Rain on the Rox &RP

An excellent mosaic of color. The evergreens seem a little oversaturated on my monitor but I like the way separate and frame the warmer colors. Pretty location.

It truly is a jewel to be this close to a metro area, Russ. You should have e-mailed me and I might have been able to go with you. We'll have to meet at Castlewood Canyon after the first snow as it's about half-way between you and me.

I like the colorful quilt look to this one. Great colors and I know this is accurate for the colors there after the rain. Good diagonal lines in your comp to give a sense of movement, too. The only nit would be to crop off the brighter spots at the urc.

Beautiful image.

Hey Morris, I appreciate your comments and, yes, I'll email you when we get that first snow at Castlewood Canyon. I'm still looking for a good opportunity there. I can't believe this little jewel is so accessible to a major urban area, and, in fact, is home to so many people. I'm finding the whole front range a wonderful mix of urban and wild space. I was trying to keep this authentic and truly reveal the scope of the color palette. The master saturation slider in Lightroom 4 is set to 0, believe it or not. I did do some minor adjusting of individual color and vibrance. The biggest effect comes from adding contrast on a fairly flat light day shot through the rain, but I knew the color was there and just needed to show it. Really love those rainy days. It may be hard for folks to believe, but I don't think this is heavily stylized, it really does look like this to an admittedly admiring eye. I really appreciate your perspective and input. It's funny how I don't see things until after the image is posted. Thus the case for that little bright spot. Thought about pulling it down and fixing it, and would do that before printing. Thanks!

An inspiring composition for me, Russell, great sense of depth and scale. The rather high saturation fits in well with the color palette to my eye.

Peter

Russell,

A patchwork quilt is what came to my mind as well - a mosaic is another good one. this sure looks like a place rich in photo opportunities; I'm sure you'll be returning again and for good reason.

In my view I think you could work on some processing items. Not sure if it's the lens or what, but it seems there is some light fall off on the edges both left and right - but not top and bottom. Interesting. I also think the contrast is a little heavy and some of the shadow areas in the trees are blocked up; especially in the UR - where the light fall of doesn't help. But the light rain and diffused light sure did bring out the colors.

I think a wonderful image. Just a few adjustments and you'll have a great one.

Lon

I like it! A wonderful carpet of colors.

I really, really like the colors in the ground cover! Maybe a little too much in the evergreens though.

Chris

Love the colors and the diagonals.

What an amazing scene , beautiful composition of colors Russ. Beautifully seen and presented.
John

What a grand scenic visual delight, Russell! I've never seen a fall scenic that resembles this.
No nits from me. Thanks for sharing.

The nicely places diagonals and rich color are sweet. The shadows in the right corner trees look overly dark but this is really nice overall.

Thanks everyone. Yeah Lon, I see what you're saying about the light falloff. I went back to see if I could make the adjustments you suggested. Here's an attempt to address some of those issues. I'm looking at a notebook LCD that hasn't been calibrated, so I hope I'm seeing the same thing everyone else is.

Fascinating comp. Greens feel a bit vibrant bur I like the intensity of the other fall colors. What a unique landscape.

Russ: What a marvelous color palette and a fine comp. All the diagonals really work for me. Terrific. >=))>

The repost is excellent!

Russell,

Happened to come back here to see if you had done anything after seeing your new post. This rework is 100% improved! I think you took care of multiple things and this looks great! No blocked up shadows, greens more natural and it looks like you addressed the light fall off too. Nice work!

Lon

excellent perspective and great location
What if you lighten the shadows a little bit
Great work