A Spring Morning

Gallery: LandscapePosted April 17, 2012390 views23 comments

This is a picture I made last week while out early one morning. Besides the WI River close by and lots of marsh lands we also have a couple of nice small lakes within 2-3 miles of my home. I made this picture on Long Lake in the early morning light. I enjoyed the warm light, new leaves and reflection in the lake, and just being there was the best thing of all. This has been a wonderful spring so far! Thanks for taking time to look.
Canon, 70-300L @180, iso 100, f/8 and 1/125.

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23 comments

Comment posted by Walt Sterneman on April 17, 2012 at 7:15 PM

Great light and beautiful image Nick. I like it.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on April 17, 2012 at 8:14 PM

Just what intimate landscape is supposed to be about imo. Good subject, great light, nice color.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on April 17, 2012 at 8:51 PM

Glorious spring color and light Nick! Not much else to saw except this is beautiful.

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on April 17, 2012 at 10:01 PM

What a wonderful moment of color and light! I agree with Morris. This really grabs your attention!

Chris

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on April 17, 2012 at 11:06 PM

Beautiful, Love the green gold of the new leaves and the lovely reflection. Terrific light

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Comment posted by Dietrich Gloger on April 18, 2012 at 12:21 AM

This radiates "spring". A lot of positive energy! Well composed too.

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on April 18, 2012 at 1:57 AM

This tree simply glows spring, Nick. Beautiful light and color. Really like how the darker background forest makes these leaves sing. Gorgeous.

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Comment posted by Peter Gordon on April 18, 2012 at 4:46 AM

Love the comp and use of light. Really beautiful . I would pull the sat back a little though..

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Comment posted by Derek Yow on April 18, 2012 at 8:00 AM

Nice soft light combined with the glow of the tree and the reflection. Really peaceful scene Nick!

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Comment posted by Michael J Greene, on April 18, 2012 at 11:12 AM

Hi Nick,

This is very nice. Personally, I find the reflection the most appealing part of the image. Did you take any shots focusing more on that? I'd favor a slight crop off the top of this image. Processing looks great. Nice presentation.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on April 18, 2012 at 11:24 AM

Thank you for your comments so far.
Michael, I really liked the reflection here too, but for some reason I didn't photograph just that...and I don't really know why.

Thanks much! Nick

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Comment posted by Zack Clothier on April 18, 2012 at 11:50 AM

This has spring written all over it, really nice, Nick!

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Comment posted by Marc Adamus on April 18, 2012 at 2:17 PM

Some nice glowing light here and pretty reflection textures, though I find the separation of the tree from the background and framing of the tree in general to be a little cluttered. Not to the point of ruining the image or anything, just not separated as perfectly as could be. That's just nature for you.

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Comment posted by Ed Lowe on April 18, 2012 at 9:30 PM

That is some sweet morning light, Nick. It highlights the fresh spring growth and imparts such a lush look. Very nice reflection BTW. I could also see this working with a small crop from the top.

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Comment posted by Ned Fenimore on April 19, 2012 at 12:20 AM

I love the beautiful light on this tree - simple and exquisite..

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Comment posted by Peter Richter on April 19, 2012 at 1:31 AM

Nick, again the inimitable reflection brings your image to life for me. I do enjoy the composition anchored by the trunk and offering such delightful details in the foliage. One of my top favorite spring shots so far.

Peter

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Comment posted by Gary McGhee on April 19, 2012 at 3:32 PM

Beautiful spring greens Nick, the light in this including the reflection is lovely.

Gary.

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Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on April 19, 2012 at 11:06 PM

Beautiful light Nick. I do wish there was more room around the tree.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on April 20, 2012 at 1:22 PM

Beautiful light, real pretty Nick!

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on April 21, 2012 at 8:32 PM

This is really nice, Nick. I like how you isolate such a strong subject from what must've been a chaotic scene.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on April 21, 2012 at 11:08 PM

Thanks very much to all of you for your thoughts on this! Always appreciate your help.
Tony, I really liked the light here and for me it was just trying to single out something to hopefully make a shot that wasn't to cluttered, and your thoughts are right on target!

Thanks all, Nick

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Comment posted by Vlad Sadovsky on April 22, 2012 at 6:19 PM

Nice mood in this image, i like the choice of processing too. Spirit of east coast spring shines though it.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on April 23, 2012 at 8:57 PM

Thanks Vlad! Nick

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