An Autumn Afternoon

Gallery: LandscapePosted November 13, 2009498 views16 comments

Lick Branch, Ozark National Forest

Canon 5dII, 17-40 F/4L @ 23mm, F/14, 2.5 sec.

I got to spend a beautiful afternoon in the woods in peak color a couple of weeks ago. A day or two later, hard wind and rain beat most of this glorious color off the trees.

Comments

16 comments

Comment posted by Kurt Budliger on November 13, 2009 at 9:52 PM

Great light and color with a solid comp. I might be inclined to crop the bit of bright sky from the top. Overall very nice image and welcome to NPN!

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on November 13, 2009 at 10:00 PM

Randy,

Welcome to NPN and the ES&S Gallery! What a wonderful first post and autumn/river image. You've got some nice color and an excellent comp. And even though the comp kind of flows out on the right, I like small pool and rusty leaves on the left to keep the scene in a nice balance.

Like Kurt, my only nit would be the small patch of sky up top. Otherwise, nicely captured.

thanks for sharing and welcome aboard!

Lon

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on November 13, 2009 at 10:43 PM

Welcome, Randy. Nice fall colors and moving water always works well in these scenes.

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Comment posted by Jason Edlund on November 13, 2009 at 11:15 PM

This is great, just a beautiful spot, I wish we had this up here. Very nice!

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Comment posted by Tom Kennon on November 13, 2009 at 11:24 PM

Randy, one of my favorite places. It looks like you have done it justice!

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Comment posted by Joseph Campisi on November 14, 2009 at 12:17 AM

Nice comp Randy, I like the way it flows. Looks like you got there in the nick of time! Welcome!

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Comment posted by Steven M Kahn on November 14, 2009 at 7:31 AM

Excellent capture. Detail in the shadows. Love the autum colors. Great composition.

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on November 14, 2009 at 8:42 AM

Really nice and well done Randy! Great first post and welcome.

Bob

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Comment posted by Barry Vangrov on November 14, 2009 at 10:59 AM

I agree with Kurt. Excellent comp using the foreground leaves to lead the eye downstream.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on November 14, 2009 at 11:46 AM

Wonderful autumn scene Randy. The comp and color are beautiful.

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Comment posted by Danny Laureys on November 14, 2009 at 12:27 PM

Very nice colors, like the comp and SS for water, beautiful.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on November 14, 2009 at 6:12 PM

Really nice comp, light, and color! I agree about the crop to remove the bright area.

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on November 15, 2009 at 1:08 AM

Beautiful autumn image Randy. The color and the quiet stream are really nice. Sure glad you were able to make this image before that storm hit. Welcome to NPN. Outstanding first post.

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Comment posted by Philip Schwarz on November 15, 2009 at 2:19 PM

Beautiful shot.

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on November 15, 2009 at 8:26 PM

Welcome to NPN Randy, and what a great first post. This is beautiful - great color and wonderful action. Looking forward to more of your work.

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Comment posted by Randy Wilson on November 18, 2009 at 9:31 AM

Thanks everyone for looking and commenting.

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