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Gregory:  It's difficult to get a nicely exposed picture in the woods when the sun is out creating darks and light spots.  When you expose for the highlights, the rest goes dark and creates confusion as well as under-exposure in the shadow areas.  It can work in special circumstances but not many.  That's why overcast days are usually usually better for shots in the woods as you have the same lighting throughout.   MAybe if you cropped a section such as that area in the middle with the orangy leaves.   Thank for posting.  Alan

Alan:

Thanks fro your time and comments - it is difficult to capture and reproduce the play of light and dark on a sunny day - but it is exactly that which makes these scenes so captivating. An overcast day would just show equanimity- I  hoped to capture the contrast of light, color, and dark which , in reality,is so mesmerizing- sorry if I didn't quite get it. Wish there was a better 28-300 lens than the Tamron but haven't heard of one yet.

G

Greg  In looking at it again, it's probably because there's more dark areas than light areas.  Had it been the opposite, it probably would have worked better.  Alan