Lila At Her Peak

Gallery: LandscapePosted October 14, 2012541 views22 comments

Lake Lila is in the Whitney Wilderness area of the Adirondacks. I was lucky enough to be there, looking down from nearby Mt. Frederica during this year's short period of peak fall colors. We had lots of rain this year, with only a few days to catch scenes like this.

I'm not a big fan of super-wide panoramas because of the way they distort the foreground into a wide "smile" but I did not crop out the foreground in this one, because the trees were right next to it. Does that curve in the rock on the bottom bother you?

Since this is a narrow panorama, it needs to be seen in the LARGE version.

Canon 5DII
Canon 24-105
0.3 sec. @ f/11; ISO 160
Six-frame panorama, stitched in CS5.

Comments

22 comments

Comment posted by John Neukirch on October 14, 2012 at 9:11 PM

What gorgeous country. I have a son and daughter-in-law in Rochester but have yet to get over into the Adironacks. I absolutely have to put it on my must do Fall bucket list.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on October 14, 2012 at 9:57 PM

Spectacular!
For me, the curving rocks frame the scene beautifully. Sweet colours, nice lake, and great evening clouds.
Sandy

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on October 14, 2012 at 10:19 PM

Stunning color. the rock is not an issue for me. This is a beautiful panorama.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on October 14, 2012 at 10:34 PM

Spectacular pano, Wayne! Real pretty and a classic Adirondack scene. The rhs is maybe a tad busy/cluttered, but obviously the comp was tricky from this vantage and all things considered i think you did a stellar job.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on October 14, 2012 at 11:20 PM

I'll just ditton Stan. The color is great here.

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Comment posted by Chad Merrell on October 14, 2012 at 11:21 PM

Love the foreground. Love the colors. Love the sky. Love the photo. Great job.

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on October 14, 2012 at 11:23 PM

Beautiful scene, amazing colors, and good comp!. I wouldn't have really thought that rock couldn't have been that way naturally??? I mean nothing else in the scene looks distorted to me.

Chris

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on October 14, 2012 at 11:24 PM

Wayne, this is beautiful. I really like the vastness of the image. The color in the clouds compliments the color in the trees very nicely. Great image.

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Comment posted by Dietrich Gloger on October 15, 2012 at 1:19 AM

Great fall scene Wayne! I see what you mean with "smile". This effect can be a bit too obvious in some scenes. I think it is not a problem here, but perhaps you would like to crop a bit from the bottom. This would also eliminate a bit of the lower right corner which like Stan noted, looks a tad cluttered.
Anyway, a gorgeous scene!

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Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on October 15, 2012 at 6:26 AM

Wow Wayne, gorgeous Adirondack scene, one of the best I;ve ever seen, love it, I think you did a spectacular job on everything.
John & Patty

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Comment posted by Robert Dayton on October 15, 2012 at 8:56 AM

A great grand scenic, Wayne! The curve doesn't bother me. Wonderfully composed with great color

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on October 15, 2012 at 9:35 AM

Wayne, What a beautiful scene this is! Really nice work here.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on October 15, 2012 at 11:41 AM

I like the curved rock in the foreground, it's works with the evergreens on the right as a nice living frame. The colors in the forest are beautiful and that touch of color in the clouds adds nicely to the overall warmth. Nothing like fall in New England!

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on October 15, 2012 at 2:42 PM

Awesome colors and I like how you framed this scene.

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on October 15, 2012 at 2:49 PM

WOW, what a beauty Wayne!! You really outdid yourself on this one! This is magnificient. I'm just sitting here staring at it and wishing I was there. Now, on to the large version!!

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Comment posted by Todd Liotine on October 15, 2012 at 3:02 PM

Wayne, I like this a lot, the rock is not an issue for me as I think it gives it a fisheye look which works here.

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Comment posted by Alex Mody on October 15, 2012 at 4:41 PM

Gotta love that Adirondack color, Wayne! This is beautiful!

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Comment posted by Ed Lowe on October 15, 2012 at 7:26 PM

Flatout fantastic image, Wayne. The fall colors are great as is the grand view of the lake and surrounding forest. The curve does not bother me a bit as I do not detect distortion anywhere else in the scene.

Ed

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Comment posted by Scott Smorra on October 15, 2012 at 9:48 PM

This is another good one Wayne. I really like the "U" shape in the foreground and the fall colors spreading out below.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on October 15, 2012 at 10:25 PM

This is lovely, Wayne. Really like the depth here and the colors are fantastic. What a great collection of elements and you nailed the light.