Nature Through The Lens

Sunday’s Hidden Treasure

Late day sun causes the fallen leaves on the forest floor, as well as the remaining leaves on the trees to glow a wonderful orange-gold, with the trees casting long shadows. Bright blue sky can be seen through the trees, with a stone wall also in the background.

 

From late October through most of November, the most gorgeous golden light passes through the woods on the side of the road to my house. So far this is the best I’ve done to capture it. Taken back in 2008, only a few months after I bought my first camera, this is also my first attempt at HDR, not half bad if I do say so myself.

Canon 40D

Canon EF 24-70 f2.8L

ISO 100, 45mm, f8 @ 1/100

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14 Responses

  1. Beautiful! I also love the snowing background :)

    December 9, 2012 at 12:36 pm

    • Thanks Stephanie. If I can’t have the real thing, I might as well have it on my blog :-D

      December 9, 2012 at 12:43 pm

      • I know! I have a snowy desktop because this winter has been weird and I miss the cold and snow! Hope things change soon! I didn’t move to TN from FL to have mild winters :(

        December 10, 2012 at 12:31 am

        • Try NEw England with mild winters. I’m torn, working as an auto mechanic in my “real” life, I really dislike working under cars for about 3 days after a snow storm. But not having it to photograph makes for very boring “Winter” photos.

          December 10, 2012 at 5:33 am

  2. Excellent job with the HDR on this one Jeff. Sometimes I find HDR looks kind of overdone, but this is perfect. The colours are so rich and the lighting is beautiful!!

    December 9, 2012 at 1:23 pm

    • Thank you Cindy. I am pretty happy with it even though it was done in an old version of Photoshop, CS2. If I still had the original images I think I could have done a much better job with HDR Efex Pro 2.

      December 9, 2012 at 1:56 pm

  3. this’s lovely and the snowy background’s great

    December 9, 2012 at 6:19 pm

    • Thanks Yassmin. I really want some of the real thing, so this will have to do until then :-)

      December 10, 2012 at 5:28 am

  4. I love autumn. What an awesome photo :)

    December 9, 2012 at 11:15 pm

    • Thank you, it’s my favorite season, at least as long as the color lasts. As soon as the leaves are all down and the color is gone I start wishing for snow!

      December 10, 2012 at 5:31 am

  5. Love the colors on the trees and on the ground!

    December 26, 2012 at 3:23 pm

    • Thanks Belen. The late day light falling through the trees in this little patch of woods during late Autumn has the most beautiful glow. I’m still trying to do it justice.

      December 26, 2012 at 7:29 pm

  6. Reblogged this on sueshan123.

    May 5, 2013 at 1:14 pm

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