Aspen Wonderland

Gallery: LandscapePosted October 19, 2010243 views7 comments

A thick grove of aspen stand ablaze in fall color. Taken from Hart Prairie road in Flagstaff,AZ.
Not sure if the left tree trunk works. Opinions?

Tech;
Canon 5DII w/ 24-105mm
f/22 1/3sec

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Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on October 19, 2010 at 10:29 PM

I like the aspen, but am drawn to the zebra trunk in the foreground. Nice focal element, if that was your intention.

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Comment posted by Justin Reznick on October 20, 2010 at 12:06 AM

I love the way the leaves fill the upper frame. I would crop this to a 4 x 5 by taking quite a bit off the right. All the way up to the pair of white aspens.

Registered on November 24, 2009, 79 Posts, 515 Comments

Comment posted by Scott Fricke on October 20, 2010 at 12:09 PM

Beautiful scene you captured Chikku. The tree on the left doesn't work for me, it is too different than the other trunks and the eye focuses on it rather than the rest of the composition. I think I would crop it out if it were mine. Or if you did intend it to be the focal point of the image I might be inclined to crop off the right third of the image since it is so far off to one side.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on October 20, 2010 at 1:04 PM

Really nice light, colors and scene. I see this as two different images, the trunk on the left cropping the right and then the second cropping the trunk. As presented, I find the trunk to be a bit of a disconnect from the rest of the components as a pure landscape. However, that may be your intent?

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Comment posted by Laurent Baig on October 20, 2010 at 3:50 PM

Nice, I was wondering how the colors were up there. Didn't get to make it to Flag this year. I'm with Harley, I'd maybe split this in two and do a dyptich with it?

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Comment posted by Jason Kim on October 20, 2010 at 5:21 PM

The left tree trunk works IMO. However, I don't think its inclusion necessarily strengthens the comp. I would be tempted to crop a bit off the right if you include the trunk, or remove it from the left altogether.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on October 20, 2010 at 10:40 PM

Really nice find and capture.

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