Manistee River in Autumn

Thoughts welcome -

 

Thanks, David

David, I enjoyed your fall photo. A very scenic and peaceful view. Well done. Fall is my favorite time of year, I wish it lasted longer. Take care.

Fantastic work David. My first thought is "very painterly". I really love the variety of muted colors. This is heading to my favorites!

Very beautiful. Great colors.

Gorgeus image!

Mother nature puts on the best clothes before undressing for the winter. A classic

autumn scene...like it !

fantastic colors and composition, I like it a lot

regards!

 

Una hermosa composicion otoñal.

Saludos.

Thanks very much everyone - Regards, David

David,

This is another beautiful Fall scene. I really like how peaceful this scene is. Colors & light are perfect. Well done. Regards, Patsy

Very nice and I agree with Mark's comment.

 

Warm regards, Pamela

Another great one David;

You are soo good in nailing these colors, in rendering this soft light.

wonderful ... Piet

A very good composition with an atractive set of colours and details. Good work.Regards

A very beautiful Pic. Regards

Great shot David. It really highlights the beauty of fall and I found myself being crawn into the picture. Very mesmerizing. Greetings-Jim

Patsy, Pam, Piet, Armando, Jay, & Jim - Good to hear from all of you, and thank you very much for your appreciative words.

 

Best, David

Great composition and beautiful colors.

Best Regards Siw

Hi David, The colors and lighting are just beautiful! Great composition also.....Regards Elaine

What a wonderful time of year for a man with your skills. Just beautiful! David

Siw, Elaine, & David - So good of you to stop by and comment.

 

Thanks very much, David

I love the autumn, it never lasts long enough. This is so lovely. I love the way the river or lake glows softly with light, it gives a peaceful feel to the whole image. Wonderful, I love it. All the best, Linda

Hi Linda, and thank you very much. Fall is my favorite season too - so beautiful, but amazing how hard it can be to do it justice photographicaly - at least for me!

 

Best wishes, David

David, here is why I love this image so: I bet this scene is not normally very attractive - sort of a mixture of saplings and detritus, and maybe trash left by humans . But the way you have constructed it, I see many beautiful tones and light, and a beautiful composition which accents all that. Wonderful work.

Hi Liz - Thanks for your insightful remarks. You are basicly correct, in that I will sometimes utterly destroy an image, before rebuilding it step by step to conform to a vision not entirely true to nature - but to my own aesthetic interpretation. That said, there is no cropping or cloning here, but just a careful consideration given to each color's tone and luminosity. The composition had to be there regardless of course. I did think the original scene was quite nice - thankfully there was no trash to clean up!

 

Best, David

As soon as I saw it i said that is a 'seven something rating' - natural colors and well composed. Not much more to add except to say "Beautiful". Of course you know, there is an anon 4/4 - I don't believe this image is "average".