Golden in Golden Gate Canyon State Park

Mike Lewis

Mike Lewis

Staff Member
3 of us newly minted FW members were in this relatively locally located state park a few years ago (long before FW was a thing), and happened to catch the trees in a pretty sweet display. I have been to this location a number of times in the fall, and it almost never disappoints. It is also not always super crowded, as RMNP can tend to get. I have a number of images form this area I like, but this one is special me cause it is something different than the wider angle more expansive type of images I frequently seem to take. While I have seen lots of these types of more intimate scenes taken by others that I like very much, this is one of the few I have taken myself that I like.

Comments and critiques welcome!

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LRCC_StandandDeliver_FW_TAP00632

Aspen detail, Golden Gate Canyon State Park, Colorado

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AlanLichty

AlanLichty

Moderator
The aspen trunks here look almost pristine compared to the battered ones I am used to seeing. They steal the show in this shot.
 
Mike Lewis

Mike Lewis

Staff Member
Alan,

Yes, the trunks are very cool, and this is a case of where I thought I was shooting the leaves, but turned out after seeing the shot on screen that I really liked how the trunks were rendered even more.

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Dean

Dean

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MIke,
Beautiful.. love these scenes.
I like this the way it is and i would also like a vertical pano of an even more intamate scene of the 3 center trunks with just a little to the right of the right ones and on the left cropping of about 2/3 of what is there now. I really love the way the leaves would wrap around the one trunk that would remain on the left down low. Just a thought..
REagrds, Dean
 
Mike Lewis

Mike Lewis

Staff Member
Dean said:
MIke,
Beautiful.. love these scenes.
I like this the way it is and i would also like a vertical pano of an even more intamate scene of the 3 center trunks with just a little to the right of the right ones and on the left cropping of about 2/3 of what is there now. I really love the way the leaves would wrap around the one trunk that would remain on the left down low. Just a thought..
REagrds, Dean
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Alisa said:
I love this! Aspens and color are my favorite!
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Dean,

That's a fun idea - I will have to try that crop out. For some reason I virtually NEVER think to frame things vertically in the field. But this is a high resolution shot, so could still be a viable image cropped that way. I will try it out and then post it here...

Alisa,

Thanks for the kind comments!

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Mike Lewis

Mike Lewis

Staff Member
Dean said:
MIke,
Beautiful.. love these scenes.
I like this the way it is and i would also like a vertical pano of an even more intamate scene of the 3 center trunks with just a little to the right of the right ones and on the left cropping of about 2/3 of what is there now. I really love the way the leaves would wrap around the one trunk that would remain on the left down low. Just a thought..
REagrds, Dean
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Dean,

Here is what I came up with from a quick crop. It ends of as an almost square image, and the 5DSr still puts over 5,000 pixels on each dimension; resized for gallery submission to ~3,000, and then of course resized again to show up in the forum post here. What do you think? I have to admit it is a nice version, and does accentuate the trunks while preserving a good swatch of color.

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Almost square crop of shot from Golden Gate Canyon State Park

Thanhks for the suggestion!

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Dean

Dean

Well-Known Member
Mike,
I like the new crop a lot.. actually both versions. For aspens especially I tend to think in terms of a vertical layout to play in to the strengths of the verticals. I have shot many 3 frame panos in a vertical orientation for the aspens they always seem to work out. Thanks for posting this. Regards,
Dean
 
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