Winter berries - about all that's left Photo

Photographer’s Note

Got back from home Sunday evening... We had a great trip going there, but coming back?? Oh, my word.

It rained from the time I started the car until about an hour before I pulled in the driveway. There was a heavy fog and bumper-to-bumper traffic on an Interstate highway through the mountains. It took me 9 hours to make what is normally a 6 hour drive.

It was a wonderful trip, though. Soooo good to see my family and old friends, had a GREAT Thanksgiving dinner, saw one of my brothers I only get to see maybe a couple of times a year.

There wasn't much to photograph. Most of the leaves were already gone and they said it didn't really get outrageously colorful. These little berry trees were all over the place, though. I don't know what they are and I didn't even see any birds eating them. The only part of this picture I am really happy with is the sun to the left, but i hope you enjoy it. I am still recovering from my trip.

lucasgalodoido, dareco, fulvio52, Dyerco, windosil, lrw1966, COSTANTINO, litiancai has marked this note useful

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emilbo (9293) 2008-12-03 15:40

Allô Shelly!
Les feuilles du sorbier sont tombées mais les fruits peuvent demeurer tout l'hiver. Je me souviens lorsque j'étais tout jeune, on en mangeait après les gelées, les fruits étaient moins amère. Superbe macro et bonne exposition, le fond flou est intéressant et fait ressortir les fruits. Belle harmonie de couleurs.
Félicitations!...
Emilius

bracasha75 (21960) 2008-12-03 15:44

hello Shelly
This looks very fresh in our days of snow...remaind me little on Spring.
However lovely work Shelly
TFS
Cheers,Braca

lucasgalodoido (16583) 2008-12-03 18:43

Hi Shelly,
trips aways are great, i´d like very much. Intereting macro of this fruits(?), with good colors and sharpness. Great job my friend.
With greetings from Brazil,
Lucas

dareco (17104) 2008-12-03 20:11

It was nice to hear about your trip home, and now back and in one piece :) I love the bright red, and the detail. Very nice lighting. TFS

pankaj_ghosh (82) 2008-12-03 23:08

The lighting is good and the colours are rich .. is that a lens flare on the left?

fulvio52 (8314) 2008-12-04 1:29

Hi, Shelly.
Glad to hear you had a good time back home with your family. Colorful and dreamy still life, I've seen these berries around since I was a little kid and I still don't know their name nor what they are...
Have a wonderful day, I'll be seeing you.
Hugs,
Fulvio.

Dyerco (9018) 2008-12-04 8:49

Hi Shelly
Welcome back. Glad your trip went well. I like this a lot as the berries have a softness to them and they reflect the sunlight that is coming from the left. Good selective focus.
Phil

windosil (768) 2008-12-05 0:34

Welcome back, Shelly! Nine hour drive - you must have been exhausted. I hope you stopped often on the way.
This is a brilliant reproduction of the fruits of a flowering tree. The lighting makes the skins look soft and ready to burst if you touch them. I wonder if they are? Or are they really hard like the hawes of our hawthorn?
Winifred

lrw1966 (1630) 2008-12-05 8:18

Shelly Hi:

Splendid compositon of beautiful Nature at soon to be winter. Sounds like you had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family.

Congratulations, very nice composition and impressively presented.
Larry
USA-tfs
Thanks, as always, for your support.

sevy (13272) 2008-12-06 6:33

Hello Shelly,

Nice macro with a right play on the deep of field isolating the fruits on a blurred background.
The lightning was very good and put well in evidence the colors.
Yes, a very nice macro photo,

Yves.

gunbud (27763) 2008-12-06 15:50

Hi Shelly,
These bright red berries are seen throughout the northeast during the winter months.
I have often seeen them photographed white fresh snow on the trees.
Anyway they make quite a brilliant appearance against the lovely blue sky background.
Regards, Tom

COSTANTINO (22529) 2008-12-10 11:54

hELLO,
a nice photo with impressive red colour..
A photo that looks very fresh and lovely..
A photo different from the usual one..
regards and compliments
Costantino

Yves-triga (3356) 2008-12-12 3:30

Hello shelly,
I like better this one,
i like nature and this composition is very coloured.
Well see.
Yves

litiancai (1040) 2008-12-12 18:05

Hi Shelly,
The feel for this shot is great, and a very apt title too! The hard red and soft blue contrast well against each other in a pleasing way.
Only one thing though, it seems the photo has been over sharpened a bit. There are some hard zig-zag edges on the straight lines and high contrast points, like around the edge of the berries and along the twigs. I'm going to guess the original shot probably wasn't well focused? Either way, your vision to see the shot and compose it in this way makes that less important!
have a good weekend
Lee