Gold Falling from the Sky

[Patrick Sparkman]

This is another handheld blur shot from my favorite stand of birch trees in Glacier Park Montana, taken last month. This is a vertical pan blur with basic adjustments in Lightroom. Let me know what you think, and how the image could be improved.

Canon 1D IV, Canon 24 TS-E II, iso 50, f22, 1/4 sec

[denise ippolito]

I think you nailed the colors. The image does look like falling leaves. I like the amount of blur and the way it kind-of smears together.

[Paul Lagasi]

Looks like a gold meteorite shower..wild color, to balance it out I'd remove the leaves in the top left but thats me....well done

[Indranil Sircar]

Super colors.. love the melting effect. excellent work. TFS.

[Mark Fuge]

Nice image and application, Patrick.

Like the effect and agree with the others.

I might have cropped the left border a little to eliminate the leaves in the ULC, to have open sky as with the rest of the image, if it were mine. As is, I seek the rest of the leaf formation in that area. But very nice image.

[Patrick Sparkman]

I agree with removing the leaves from the ULHC. I wanted to do that, just being lazy. Thanks for the input.

[Kerry Perkins]

Patrick, I'm loving your postings here and this one is no exception. The gold of the leaves against that dark blue sky is super. I would love to have that lens... :cool: Nice use of it to correct the perspective.