No Longer Golden

Posted by Laurie (New Jersey, United States) on 6 December 2006 in Plant & Nature and Portfolio.

On Monday I went back to the same park where I shot these in their glorious fall color. There were few leaves left on the branches this time and the ones that were left were brown, no longer golden. Fall color has given way the the somber tones of winter...It was REALLY cold and windy too...BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

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Comments (17)

Stu from Kyoto, Japan

i love this shot. only one twig with leaves so its not too in-your-face, and the out-of-focus b'ground contrasts beautifully with the sharpness of detail in the leaves. nicely composed too.
excellent work mate.

6 Dec 2006 5:32am

@Stu: Thanks...I was drawn to it's simplicity and it was actually exactly what I was looking for. I lucked out as there weren't many leaves left.

kalyan from India

A well controlled shot....the brown leaves reflects nicely with the brown background!

6 Dec 2006 9:57am

@kalyan: Thank you.

david from chesham, United Kingdom

i like the way that the overall muted nature of the colour in this shot complements the wintry image.

6 Dec 2006 11:44am

@david: Thanks...I had to make the best of the colors or lack there of in this case and the light was nice enough when I shot this.

Pinto from India

Lovely shot and very nice post processing

6 Dec 2006 1:17pm

@Pinto: Thanks...post processing was pretty simple here...I just added some vignetting did some color balancing a little curves and blending with gradient map layer in black and white to lower the contrast a bit.

micki from United States

Great capture, especially if the wind was blowing!! Love the sepia toning, brings the whole season to a nice end.

6 Dec 2006 2:09pm

@micki: Thanks. It was cold and windy and I was just about frozen when I finally found some nicely "composed" leaves. My hands were just about numb and barely able to handle the camera at that point. I still had the walk home ahead of me too...BRRRRRRRR!!!

shiv from india, India

lovely shot laurie...

6 Dec 2006 3:45pm

@shiv: Thank you!

dawn from United States

The tones are quite lovely. They really draw me in.

6 Dec 2006 4:26pm

@dawn: Thanks I think the background is what really made these tones work out.

Duncan Galbraith from kyoto, Japan

wonderful image. really evocative of the change in season and some wonderful sepia processing to finish this off. The DoF is sublime too.

6 Dec 2006 4:32pm

@Duncan Galbraith: Thank you.

alberto from monteviale, Italy

very good use of DOF. and I like tones of colors...

6 Dec 2006 6:02pm

@alberto: Thank you.

photowannabe from pacifica, United States

The sepia tones show the attitude of the coming of winter. I like this a lot.

6 Dec 2006 7:04pm

@photowannabe: Thanks...those tones were pretty much as they were...The ground was littered with brown leaves and these were lower to the ground. There wasn't too much other than shades of brown around.

badala from Leiria, Portugal

Really simple and beautiful.

6 Dec 2006 9:19pm

@badala: Thanks.

Doug from Eastsound, United States

Very nice shot. I like the tone you used.

6 Dec 2006 11:34pm

@Doug: Thank you.

Darren from Tokyo, Japan

Nice use of light and the sepia look is great. Nice capture.

7 Dec 2006 12:16am

@Darren: Thanks, those tones were pretty much as they apear.

April from United States

Wow, lovely colors & great composition!

7 Dec 2006 5:41am

@April: Thanks.

Suby from Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

I am liking this, not many times can one get away with these tones on flower shots, but you have. Good DOF,

Suby

7 Dec 2006 8:13pm

@Suby: Thanks...believe it or not other than some slight curves and a little vignetting, this shot is pretty true to the original. The tones all around were that kind of brown.

Ben from United States

I like it, though I do wish there was a bit more DoF.

8 Dec 2006 12:01am

@Ben: Thanks...One thing you'll notice with me is I Love tight Dof in these kinds of shots. I like the way it separates the subject from the background almost giving it a deeper dimension. It's also hard to control and I am determined to master controlling tight DOF.

H.O from Victoria, Canada

Very nice image. great work.

16 Dec 2006 4:05am

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