Autumn Color Bonanza

Gallery: FloraPosted October 18, 20141,076 views5 comments

Think I scored pretty well on this one! Green Lake Park, Seattle, on a sunny day between rain storms.

GH3, 35-70/2.8 @ 62mm, circ.pol., handheld; f8, 1/15, ISO 800. Post-processing: Ps5 for cloning a million white specks (who sees 'em in the field?) and filling in a few tiny areas of sky; NIK ColorEfexPro for increase in polarization.

Thanks for your interest and any comments.

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on October 19, 2014 at 6:34 AM

A feast of autumn colors Catherine, that I love. On the wet leaves the reflections must have been very stark if you could not get rid of them with two polarization, shooting and editing.
Catherine, I would love to see a different editing for pastel colors without reflections: less light contrast and color saturation, more light. I propose this because I know that you like experiments.
Take care.

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Comment posted by Nathan Buck on October 19, 2014 at 11:30 PM

This works well for me Catherine. I like the variety of shapes and colors in the leaves. The profusion of leaves is nice too.

Nathan

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on October 20, 2014 at 9:52 AM

Neat, semi-abstract, Catherine. You've caught a fine mix of colors with just enough stems peeking through for a reality check.

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Comment posted by S Govindarajan on October 20, 2014 at 2:05 PM

Great color palette, Catherine. Your comp emphasizes the vertical lines nicely. The image looks a tad soft - maybe a round of sharpening is needed?

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on October 20, 2014 at 11:32 PM

Catherine: Oh this is just delightful! Eye candy indeed for a color junkie. Most excellent. >=))>

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