Aspen Gold

First of all this shot is great. It seems it was shot with a fish - eye lens, maybe you can tell us more.

fishy

but I'm not as enthralled as others by the high degree of distortion in the image

Amazing composition. I like it from the very beginning. Maybe I appreciated it not well enough though. It got stuck in my mind and I returned to see it again. The image is so unusual, you've used wide angle so smart. Highly original composition. Colors/contrast/saturation are also excellent. I'm not crazy about some vignetting or shadow(?) in left lower corner or about soft upper border. As for Daniel's shot on the same subject it is also amazing, but different both in composition and in terms of format (landscape). Great job, Curtis.

I even like this image better than the other shot - the trees all seem to reach to a common point, very attractive, also the shadow over the bottom creates a pleasent effect

great shot. Looks very surreal.

Fun picture.

I love this!

Amazing...Hilmi

It defiantly effectively helps to display the subject you are portraying. It brings the object into new light and you see it as you never have before. It almost brings in the whole atmosphere of the place you took a photo of without having to shoot panorama style, with some distortion. I love these fisheye shots and everyone keep taking them (i need to get one!).

The color and the composition are definitely the strong points in this one and in that

regard the photographer did quite well. Congrats, Curtis. I do, however, think that the

fisheye effect is a little much here. Looks too much like I am looking through a coke

bottle. Some may like that, I don't. Also, the dark spot in the left hand corner is

distressing. It looks like the lens (or combonation of lenses) didn't have enough

covering power. Makes the whole thing appear sloppy which is too bad.

I don't like the converging trees at all. I think it otherwise detracts from the strong complementary color scheme of blue/gold.

Curtis, I admired this photo when it was first posted and have thought of it several times. There are some wonderful nature/landscape images offered up here and there, but it is difficult to find a general perspective that has not been overworked in some respect. That is the icing on the cake for this photo. Great work.

Excuse me I'm getting a little dizzy.

I think the overall effect of the beautiful color, the point-of-view,

AND the distortion together are what make this photo so unique and gripping. It's wonderful in a cheery, disorienting sort of way.

I like the distortion - I was getting awfully tired of autumn pictures that all looked the same. This is bright and it's different. Works for me.

I hate the extremely distorted perspective. An example of man thinking nature isn't good enough, and having to change it. If you like this, I suggest dying brown bears purple.

It isnt an original use of a wide angel. The light isnt exceptional.

I like the converging treetops, combined with the close up view of the ground. It makes me think what it must be like up at the tops of the trees, they are all close together conferring or doing something that excludes those of us stuck on the ground. But down on the ground, we can look carefully at what is around beneath our feet.

Looks great! Love the colors and the perspective is terrific! Well done!

I love it. I'm totally floored.

 

I see too many fish-eye photos that look as if they should have been taken with a regular wide-angle, with not enough consideration for the special properties of a fish-eye.

 

This photograph is different. You have taken an already beautiful scene (look at those colors!) and exploited the properties of the fish-eye lens to create a trult memorable image. Thank you for this nice piece of eye candy on a Tuesday morning....

Excellent! It just shows how a switch of angle and lens make all the difference in terms of perspective and the world in general!

Great visual impact! we can feel almost the "fall" effect of those fallen leaves thanks to the angle, of both lense and camera.

... congratulations Curtis for this vertigo in yellow POW!

Well done! Strong DOF, perspective, and color.

KQ

Interesting that one can do this with lenses and call it "unmanipulated."

I am curious as to lense used, this eaither is not a standard Nikon lense or the image was worked over in Photoshop, can't we know Curtis ? It is a wonderfull work no matter what. A purple bear might be out of line but a photo of a bear taken nose to nose with a wide angle could be terrific (to say nothing of terrifying). This is no purple bear. Good work, Blessings !