stunning tonight. Well, how about spectacular? I love what you did with the PA version, but honestly, this doesn't really need that extra glow or anything, it's all happening pretty naturally.
The design and composition here are just wonderful, just about perfect. I love the crossing/opposing trunks in the middle supported by the other trunks that frame the scene beautifully. The framing is further benefited by the layer or red autumn foliage at the bottom. Toss in a little for the icing on the cake and you have a winner.
No suggestions or nits what so ever. Love this.
Lon
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To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Comment posted by Norma Tareila Matl on 12/04/17 at 11:42 am EST
Registered on 10/27/16, 229 Posts, 393 Comments
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Harry it is beautiful light and you found it for sure! I feel like I am walking deep into the great north woods from this perspective. Your choice to reduce the gaps in the pines went well.
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Norma Tareila-Matley
Tewksbury, MA
Rangeley, ME
“Photograph: a picture painted by light.”— Pablo Picasso
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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on 02/04/18 at 8:22 pm EST
Registered on 11/24/03, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments
Major congrats on the 2017 yearly pick!
Wonderful image!
Sandy
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Sandy Richards-Brown, NPN #0367
Brookings, Oregon (summer/fall) and Sedona, Arizona (winter/spring)
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"All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful: The Lord God made them all.
Each little flower that opens, Each little bird that sings, He made their glowing colors, He made their tiny wings."
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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on 02/04/18 at 9:08 pm EST
Registered on 09/17/10, 304 Posts, 3507 Comments
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Thanks editors for the award. Much appreciated!
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Wish this were mine
excellent in every aspect Congrats on a well deserved 1st place
