End of Autumn

[janet Smith]

It's unlikely I'll get any more Autumn colour shots now, so here are a few more of my Autumn shots, let me know what you think please.....

 

[Mike Nogle]

Absolutely beautiful, every one, the first and third are my favorites.

 

[janet Smith]

Absolutely beautiful, every one, the first and third are my favorites.

Hello Mike

Thank you! The 1st and 2nd are my favourites, I'm very unsure about the 3rd - so I'm glad that someone likes it, thank you for commenting......

 

[Cedric MASSOULIER]

Hi,

1st and 2dn are also my favourites : nice colors and good use of background.

Regards,

Cedric.

 

[Ruben Alfu]

Hi Janet, I specially like the first and the last one, I can almost feel a smooth fresh breeze and hear the water running. There's something in the third one (certain "glow") that separates it from the others, a beautiful one too anyway.

 

[Winston Mitchell]

Great series. It expresses the thought beautifully. The only thing I would change is the size.

This drove me to your site where I spent some pleasant moments exploring...bookmarked for further study.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[Asher Kelman]

It's unlikely I'll get any more Autumn colour shots now, so here are a few more of my Autumn shots, let me know what you think please.....

Janet,

I do like the entire series. How could we not be enchanted with a sienna covered path though tree or the last leaves stubbornly holding on to their green color and place on the tree?

Janet Smith: The Last Leaves of Autumn 4​

It's this 4th picture, however, that brings together all the ideas, with a winding path like formation of the leaves, taken from above, almost a God-shot, showing the array of autumn colors and some rare hold-out leaves struggling to look green despite being abandoned!

I'd consider spending considerable effort on individual leaves, selecting some for sharpening and clarity.

Asher

 

[janet Smith]

Hi Cedric

Glad you liked them, thank you for your comments, much appreciated.....

 

[janet Smith]

Hi Janet, I specially like the first and the last one, I can almost feel a smooth fresh breeze and hear the water running.

Hello Ruben

We don't normally have a stream in our garden, but this one (only very small) arrived after very heavy rain, I was unsure about the last shot too, but it's growing on me.... Thank you for your comments.

 

[janet Smith]

Great series. It expresses the thought beautifully. The only thing I would change is the size.

This drove me to your site where I spent some pleasant moments exploring...bookmarked for further study

Hi Winston

Thank you for your comments, glad you enjoyed your visit to my website, nice to know you enjoyed your visit enough to want to return......

 

[janet Smith]

I'd consider spending considerable effort on individual leaves, selecting some for sharpening and clarity

Hi Asher

Thank you for your comments, this last shot was my least favourite out of these four, I often find that my feelings about a shot are swayed by how I felt at the time..... this stream was running down the side of my house, where there shouldn't be a stream! I suppose my feelings towards it were quite negative, although now I'm beginning to see the photograph in a different light, the variety and colours of the leaves which had become piled up are interesting in there own way, I think I'll rework the shot as you suggest. Thank you for the idea.

 

[Winston Mitchell]

Janet, don't sell the last one short. The way I see it, you loaded the bases with the first three and brought them all home with the last one.

 

[janet Smith]

Janet, don't sell the last one short. The way I see it, you loaded the bases with the first three and brought them all home with the last one.

Thank you Winston, it's growing on me - I think I'll print it and see how I feel about it after I've lived with it for a while.

 

[fahim mohammed]

Hi Janet, for me the colors of autumn are exotic and your series mesmerising. #3 is my favorite. What
colors shall one find across the bend? The shade provides for me feeling of clear autumn cold..fresh with
a typical smell experienced but indescribable.

Lovely.

 

[janet Smith]

#3 is my favorite. What colors shall one find across the bend? The shade provides for me feeling of clear autumn cold..fresh with a typical smell experienced but indescribable.

Lovely.

Hi Fahim

Thank you for your comments

When you get through the tangle of branches.......

You emerge to this, and yes the smell is of leaves, wood and a zing in the air from the waterfall...

 

[Nigel Allan]

I like the first because it is so totally unexpected to make somethign so beautiful out of somethign most of us just pass by and ignore, and I like the last because it sums up your title most accurately as in END of Autumn...the rest is Autumn, the last the truly the end of the road (sorry, river) for these leaves.

 

[janet Smith]

I like the first because it is so totally unexpected to make somethign so beautiful out of somethign most of us just pass by and ignore

Hi Nigel

What a nice thing to say! The leaves in the first shot were just glowing in the sunlight and shouting out to be photographed!

I often shoot into the sun...... loving to include light patterns in the background as part of the composition, I'm looking forward to shooting winter next. Thank you for commenting Nigel.

 

[Ruben Alfu]

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Beautiful, the colors and the look of the water streaming are very pleasant.

 

[janet Smith]

Beautiful, the colors and the look of the water streaming are very pleasant.

Hi Ruben

Thank you - sadly the leaves are just about all gone now, but there should be icicles next, can hardly wait!

 

[Charlotte Thompson]

Janet

I for one love love love the third

it is such a gorgeous trail to neverland
I so think the mystery is so involeved in the total of this shot and would love to know what you thought when you saw it

it can take a spirit to forever! I would have loved to take my Arabian horse on a good canter through those leaves- actually in this shot I did!
beautiful

Charlotte-

 

[Edward Bussa]

Janet, a beautiful place/time to be in. Thanks for sharing.

The third image of the tree shrouded path is like another world - strange yet familiar. At the same time I'm being drawn to it, I spot a few things I'd might change to suit my ideal for the image.

First, the blurring caught my eye. I like it, but it also distracted me. I know sometimes my first pass on an image is rough. I wonder if a little more time spent on the blurring using some more detailed techniques might get the effect you want without drawing attention to itself?

Second, I wanted the foreground to have more contrast, more fill and more saturation. So many leaves, I want to see them all!

Please don't take this the wrong way, I wish the image was mine - then I could do exactly what I wanted to with it

 

[janet Smith]

At the same time I'm being drawn to it, I spot a few things I'd might change to suit my ideal for the image.....
First, the blurring caught my eye. I like it, but it also distracted me. I know sometimes my first pass on an image is rough. I wonder if a little more time spent on the blurring using some more detailed techniques might get the effect you want without drawing attention to itself?

Please don't take this the wrong way, I wish the image was mine - then I could do exactly what I wanted to with it

Hi Ed

I was/am very uncertain about this one, you've highlighted exactly the concerns that I have, this version was a quick attempt, it's one of those shots that could be worked in so many ways isn't it, when I have more time I'll come back to it and have another go. Thank you for your comments, of course I don't mind, I always appreciate opinions/pointers/advice....

 

[janet Smith]

I for one love love love the third

it is such a gorgeous trail to neverland
I so think the mystery is so involeved in the total of this shot and would love to know what you thought when you saw it

it can take a spirit to forever! I would have loved to take my Arabian horse on a good canter through those leaves- actually in this shot I did!
beautiful

Hi Charlotte

Thank you for your comments, I'm really glad you like it, but I do think it needs more work, but your kind comments have encouraged me to see its potential, I will work on it some more - thank you...