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Autumn in the Bluies

Postby Mr Darcy on Sun May 03, 2009 4:52 pm

The Autumn foliage is more than a little spectacular this year
THese were all taken on a walk around the neighbourhood last week. It was just on dusk & I was handheld so the photos are not as sharp as I would like, still it is the colour I am trying to portray. I have pushed saturation a bit.
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And its not just foliage... After eating some of these, I was seeing fairies :)
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And its not just the exotics putting on a display at the moment...
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Re: Autumn in the Bluies

Postby zafra52 on Sun May 03, 2009 6:37 pm

Very nice pictures. I prefer the first one because of its rich red.
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Re: Autumn in the Bluies

Postby biggerry on Mon May 04, 2009 12:11 am

yeah it must be hard living up there?! :wink:

Very quinessential Blue Mountains, i love the bright..bright red leaves and the contrasting, almost, black trunk... :up:
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Re: Autumn in the Bluies

Postby ozimax on Mon May 04, 2009 10:46 am

Great colours from a wonderful area, (I was born at Springwood). Favourite time of the year. I shot a wedding on Saturday in Armidale and we had similar colours to play with.
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Re: Autumn in the Bluies

Postby DebT on Mon May 04, 2009 7:43 pm

Lovely colours, Japanese Maples ?
Fungi look interesting - did you get up close and do any macros?
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Re: Autumn in the Bluies

Postby Mr Darcy on Mon May 04, 2009 7:56 pm

DebT wrote:Lovely colours, Japanese Maples ?

These ones are, but there are lots of other deciduous trees in colour at the moment too. The 4 photo limit meant the other photos didn't make the cut.

DebT wrote:Fungi look interesting - did you get up close and do any macros?

No. Sorry. We were out for our daily constitutional -intended as exercise & therefore no stopping usually. Usually we don't carry camera, but I have been so taken by the colours, I have grabbed it for a few of the walks recently. The fungi were a different walk to the others. They were taken with the 24-70. The others were with the 85/1.4. I went past the fungi again today. They are looking decidedly past it now. If I see some more, I'll try for a macro or two.
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Postby DebT on Mon May 04, 2009 8:07 pm

Thanks I'll look forward to some more
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Re: Autumn in the Bluies

Postby surenj on Thu May 07, 2009 12:22 am

Nice reds! Would love to see some backlit red leaves...
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Re: Autumn in the Bluies

Postby latch on Thu May 07, 2009 1:53 pm

The first one is my favourite, but I really like the mushroom one too. Thanks for sharing the beauty.
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Re: Autumn in the Bluies

Postby kitchenwench on Thu May 07, 2009 8:56 pm

That first photo is beautiful - nice work for handheld at dusk! Love that vibrant red against the black tree limbs :)
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Re: Autumn in the Bluies

Postby Mr Darcy on Thu May 07, 2009 9:39 pm

kitchenwench wrote:That first photo is beautiful - nice work for handheld at dusk! Love that vibrant red against the black tree limbs :)

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The 85 f1.4 helped a lot. So did pushing the ISO to 1250 :wink: Still the D200 is not supposed to like it that high. I was pleasantly surprised. The lens explains why they were mostly detail shots. PS I like the new Avatar (and the Sweet Potato Salad)
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Re: Autumn in the Bluies

Postby kitchenwench on Thu May 07, 2009 9:49 pm

Thanks, Mr Darcy :) It's been awhile since I was about - work has been berkers for the past 6 months and to be honest, I really haven't taken the camera out much but I'm hoping to change that now :)
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