[12/07] POTM: December is Red - bit-tech.net Forums

Nexxo · 18th Dec 2007, 21:03

Not exactly a white Christmas this year, but still pretty...

Slight blurring (I really need to get myself a tripod) and slight blow-out at the top (I really need to get a graduated filter...). Otherwise not bad for an unplanned shot.

supermonkey · 18th Dec 2007, 21:11

Wow. Is that natural color? I ask because some of the ground areas look red, as well.

I'm really not bothered by the slight blow out at the top. The highlights don't seem overly blown, and the vivid color immediately draws the eye down. The color is great, the composition is pleasantly simple, and the resulting image just works. I wouldn't mind seeing a bit more detail in the trees, but since the subject is clearly the red leaves, I'm not that bothered about it.

Nice job.

-monkey

dragontail · 18th Dec 2007, 22:34

Woah, great shot man. Nice use of the colour. What time of day was this?

OleJ · 18th Dec 2007, 23:07

Late evening light?
Very nice reds. Actually the colors are brilliant. But lacking in composition if I may be so direct. (look who's McTalking

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Nexxo · 18th Dec 2007, 23:28

It was sunset at the time, with frosty, hazy atmosphere as it was a cold winter evening. If the sky was not quite so bright in the image, it would have shown the pale orange it was in real life. This gave the otherwise burnt orange leaves a deep reddish hue, and that was what drew me to take a picture. I also set white balance for shadow, which boosts the warmer colours.

However in the upper left you can see a bit of green grass for comparison.

OleJ · 18th Dec 2007, 23:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nexxo

This gave the otherwise burnt orange leaves a deep reddish hue, and that was what drew me to take a picture. I also set white balance for shadow, which boosts the warmer colours.

Impressed with how well you know your camera settings

It's taken me 5 months to learn that low aperture means low dof and vice versa

ajack · 19th Dec 2007, 05:50

The red leaves on the ground look nice and all but the massive over-reddening of the whole thing detracts from it a lot imho, especially on the branches which don't look like they have red leaves, more that the branches are red themselves, far too much saturation I think.

Nexxo · 20th Dec 2007, 14:22

The branches don't have any leaves. It is the sky behind them that was orange (sunset + haze). That is also what caused the reddening of the scene... I could dial down the saturation but that would lose the whole point of the picture.

It messes with your mind because you expect forrests to be green.

Lorquis · 21st Dec 2007, 02:23

I must say I normally hate 'nature' shots but I actually really like this one.. My only issues are the same as you brought up...

Good work dude!

crazyg1zm0 · 21st Dec 2007, 12:52

I do love this picture especially how the red of the leaves looks un-natural

OleJ · 21st Dec 2007, 16:00

I gotta say that the red ringing around the branches really gets to me... But the leaves on the ground look sooo good. I dunno... Personally I'd try cropping all above the grey background tree line away and then remove just a slight in the bottom. Giving an extreme wide but also very interesting composition with the trees sticking up from the red ground like scattered poles.

Sorry if I'm too harsh. Trying hard not to be

Nexxo · 21st Dec 2007, 20:40

No worries.

All points of view are valuable. I think one of the problems is that I didn't have a tripod, which made the shot less sharp than it should have been.

18th Dec 2007, 21:03	#1
Nexxo ...like a geek! Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Birmingham, UK Posts: 15,115	[12/07] POTM: December is Red Not exactly a white Christmas this year, but still pretty... Slight blurring (I really need to get myself a tripod) and slight blow-out at the top (I really need to get a graduated filter...). Otherwise not bad for an unplanned shot. __________________ "You actually hope to achieve your ideals, I just use mine as an excuse to hate everything" --specofdust "There is no Real Life, only Away From Keyboard" --gpw111 "...my wife says I can't have any trolls, cause they argue with the dog and eat the fish" --KayinBlack

18th Dec 2007, 21:11	#2
supermonkey Space Monkey Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 2,710	Wow. Is that natural color? I ask because some of the ground areas look red, as well. I'm really not bothered by the slight blow out at the top. The highlights don't seem overly blown, and the vivid color immediately draws the eye down. The color is great, the composition is pleasantly simple, and the resulting image just works. I wouldn't mind seeing a bit more detail in the trees, but since the subject is clearly the red leaves, I'm not that bothered about it. Nice job. -monkey __________________ But of bliss and of glad life there is little to be said, before it ends; as works fair and wonderful, while still they endure for eyes to see, are their own record, and only when they are in peril or broken for ever do they pass into song. -J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion

18th Dec 2007, 22:34	#3
dragontail 7-2 offsuit Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Belfast/Cambridge Posts: 1,389	Woah, great shot man. Nice use of the colour. What time of day was this? __________________ Project COMTAR Acoustic Guitar, meet Mini-ITX *[ * * * * * * * * ]* MBP 15" \| Dell 2408WFP

18th Dec 2007, 23:07	#4
OleJ Me! Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Posts: 1,986	Late evening light? Very nice reds. Actually the colors are brilliant. But lacking in composition if I may be so direct. (look who's McTalking ) __________________ Quickr! Clickr to my Flickr! Canon camera stuff. Some aluminium PC, an HTPC and a MBP 17"..

18th Dec 2007, 23:28	#5
Nexxo ...like a geek! Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Birmingham, UK Posts: 15,115	It was sunset at the time, with frosty, hazy atmosphere as it was a cold winter evening. If the sky was not quite so bright in the image, it would have shown the pale orange it was in real life. This gave the otherwise burnt orange leaves a deep reddish hue, and that was what drew me to take a picture. I also set white balance for shadow, which boosts the warmer colours. However in the upper left you can see a bit of green grass for comparison. __________________ "You actually hope to achieve your ideals, I just use mine as an excuse to hate everything" --specofdust "There is no Real Life, only Away From Keyboard" --gpw111 "...my wife says I can't have any trolls, cause they argue with the dog and eat the fish" --KayinBlack

19th Dec 2007, 05:50	#7
ajack rox Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: /home Posts: 2,696	The red leaves on the ground look nice and all but the massive over-reddening of the whole thing detracts from it a lot imho, especially on the branches which don't look like they have red leaves, more that the branches are red themselves, far too much saturation I think. __________________ ajack.org DA \| Flickr select from pants;*

20th Dec 2007, 14:22	#8
Nexxo ...like a geek! Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Birmingham, UK Posts: 15,115	The branches don't have any leaves. It is the sky behind them that was orange (sunset + haze). That is also what caused the reddening of the scene... I could dial down the saturation but that would lose the whole point of the picture. It messes with your mind because you expect forrests to be green. __________________ "You actually hope to achieve your ideals, I just use mine as an excuse to hate everything" --specofdust "There is no Real Life, only Away From Keyboard" --gpw111 "...my wife says I can't have any trolls, cause they argue with the dog and eat the fish" --KayinBlack

21st Dec 2007, 02:23	#9
Lorquis lorquisSpamCount++; Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Somewhere rather cold... Posts: 4,551	I must say I normally hate 'nature' shots but I actually really like this one.. My only issues are the same as you brought up... Good work dude! __________________ Lorquis.

21st Dec 2007, 12:52	#10
crazyg1zm0 airsoft nerd Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: boston and manchester Posts: 652	I do love this picture especially how the red of the leaves looks un-natural __________________ overclockerzforum

21st Dec 2007, 16:00	#11
OleJ Me! Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Posts: 1,986	I gotta say that the red ringing around the branches really gets to me... But the leaves on the ground look sooo good. I dunno... Personally I'd try cropping all above the grey background tree line away and then remove just a slight in the bottom. Giving an extreme wide but also very interesting composition with the trees sticking up from the red ground like scattered poles. Sorry if I'm too harsh. Trying hard not to be __________________ Quickr! Clickr to my Flickr! Canon camera stuff. Some aluminium PC, an HTPC and a MBP 17"..

21st Dec 2007, 20:40	#12
Nexxo ...like a geek! Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Birmingham, UK Posts: 15,115	No worries. All points of view are valuable. I think one of the problems is that I didn't have a tripod, which made the shot less sharp than it should have been. __________________ "You actually hope to achieve your ideals, I just use mine as an excuse to hate everything" --specofdust "There is no Real Life, only Away From Keyboard" --gpw111 "...my wife says I can't have any trolls, cause they argue with the dog and eat the fish" --KayinBlack