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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: leeonmaui on October 11, 2014, 02:44:36 pm

Title: Fishlake aspens
Post by: leeonmaui on October 11, 2014, 02:44:36 pm

Aloha,

Utah in Autumn, what could be better!

Fishlake National forest.
Pentax 645D 400mm

Title: Re: Fishlake aspens
Post by: sdwilsonsct on October 11, 2014, 04:32:53 pm

Good contrast, fresh treatment!

Title: Re: Fishlake aspens
Post by: thierrylegros396 on October 12, 2014, 12:30:30 pm

Great capture !

Especially with yellows which tend to saturate the sensor easily.

Thierry

Title: Re: Fishlake aspens
Post by: leeonmaui on October 14, 2014, 11:15:32 pm

Aloha,

Thanks.
Yes and the early morning light was perfect!
Wish it was calmer for better reflections
But within 20 minutes the wind had picked up and they were worst. And more light came in....

Title: Re: Fishlake aspens
Post by: NancyP on October 15, 2014, 11:00:00 am

I like the spacing of the aspens, which gives the shot an extra boost that puts it above the bulk of yellow aspen shots (a tough subject, given its popularity).

Title: Re: Fishlake aspens
Post by: Lonnie Utah on October 15, 2014, 11:51:02 am

Quote from: leeonmaui on October 14, 2014, 11:15:32 pm

Wish it was calmer for better reflections
But within 20 minutes the wind had picked up and they were worst. And more light came in....

This is what a 9 or 10 stop ND filter is for. :) 

Title: Re: Fishlake aspens
Post by: framah on October 15, 2014, 12:07:26 pm

I love so much about this piece!! Especially the patches of yellow  in the upper part. It seems to counterpoint the lower mass of color nicely.

2 thumbs up!

Title: Re: Fishlake aspens
Post by: leeonmaui on October 15, 2014, 11:27:01 pm

Aloha,

I use grads a lot, I don't think they would have gotten me what I wanted from this shot
I like your thinking though...

For me it was a rare day, I got three or four images that I will publish to prints, well at least three
but maybe I'm just so happy to see fall colors as (pity me) I live in Hawaii, where our weather is pretty much; spring and summer, approaching tropical storm Ana not withstanding!

Title: Re: Oldest living things
Post by: leeonmaui on October 16, 2014, 11:48:53 pm

Aloha,
As a side note and bonus;
The Fish Lake aspen colony"pando" is considered
To be the oldest living organism in the world
Two of the shots posted are in the Pando colony.