Fall has arrived here in the NJ area and the leaves further W in Pennsylvania are peaking....I spent the weekend chasing them and waterfalls during the rainy conditions. Found this boulder covered with leaves so workede a few compositions. Managed to stay out of the water all weekend! This was in Childs Park PA.
Canon 1D Mark lll with the 17-40mm lens at 17mm and ISO 100 at f22 for 15 sec. Lee polarising filter used all mounted on tripod and Graf Studioball Head
I have debated cropping off the top part of the leaves...opinions?
Last edited by Roman Kurywczak; 10-19-2009 at 11:30 AM.
Reason: added ps
Hey Lance,
I am leaning towards the crop on this one....so I agree. I did use cloudy WB so I could add blues in selective color....to whiten them up a bit.....may go that route too....as for the leaves.....majority of them were there.....I did flip a few over.....had to be careful not to make it too clean! I did also compose a vert with the rock as most of the FG......it may have too many leaves on it if that is possible!
The Lee polariser is 100mm and I customized the holder to only hold it and 1 slot for filter......I may eliminate that too as I now generally HH my splits in front. I barely get vignetting at 17mm FF....never with the Mark lll .3 factor.
Beautiful lines and comp. Roman. I would leave it as is. The colors are fantastic. Nice running into you on Sunday. Too bad about your friends camera. Hope he has insurance.
Roman I love the comp and subject matter on this one but my first thought was "wow, is that water dirty." I agree with Lance that it really needs a boost there to really brighten up and counter all those dark rocks.
Love the pop of color throughout the image. I think I'd also take a slice off the top to the point where the leaves are on the rocks. Beautiful image as always.
Agree with crop Roman, the polarizer really brought out the leaves but I think I would like to see the water whiter. Interesting comp. Glad you stayed dry:)
Fall Cascade
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