A Touch of Autumn Light

[Julie Kenward]

The branches on my maple tree popped with color this afternoon. I created an image looking up through the filtered branches catching the light as it came through. I painted over a few darker areas (short twigs) using the eye dropper to select a close color and then painted over the dark parts with a soft brush. Next, I added both a 'Simplifier' action and an 'Illustrated' action. I then added a touch of the filter 'pointillize' and some canvas relief. Finally I adjusted the color channels to bring out even more of the yellow, red and greens and then boosted the midtones one last time in levels. This is what I came up with...

Canon 40D, EF 70-200mm f/4L
F4 @ 1/80th, ISO 200
Manual mode, pattern metering, handheld, natural light
Processed in ACR & CS4

[denise ippolito]

Julie, Nice effect and colors. Does have a nice autumn feel.

[Dave Mills]

Hi Julie, I agree about the nice autumn effect and colors. IMO compositionally the large leaf on the left blends too much with the backround to carry as a center of interest.

[Harshad Barve]

lovely colors and compo
TFS

[Indranil Sircar]

Nice autumn colors. Good effect.

[Cheryl Slechta]

Julie -beautiful colors. It has a dreamy effect which I really like:)