Lily Lake

[larryj]

I drove up to Lily Lake this morning and found that most of the aspen colors were mostly gone. I took an image of the lake and found the foreground was out of focus. So I took 2 images, one focusing on the foreground and the second focusing on the background. I blended the 2 images in Photoshop and this is the final result.

 

[AlanLichty]

The focus stack worked well - a technique I use often if the composition calls for it. Works great for this one. I love the view and the distant clouds.

You would normally have lots of aspen golds in this scene this time of fall? I have been starting to monitor what trees looks like around my area and we seem to be heading towards earlier than usual leaf changes. Almost a couple of weeks earlier.

 

[JimFox]

Nice job on the focus stack Larry. What was your aperture?

Too bad about the Aspens being gone. It's that time though in the higher elevations.

 

[larryj]

The focus stack worked well - a technique I use often if the composition calls for it. Works great for this one. I love the view and the distant clouds.

You would normally have lots of aspen golds in this scene this time of fall? I have been starting to monitor what trees looks like around my area and we seem to be heading towards earlier than usual leaf changes. Almost a couple of weeks earlier.

Hi Alan, thanks for the comments on this image. I am glad you like it!

Most years we have a strong aspen coloring in this are this time of year. We had an early cold snap and high winds, so that most of the leaves are off the trees and on the ground.

 

[larryj]

Nice job on the focus stack Larry. What was your aperture?

Too bad about the Aspens being gone. It's that time though in the higher elevations.

Thanks Jim for the nice comment on this image.
The camera was the Fujifilm GFX S50 II, the lens the Fujinon GF 30-70mm F: 4.5 -5.6. The image was shot at F:8.0.
We had an early cold snap and high winds, so that most of the leaves are off the trees and on the ground.

 

[Beth]

it's still pretty even without the aspens.

your 50 should have an option to focus bracket for you. you'll still have to blend them (ps usually does a great job on auto).

 

[larryj]

it's still pretty even without the aspens.

your 50 should have an option to focus bracket for you. you'll still have to blend them (ps usually does a great job on auto).

Thanks pepper for the nice comment, appreciated!

Still on the low in of the learning curve on the 50. I definitely look into the focus bracket function, thanks for the heads up!