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"Fall"ing for Red
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Challenge: Trees IV (Minimal Editing I)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Date: Oct 12, 2012
Aperture: 4.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/60
Date Uploaded: Oct 14, 2012

 This is a tree in the parking lot of my local church. The colors were so vibrant I couldn't help myself and then I remembered there was a tree challenge so I figured I would enter.

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Place: 29 out of 125
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Votes: 115
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OM System OM-5
Olympus 17mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko
10/21/2012 11:55:43 PM
nice perspective.
Nikon D810
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED
 10/21/2012 10:03:31 PM
I like the POV
well executed
Canon EOS R6
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 10/21/2012 05:28:04 PM
What a gorgeous vibrant red.
Nikon Z6II
Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S
 10/20/2012 10:03:51 AM
Like the colours of the leaves against the grey trunk
Canon EOS-600D/T3i Rebel
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
 10/19/2012 10:21:45 PM
Voted earlier coming back to comment.

Great details in the tree trunk and the leaves. Composition is good but has potential to be stellar. I think better lighting would have been better for it could have introduced a dramatic element to the composition. I.e. different times of the day illuminate the leaves to give it a natural glow or the sun lights up the side of the trunk to give some drama in highlights and shadow. Just a suggestion but another idea that could have been added to get a little more visual appeal is to have one leaf 'falling' in the frame. Admittingly, the attempt would be far more difficult to capture both tree and leaf in sharp detail but it may be possible if a leaf is held just at the top of the frame, focused on and let go with shutter fired.
Sony Alpha a7 II
Sony Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70mm f/4 ZA OSS
 10/18/2012 01:31:34 PM
I like the trunk disappearing into the canopy of leaves, but I think the image would hold my interest longer if there was more contrast within the leaves. For my taste, the leaves are too close to being a uniform blur of red.

ETA: Since this is a minimal editing challenge, I guess that would mean taking the picture in different light.
Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 10/15/2012 08:01:49 PM
One of my two 10s. Lovely.
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