Walked around Lake George, NY with nshapiro for a couple of hours when I was in the area for a family wedding. The trees were really gorgeous.
I started out trying to make it good and sharp, but it just kept looking bad. Finally, after an initial sharpening pass, I tried various combinations of gaussian blur and fading in PS CS2. For once, my Critical Mass teammates and my wife were unanimous that this was the one: gaussian blur at 80 pixels and faded 50%. Resize, submit.
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Very nice view into the tree. Funny thing I almost enjoy the shot without the trunk (if I cover with my hands, but of course it wouldn't meet the challenge as well). Very highlight detail and terrific colors.
Ahhh Jeffrey, perfectly great photo to demonstrate how complimentary colors enhance everything. The bright blue and the beautiful yellow/orange ... awesome. And the man throws in the diagonal too to just raise the bar!!!
Great job. Congrats.
it was so hard not to take this type of picture this past foliage season here in the sticks! The foliage has been awesome & you captured this so nicely! Good for you and congrats on your finish!
Was the wedding fun? I love a good wedding!!
~Anni
Nice impact. Like the dark branches above contrasted with the richly colored leaves. The tree trunk leads my eyes nicely to the beautifully colored foilage. My favorite so far in this competition.
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