Yesterday I went jogging in high winds and rain. I brought my camera anyway and when I got to the lake I snapped a couple of shots; not expecting much. They turned out very "painterly" and the colours were so rich I got up early this morning to go back with tripod and various lenses to see if I could get better images. Not sure how I did. I am not bumping the saturation on these, I turned down the luminescence on the reds and I lowered the preset for sharpness. I find the brilliant reds tend to lose definition.

The first two are from yesterday. I had the Pentax 18 - 135 and I used ISO 400. The first one is cropped as it totally lost all clarity on the edges, but I loved the tree.






And from today, same scene, direct morning sunlight Tamron 90, ISO 100 ... completely different feel.




I paddled over to our campsite on the lake to take these with the Sigma:






thanks for having a look!

[usn ret]

Very nice Tess. Now a trip back to the same location on a regular basis to document the change of season as a documentary to be presented here in the future. Anyways, thanks for sharing.....Cliff

[eaglem]

Great vivid autumn colours here.

[AussieTrev]

Autumn colours are always very nice. We don't get them at home, but at the mother in-laws we do, but never seem to be there at the right time. Damn work getting in the road.

Your capture does them justice. Beautiful.

[Sailor]

Thanks for the autumn colors, Tess.

Jer

[Marcus Kauffman]

very nice colors Tess!

[slowpez]

That Tammy sure does deliver on color Tess. Thanks for bringing us some fall color. Our pine trees just don't give us much in the way of color . Beautiful series.

[loco]

Whoa!! Wonderful colors, Tess! I can't wait 'til we see the color down here. That second shot is my favorite, something about the dark skies really sets off the vivid red!!

[Bob Harris]

the overcast sky seems to have improved the colors, doesn't work that way with me. Tess, is the red some type of maple, on our way to Bryce yesterday, we saw similar trees scattered throughout the landscape up in the mountains.

[Bruce Clark]

Another wonderful series. Those reds are quite remarkable even after you have toned them down, I hate to pick favourites but 3 & 4 with the water in the foreground and just a hint of reflection jump out to me.

[tessfully]

Hey all! I want to say a mass THANK YOU for having a look and for the nice comments on my very red tree photos. I have been trying to ignore this series as I wasn't sure I liked it that much. I think I do like the first two that were taken under dark rainy skies and lots of wind. To my eyes, colour like this seems to do better when the light is not bright, ...but they are mostly out of focus so I need to try another rainy day with a better set up. Reading all these wonderful comments has me looking at the last couple with fresh perspective. I am learning that photography can be moody. Thank you again for always supporting my endeavors

[deaning]

The first one is cropped as it totally lost all clarity on the edges, but I loved the tree.

I would like to see it uncropped! Lovely set, from your comments/self criticism are you seeking the perfect shot? I have seen perfect lighting, perfect composition, perfect portraits, perfect landscapes but never the perfect shot. It is the imperfections that makes photos special to me. Those by yourself and barebutt Norm are inspirational.