"Aspenland"

This is a re-work of an earlier post. Changes are: scanned for 16 bit output to provide better

tonal range and reduction in localized yellow and red in the aspen trunks. Thanks for any

observations!! Larger view works well with this image.

Pure, simple, and really beautiful!

Very well done!

nice!

This is simply beautiful. Wonderful composition.

Sweet! And you know how much I like Aspen shots :)

You can really make that lens sing. Wonderful image. - SEan

This is excellent! Great composition, colors and lighting! Best regards.

Mark, this is an incomparable photograph; and reminds me so much of some of the work of Eliot Porter. Absolutely sterling composition. I really like the somewhat triangular clump of trees, and the mat of leaves on the ground balances, very nicely, the yellow leaves still on the trees. Excellent work, my friend! Cheers! Chris

Thanks to all for the favorable comments. As is often the case, I got stung by the 3/4 bug a few times with no criticisms offered. They don't even know why they DON'T like something. Thanks for observing the composition choice I made. The V in the trees is probably the opposite of good composition because it blocks the viewers entry. I chose this to convey the impenetrable forest: go left or go right, but straight in is not an option.

Very nicely done.

Mark, I'd guess about 1\2 stop overexposure. Within the film's latitude range with the benefit of maintaining a light and airy look. Because of this look I interpet this scene as a forest with the welcome mat out, not the impenetrable, 'keep out' area as you allude to. I don't remember the old file but whatever you did to this one, it works! Best, LM.

Hey Mark, your three current critique requests are amazing. What they have in common is a characteristic layering theme that you excel at capturing. This one in particular evokes jealous feelings because I have envisioned such a composition but never found quite the right grove of aspens as you found here. As Len mentions, you balance out deep shadows to create a very peaceful and welcoming place that leads the viewer into a happy yellow wonderland. This is just great, Mark. Cheers.

I think you could reduce the yellow 5-10 points and get an even more impressive effect. The trunks look too yellow to me, but when they are more neutral in color the golds and yellows stand out in a spectacular way.

A little less yellow, perhaps, but the yellow tint on the tree bark appears fairly natural and warms the scene. Reducing the yellow slightly is something Mark can try, also possibly dodging the trunks, but such changes will reduce the emotional warmth the current version presents. Cheers.

I like it. I just think the brightness and yellowness could be slightly reduced to have more pleasing sensation to the eyes.

Vastly superior to the first scan. I never had a chance to try K25 before they discontinued it.