Fall Foliage Photo Gallery

Here are a few foliage photos I took a couple of weekends ago. The maple leaves are from a trip up to Logan, Utah. They were taken during a mountain bike ride (surprise!). The aspen was actually taken in Salt Lake City, just before we left for Logan. I'm a little disappointed with the maple leaves because they aren't really sharp enough. I never carry a tripod when I ride and shooting those handheld was just a bit much to ask with the low light and the 18-200mm IS - even with image stabilization. I should have tried pushing the ISO another stop. Maybe that would have made the difference. But I think the real problem wasn't camera shake - it was me moving too close to the leaves. Maybe using continuous AF would have kept them sharp. A smaller aperture definitely would have made a difference. But then I would have had to use an even slower shutter speed...

Anyway, they're so pretty I wanted to share them. And I thought also sharing some of my thoughts on why they aren't good enough might be useful to some.

Next time I vow to be more careful!

Next time :)

These are a little late but I'll stick them in here anyway.

All nice ones, OT, but I especially like the barn.

OK, I show my (2 bit) - (2 cents) worth.
I reduced to 800x600 but still too big - reduced again to HALF.
Both times auto resharpen. How do they look to you?

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Greg, That first one with the big Rock is stunning.

Roger R.

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Thanks Roger

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Here are a few foliage photos I took a couple of weekends ago. The maple leaves are from a trip up to Logan, Utah. They were taken during a mountain bike ride (surprise!). The aspen was actually taken in Salt Lake City, just before we left for Logan. I'm a little disappointed with the maple leaves because they aren't really sharp enough. I never carry a tripod when I ride and shooting those handheld was just a bit much to ask with the low light and the 18-200mm IS - even with image stabilization. I should have tried pushing the ISO another stop. Maybe that would have made the difference. But I think the real problem wasn't camera shake - it was me moving too close to the leaves. Maybe using continuous AF would have kept them sharp. A smaller aperture definitely would have made a difference. But then I would have had to use an even slower shutter speed...

Anyway, they're so pretty I wanted to share them. And I thought also sharing some of my thoughts on why they aren't good enough might be useful to some.

Next time I vow to be more careful!

Next time :)

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I like these. The saturation looks just right. I like the differentiation in the colours between the foreground and background in the first one, and the man-destroying-nature message in the second one.

Gotrocks, your photos are fine. If you couldn't load after resizing to 800x600, I would guess your quality is set too high. If you are using photoshop, after resizing and click save it brings up a box in which you can adjust the quality. It will need to be set at 8 or sometimes 9 or it just retains too many pixels or something.

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All nice ones, OT, but I especially like the barn.

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Thanks Frog. I've got this thing for barns and seek them out when I'm out cruising for pics.

Great images from everyone! I'll have to remember this thread the next time that I'm out in the country!

Here's one from this week:

http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/8788/prtress.jpg

- Joe U.

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and the man-destroying-nature message in the second one.

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Heyyy - that's your interpretation! I just see some tasty, tacky mud and a pretty leaf :D

Here is my contribution to the thread. One was taken at night with the Harvest moon. The other is Mt. Raineer.
Jimmy B

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Here is my contribution to the thread. One was taken at night with the Harvest moon. The other is Mt. Raineer.
Jimmy B

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Jimmy,

Those shots are gorgeous.

Roger R.

Thank you again Frog. Now let's see what this looks like from the same trip as other three.

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Live and learn..... die and forget it all.
One more thank you.
There are so many wonderful pictures on this site, and since I don't feel qualified to critique I just enjoy and go on.
Thanks to all who show their work (efforts).

Not sure of the right treatment for this

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Not sure of the right treatment for this

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Weed killer :-)

Roger R.

Roger R. Thank you.
There are some really impressive images in this thread!
Jimmy B

A few pictures from Arlington Cemetery and one from Shenandoah NP:

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Here are a couple of colorful hangers on from yesterday afternoon.

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A Lightroom 3 beta sample too! Processed entirely in Lightroom 3.
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A Lightroom 3 beta sample too! Processed entirely in Lightroom 3.
Cropped but not resized, fairly large full size (1500x1500) image.

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Nice one, Carleton. Fall leaves are such a great subject. Once I start shooting them it's hard to stop. I find myself just wandering, looking for more interesting characters :)

I take it this is a studio shot? I should try that. I rarely shoot anything besides products in the studio. I need to do bring more food, leaves, flowers, etc. in and play with them under the lights.

Here are a few colorful leaves, it is a strange occurrence where I live, but this year there are a few colorful trees