More “fall colors” from Montreal. Normally, the colors of the “fall foliage” are yellow and gold and on rare occasions, you can find the tree with bright red, “burning” colors. I spotted this tree a couple of days prior to the day I took this shot, and I waited for good weather with a favorable light. When I saw the bright sky with white clouds that served as a natural light diffuser, I knew it was my day.
I composed the shot to make the red colors of the tree, and fallen leaves on the ground, the main elements of the composition, and then I waited for 15-20 minutes for the rowers to pass by.
When I was processing the image in Photoshop, I realized that the small tree in the foreground was the real destruction and I had to use the Stamp Tool to cover/erase it. At the very end of the processing, I decided to flip the image horizontally. I thought that the rowers moving from left to right would improve the composition and make it more natural.
Deconstructing Featured Photo
- Camera: Canon 60D
- Lens: Sigma 10-20mm
- Focal Length: 10mm
- ISO: 100
- Aperture: F8
- Bracketing: 3 shots (-2; 0; +2)
- Tripod: hand-held
