Fall Colors

[Jim Johnson]

One of the pictures I took today as Tarry and I rode the PA backroads enjoying the fall colors.  Peak color will be in a couple of days and it is just beautiful.

 

[rubysamm]

I love the foreground and background look used
Nice picture

I took a photo from behind some shrubs similar and loved the way it came out.

 

[D2]

Jim - loved the picture.  Thanks, but it made me homesick. :'(  We really do have magnificent fall foliage colors in the east.  We are working our way back to Virginia (after being gone for almost a year, mostly touring the west).  We are so looking forward to seeing the fall foliage!!!

 

[colleenfl]

BEAUTIFUL!!!

Too bad my huband cannot enjoy fall colors..... he is color blind and cannot see the different colors.

ColleenFL

 

[John From Detroit]

Fall color is about it's peak here in S.E. Michigan just now.. In fact it's on the downside due to a heavy rain we had last week. but still very brillant.  Was fun driving home yesterday

 

[woodartist]

Red/Green Colleen?????

 

[Bob Buchanan]

One of the pictures I took today as Tarry and I rode the PA backroads enjoying the fall colors.? Peak color will be in a couple of days and it is just beautiful.

Great shot, Jim . . . shots like that cause me to miss my Ol Kentucky Home.

I like the way you framed the foreground -- but left it darker and out of focus, drawing the eye to the center. Digitals today default to a wide range of focus and exposure points for an average -- whereas this is an example of the need to have more of a center weighted exposure -- and perhaps manual focus.

Thanks for posting.

 

[DougJ]

I too like the shot, Jim, but my suggestions run a bit different to Bob B's.

1.  I'd open up the shadowed foreground just a smidge.
2.  I'd boost the red and yellow saturation (of the back ground) just a smidge.
3.  I'd darken the sky--but it's so blown out it may not darken properly, in which case I'd look to import some blue sky with a cloud or two.

Ciao,

Doug

 

[Bob Buchanan]

I too like the shot, Jim, but my suggestions run a bit different to Bob B's.

Sorry if my comments read as suggestions on Jim's photo vs. general comments on a framed shot w/a digital, Doug ??? -- I was mainly just commenting on how well the shot turned out, plus wanted to thank Jim for posting.

 

[Jim Johnson]

Bob and DougJ

You both got it all wrong.  I am not a photographer - - -I take pictures.  What you see is what you get.  But I have an idea.  Both of you modify the picture as you see fit and we will all so which one is our choice.  Deal??

 

[Bob Buchanan]

Bob and DougJ

You both got it all wrong.? I am not a photographer - - -I take pictures.? What you see is what you get.? But I have an idea.? Both of you modify the picture as you see fit and we will all so which one is our choice.? Deal??

Good Morning, Jim:

Was hoping my post to Doug explained my intent -- which was "not" to make suggestions on your photo. Sorry again if that was read wrong in my original post . . . 

 

[Mike (ex-f-221)]

1.  I'd open up the shadowed foreground just a smidge.
2.  I'd boost the red and yellow saturation (of the back ground) just a smidge.
3.  I'd darken the sky--but it's so blown out it may not darken properly, in which case I'd look to import some blue sky with a cloud or two.

Tried #1 and #2. #3 doesn't look good - I worked a little bit sloppy

 

[Jim Johnson]

Bob,

I was in such a hurry to post I neglected to add the  to the post.  I understood your intent. 

 

[Jeff]

Jim:

See what happens when these guys start spending big $$$ on new cameras. ;D ;D ;D

 

[DougJ]

Mike, Bob, and especially Jim,

I sense that I have inadvertently caused offence by making suggestions for post-processing of Jim's image.  If my sense is correct, please accept my apologies for I had, and have, no wish to cause offence. 

Ciao,

Doug

 

[Betty Brewer]

Tried #1 and #2. #3 doesn't look good - I worked a little bit sloppy

I, for one, enjoyed seeing a blue sky.  My Alaska photos rarely saw such a sky color.  I won't import blue skies and white puffy clouds in any of my photos  but I am impressed to see that it can be done. Thanks for  making those changes visible to us. The miracle of technology!

One day I hope to see Fall colors  in person too.

Betty

 

[Mike (ex-f-221)]

I won't import blue skies and white puffy clouds in any of my photos  but I am impressed to see that it can be done.
Betty

The original is always better and every step of processing lowers the quality of the picture. What I did with the sky was just a kind of test or trial. Dough is right: The sky cannot be darkened. If you do you only get two pixeled blue spots. When I tried another way it looks like an eclipse of the sun. So I borrowed a piece of Black Forest Sky

One day I hope to see Fall colors  in person too.
Betty

Me too! Hope the day will come...
Many US-, MEX- and CAN-travelogues I've read shows pictures. What a wonderful world! Would like to start today to see all that. Takes a lot of time, but as I see, the Diversity Visa Lottery 2008 has already started... ;D

 

[Jim Johnson]

I am impressed to see that it can be done. Thanks for  making those changes visible to us.

Bob and DougJ

My feelings exactly.  I took it as another lesson on something I know nothing about.  Certainly no offense

 

[DougJ]

Certainly no offense Smiley

Thank you, Jim.

Ciao,

Doug

 

[Bob Buchanan]

Jim:

See what happens when these guys start spending big $$$ on new cameras. ;D ;D ;D

You are probably right, Jeff.