Fall Color at Olmsted Ohio

my favorite Autumn combo.

This is still yet another photograph from the Olmsted Falls location.This particular area along the river and the falls farther downstreaminstills a feeling in one that it has been there, waiting, since thebeginning of time.

Your thoughts are invited. If you have the time,I feel the LARGER VIEW is better. Thank you.

Autumn is beatyfull at all. Nice colors and interesting place. Good shot and job. Regards.

One of the nicest, serene autumn shots I seen Walter. Very good DOF & the color saturation not overdone. A very pretty shot. Hang it on your wall

nice autum atmosphere

Walter, the branch reflection makes this special for me. Excellent image. I always get such good location tips from you. I was over in the Rocky River area last week - had I known about this and that it was so close, I would have gone here. So thanks for that as always.

One more thing if you don't mind - How/where do you focus on these shots? 1/3 into scene or do you use that hyperfocal formula that I can't ever seem to remember? Thanks for your help - Bryan.

Beautiful. Exposure is right on. Excellent image - Sean

Bryan, glad I can help with the locations! I always focus these the same way, specifically, I stop down to f22 and use the DOF scale on the lens to move the infinity setting to that f-stop, or just a smidgen before it. I check what it looks like through the VF with the DOF preview lever to be sure it is what I want, but my eyes are so bad now that this step is really just for composition. With the 55mm lens (used in this photograph) and especially the 45mm lens there is sufficient near/far coverage using this technique. Those equate to about a 28mm to 24mm wide-angle in 135 format. I also lock the mirror up before making the exposure. With the 6x7, the mirror slap is rather pronounced.

Yes, I like that branch's reflection also. It was a windy day and the water and trees were stirring about quite a bit. Just before I snapped the shutter it got calm...lucky!

Sean, thanks for the visit! I am enjoying your recent Autumn collection of the U.P. very much. It is one of my favorite locations.

I would like to thank everyone for stopping by! Regards.

Wonderfull Landscape, very beautifully taken... 7/7

It's like the secret not many people have a clue about -- the sweet, silent gorgeous stage of nature. Beautiful art. Takes you breath away.

WOW!

Belleza de luz, color y encuadre Walter,, un cordial saludo,,,6/6

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Another very nice Fall scene sir Walter. You do not know how to take a poor one do you? I do like the reflection, the colors, the little bit of blue sky up top and an excellent composition in my opinion. The fallen leaves scattered throughout this scene though are what really give me that Fall atmosphere that I have always enjoyed. I must say that Fall is the one thing that I absolutely do miss about living on the East coast. Last October I was in the Blue Ridge mountains for almost two weeks all alone, shooting locations similar to this. What a wonderful time and experience. Of course we all know what follows Fall however...

 

 

I would have possibly preferred to see the sky portion on either side of the image, rather than centered. But based on the reflection and foreground composition, I can see why you have it the way it is. Plus the bit off blue sky is off to the right. That is only a very minor thought too. On my monitor Walter, I do see a fair amount of a magenta cast, especially in the rocks. It could be Velvia, your scanner or even MY monitor. Though I do try to keep that in check. Here is a version pulling out some of that cast. Just a thought. Even with the strong reds though, it's a winner!

 

PS- How's the shoulder doing by the way?

 

Walter, thanks much for the info on using the lens dof scale and infinity setting. At least my super wide (14mm) has the markings on it, so I'll try it out soon hopefully. See ya...

Walter...amazing shot, great composition as usual..I agree with the above comment that there is a magenta cast in this shot and the border colors are distracting I feel. But everything else is perfect, the reflection of the branch, the very natural surroundings etc..7/7

Walter, this really is a terrific shot. I echo all the comments already made. I also see a bit of a magenta cast on my end. It's most noticable in the clouds.

Walter, this is a beautiful image, color saturation is great and the reflections are wonderful. Cheers, Sondra

Not much left to say... love the title.

Great color. Hard to beat Velvia on 6x7 on up. I really like the branch reflection in the foreground pool of water.

Great shot Walter!

Thank you for the rework on this photograph. Yes, there is indeed a magenta cast to this one (thank you, too, Laurie) because of the Didymium filter/Velvia combination. I removed some of it before posting but I guess not enough. And a big Mahalo nui loa for asking about the shoulder. It works but I have up and down days. Oh well...ain't get'n old grand!

Thanks Regina for the comment. The title was a quote from something the poet Shelley said a long time ago. For some reason I was reminded of his situation when I was out the day that I took this.

Rajeev! I hope you are doing well these days.

I would like to thank you all for visiting, commenting, the rates, and especially Dave R. for the WOW! Regards.

Very nice, Walter. I thought it had a magenta cast, too, and after seeing Vince's rework, I think it was leaning a little too much that way. Very nice composition, with the little "v" of sky in the middle.

Beautiful scenery. What is a didynium filter?

You make this look far too easy Walter. Nuff said.

Great Shot...ditto many of the above comments. I also use the 67II for most of my shooting, and I use a near-identical workflow for focusing and DOF. I've started using a 4x Loupe lately for checking DOF with the aperature preview--even if you're using the metered prism with this camera, you can snap it off and on at any aperature, loupe the ground glass, then replace the prism. This allows 2 things--you see the full frame and you can really check your focus via the loupe rather than squinting so much.......

 

Congrats!

~Chris

Cannot find anything to nit pick apart from what has been already said. Well done Walter. Regards,