Betws Autumn

[Treff]

A couple of pics during a walk in the local park.


Fire Tree by treff, on Flickr



Betws park6.jpg by treff, on Flickr

[rcarca]

Re: Betws Autumn

Hey Treff,

I love no2 particularly. Great deep DoF!

Richard

[Wayne Els]

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I really like the second one, the blue sky and foreground leaves add a different dimension to the silhouette and long shadows.

[mark watty]

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great colours, like them both

Mark.

[tesarver]

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Hi Treff,

of the 2 The 1st has the strongest composition for me. The way you used the camera position, the leaves and the mound to lead the eye to the tree is in my book.

Tom

[Mazzie]

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beautiful autumn colours, love the blue just showing through the leaves.

[Treff]

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Many thanks for looking and the nice comments. This park is just down from our home and is always a pleasure to walk through. A few tips I will pass on that maybe or may not be of interest to you. In number 2 the leaves actually hide a row of distant houses that was spoiling the Autumn scene.
An old trick is find a wind blown branch with leaves and hold it in front of the camera to hide offending object. It also adds some depth to a pic. It's easier if you use a tripod. Trick number 2 is to tear a little hole in one of the leaves and let the sun light beam through. Very effective in close up. Number 3 is to get down really low. Use a wide lens and small aperture say f 16 to 32 then drizzle leaves in from of the lens whilst shooting. This works quite well against the light.
Hope all this helps you even if just a little. Like the man said "the best attachment you have for any camera is the imagination" Have fun
Cheers
Treff

[Rogger]

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Both images are great Treff, and your cunning tricks have been noted.. Nice work !!

Roger

[MX5]

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Well caught. I've had a lot of trouble even finding 'New England' style autumn in the UK. Yesterday in The Lakes all the brown, orange and 'gold' colours looked very subdued ... so thanks for sharing what I'm missing.

[kiwigav]

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really like the shots and your tricks! Very good ideas.

An old trick is find a wind blown branch with leaves and hold it in front of the camera to hide offending object. It also adds some depth to a pic. It's easier if you use a tripod.

Trick number 2 is to tear a little hole in one of the leaves and let the sun light beam through. Very effective in close up.

Number 3 is to get down really low. Use a wide lens and small aperture say f 16 to 32 then drizzle leaves in from of the lens whilst shooting. This works quite well against the light.
Hope all this helps you even if just a little. Like the man said "the best attachment you have for any camera is the imagination" Have fun
Cheers
Treff

[DeeGee]

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Number two for me with the light through the leaves and the shadows on the floor.

[Hereford_EOS]

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Number two for me with the light through the leaves and the shadows on the floor.

Same here for the same reason.
Thanks for the tips Treff, now noted

[ST-EOS]

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Two great images with colour, light and composition you have here Treff. The second with the foreground leaves is unusual but works well. The colourful central tree in the first image really pops, well done

[Housey]

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No.2 for me. Nice idea and works really well. Will have to remember this trick.