This was taken in the early morning. I was trying to capture two things with this. Firstly, the sense of slow but constant change inherent in seasonal movements, and secondly, the introspective beauty of autumn. When I saw the bench sitting under this tree I felt it was the link that expressed both of those things - To sit and watch the wind and trees play, to sit and contemplate the beauty of the change, these are childhood dreams.
Tones, saturation.
Epilogue: I was suffering from severe 'lens envy' at the time as just right of frame another photographer was snapping away at birds with a number of L lenses. One day...
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super idea for the challenge & this looks like a perfect tree & spot for this shot.. I wish you would have bumped up the saturation on all colors on this.. Let me see how bright & vibrant these reds & greens are.. It would help with distracting my eyes from the ultra white sky.. 7 for me. :-)