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Fall Arrives in Lake George
Fall Arrives in Lake George
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Challenge: Photojournalism III (Minimal Editing I)
Collection: Fall
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon
Location: Lake George, NY, USA
Date: Oct 21, 2007
Aperture: 8.0
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/200s
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: Oct 25, 2007

 Went shooting with nshapiro while I was in upstate NY for a family wedding. He took my up to Lake George, a pretty little town with a walk along the lake. We spent an hour and moved only about 100 yards.

This was one of many options from shooting up into a couple of trees. I liked it because of the vivid red veins and the bokeh (out of focus areas and circular highlights in the background). The vivid mode on the D200 really makes the colors stand out; the RAW file shows the veins as essentially yellow.

The wind was very slight, but juuuust enough to move things out of focus and back at random, leading to classic tradeoffs. I was shooting with the 17-50 at basically its minimum focusing distance of about 10 inches, so I stopped down to F/8 to try to get more DOF. Then I had to increase ISO to 400 to get the shutter to 1/200 so I could free the motion. It's certainly not totally sharp, but hey, it's minimal editing, so I did my best.

I'll probably collect a fair number of DNMC complaints for this, but I've seen plenty of foliage shots in newspapers over the years. No, it's not hard news, but it's definitely appropriate for lifestyle articles.

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Canon EOS R5
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 11/02/2007 09:11:09 AM
It's a beautiful photo, no doubt Jeffrey. You got a fave, too. You definitely got hurt for what the voters perceived as a shoehorn - I think this would have done very well in the flora contest, for example.
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Canon EOS-7D
Tamron AF 28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 XR Di VC LD Aspherical(IF)Macro
 11/02/2007 01:11:54 AM
Jeffrey!! I obviously loved this in challnge, dodnt think it a stretch at all...depends wher eone lives. Foliage pics here in the sticks this time of year, so seemed a natural! Lovely composition with so many interetsing lines and great dof.

voters...beh!
:)
~Anni

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-7D
Tamron AF 28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 XR Di VC LD Aspherical(IF)Macro
 11/01/2007 11:32:27 PM
beautiful!! so simple yet so wonderful in its simplicity...8

good luck!
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Sony Alpha a55
Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 11/01/2007 06:01:27 PM
love the colour. For me, I've have gone with a different crop and angle, but it's good nonetheless
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 10/30/2007 07:33:57 PM
Nice detail in the leaf. great macro shot.
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro
 10/28/2007 09:00:57 AM
I LOVE Lake George!
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 10/27/2007 11:39:43 PM
Lovely colour and nice detail.
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Sony DSLR-A700
Sony DT 16-80mm f/3.5-4.5 ZA
 10/27/2007 09:27:35 PM
something for the rotogravure section but not the front page
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
 10/27/2007 07:40:40 PM
I love your leaf.. the color is magnificent..
Maybe a stretch for photojournalism IMO..
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Canon EOS-20D
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 10/27/2007 03:45:48 PM
I'm just not buying this as photojournalism. For that title, I'd expect to see more -- more leaves, a field of trees changing colors, a kid holding this leaf. If you're going to do a set-up shot for photojournalism, there definitely needs to be more story.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 10/26/2007 10:39:54 PM
Very nice composition and colors. I think it has great DOF and fills the frame very well. Nice work.
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Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 III
 10/26/2007 08:51:57 PM
Beautiful colors. 7
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 10/26/2007 07:38:12 PM
Beautiful colors, great detail.
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 24-120mm f/4G ED VR
 10/26/2007 01:00:25 PM
Very nice shot, sharp and well composed. A complementary colored BG would have helped make your leaf pop imo. Some people might argue that the arrival of fall is no subject for a front page but when you live in a small town (like I do), sometimes that's as exciting as life gets!!
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Olympus E-3
Olympus 40-150mm f/3.5-4.5 Zuiko Digital
 10/26/2007 12:34:45 PM
Wow...Very nice colors. I like this photo a great deal. Your photo made me think of all the other fall colors right outside my window.
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX7
Panasonic Lumix G 14mm F2.5 ASPH
10/26/2007 10:52:31 AM
Color seems off but bokeh is very nice.
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Nikon D3s
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 10/26/2007 04:58:50 AM
a stretch for the challenge..sorry
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