Berry Heaven

Gallery: LandscapePosted October 6, 20121,062 views20 comments

I spent last weekend in the North Cascades eating berries and taking pictures.. it was delicious

The mist and sun played hide and seek all day.. a true photographer's paradise! Lots more on my blog.

Please view LARGER - then you can see some of the ripe Cascade Bilberries in the lower left corner.

Thanks for your thoughts!

Comments

20 comments

Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on October 6, 2012 at 12:14 PM

Truly a gorgeous scene, the large view makes all the difference. Beautiful work.
John

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on October 6, 2012 at 12:26 PM

Just a wonderful mix of colors. Especially the reds, greens, and the blue from the distant trees. The clouds add a touch of mood.

The distorted trees on the left side are a bit too much for my tastes, but the pov looking down really adds to the depth.

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Comment posted by Yiming Hu on October 6, 2012 at 2:48 PM

Very brilliant colors.

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on October 6, 2012 at 3:41 PM

Holy cow, Floris! this is an absolutely stunning image! The clarity and luminance in the foreground details are magnificent. How could you ever come back from a place like that? Be hard to turn your back on it except for the lure of other such scenes in our beloved mountains. This belongs in every magazine and book having to do with travel in WA State!

Registered on August 16, 2006, 603 Posts, 9192 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Hartmann on October 6, 2012 at 4:32 PM

Indeed, delicious, in more ways than one. Love the clean and fresh feel.

The bent trees don’t bug me. Is this lens distortion or strange growth from a wind-swept hillside?
I would not expect this much lens distortion so close to the center of the frame.

Registered on January 15, 2009, 13 Posts, 772 Comments

Comment posted by Nick Bristol on October 6, 2012 at 4:50 PM

What a wonderful scene to view! Beautiful colors and the foggy mist adds such a nice feel to the scene.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by James Fougère on October 6, 2012 at 4:54 PM

Lots of color here

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Comment posted by Floris van Breugel on October 6, 2012 at 5:09 PM

Thanks folks!

Morris / Richard - the angle of the trees isn't so much lens distortion as perspective distortion. It's the same thing that happens if you look up at a forest canopy with a wide angle lens. In that case all the trees point in; here they all point out (looking down a 45 degree slope). So, those kinds of distortions are unavoidable, really. If you try to "correct" that type of distortion you end up with other weird perspective issues, and you end up losing a lot of the view.

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Comment posted by Kathy Barnhart on October 6, 2012 at 7:49 PM

Stunning image and the blog is very interesting about your trip. Love the colors, the light, the point of view, and the swirls of mist.

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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on October 6, 2012 at 8:25 PM

Great colorful shot here, Floris. Hard to find a site like that down in good old So Cal eh?.......

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Comment posted by jack jaeger jr on October 6, 2012 at 9:07 PM

Very nice !

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Comment posted by Tom Haxby on October 6, 2012 at 9:24 PM

This is nice. I did not notice the "distorted" trees at first as I have seen this kind of growth pattern in nature. What I like is the lighting and the composition. It is really easy to look into this image.

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Comment posted by Dietrich Gloger on October 7, 2012 at 7:50 AM

Nice scenery Floris! Transient lightning conditions are always nice to have, and I love the color combinations too.

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Comment posted by Joseph Campisi on October 7, 2012 at 11:35 AM

Love the drama here Floris! My kind of image. The larger version is a must, and those colors are wonderful. I agree with Morris about the distortion, but that's minor. Makes me glad that I live in this part of the world!

Registered on November 24, 2008, 304 Posts, 3211 Comments

Comment posted by Kathryn Engle on October 7, 2012 at 4:09 PM

I love the colors it this shot. Just gorgeous. Did you take some berries home for later?

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Comment posted by Floris van Breugel on October 7, 2012 at 4:23 PM

Thanks Kathryn - yep, I brought home a quart or so to share with my girlfriend (she had to work that weekend). They were delicious!

Registered on December 19, 2008, 306 Posts, 4840 Comments

Comment posted by Robert Dayton on October 7, 2012 at 5:00 PM

Delicious, Floris! Great colors--blue, red, yelllow, and green. The mist
is a real plus. Well composed and strong FG to BG. I had no idea that one
could get this kind of color in the mountains in Oct.