Autumn Splendor Photo

Photographer’s Note

Our travels through northern Wyoming last fall were a delight given the cool crisp yet clear weather and the stunning autumn colors. This shot was taken near Cody amid the expansive rolling ranch lands of northern Wyoming.

I_WanderingSoul, fulvio52, Gerrit, avene, Floydian, BelCan75, IgorDeleze, feather, Philippe, gunbud, plimrn, jhm, ChrisJ, leo61, PixelTerror has marked this note useful

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I_WanderingSoul (652) 2009-02-10 7:22

Hi Gerald,
Splendid indeed!
the autumn colors look lovely in contrast with the barren landscape.
nice composition.
TFS,Neelima.

Cormac (26449) 2009-02-10 7:58

Nice panoramic view, with a good sense of space to it. The colours are the star of the show here, and you show them very well. Well done!

fulvio52 (8314) 2009-02-10 8:17

Hi, Gerald.
I sure remember those wind-swept rolling hills... Superb panoramic, stunning colors, absolutely splendid in terms of mood, TFS! Have a good day, buddy. See ya soon,
Fulvio.

Gerrit (35733) 2009-02-10 8:22

Hi Gerald,
Awesome autumnal colors and a very good composition.
Beautiful landscape,
Regards, Gerrit

avene (11014) 2009-02-10 8:32

great shot, Gerald, I like a lot the contrast between the cool blue sky and fiery reds and oranges of the hills. the colours are vibrant, the clarity - perfect. great, really great.

best,
Kristine

baba_flies (7985) 2009-02-10 9:00

Hello Gerald! How nice the little bit of grass on the side leading us out into the wide open space of Wyoming. The patches of orange and yellow are just beautiful, what a world out here, I see me riding along altough I cannot really ride and normally the horse takes over :))) Simply wonderful, what a great photo ... Barbara.

Floydian (30970) 2009-02-10 9:34

Hi Gerald,

Been a long ago since i was in Cody, but i remember the road to it very clearly. A vast and beautiful landscape, but i never saw it in these fantastic colours as you have here. That red is wonderful, but also the colourful line of trees what is winding over the hills. Great contrast with the blue...a very good one.

Regards,

Henk

Jeppo (11928) 2009-02-10 12:17

ciao Gerald,

maybe the tones are a bit saturated....but the atmosphere is warm and contagious...this picture let me feel breathing that air of infinity and freedom one can enjoy in the west!

tfs
silvio

BelCan75 (2418) 2009-02-10 13:29

Hi Gerald,

Great shot with amazing colours and what a view. I love all the different layers of colours. Great composition with wonderful details. Excellent work!

Greetings,
Ann ;)

rikko77 (6166) 2009-02-10 13:30

Hi Gerald, wonderful color saturation, I like the way you did cut the pic and the use of circular polarizer to give emphasis to the sky.
TFS!
Rikk

IgorDeleze (9247) 2009-02-10 13:31

Hello Gerald,
Very nice autumn landcape.
I realy like the colored spot.
Greetings.
Igor

ahmetgedikli (21913) 2009-02-10 13:33

Hi Gerald,
Very beautiful autumn scenery...
Very nice colors, details and beautiful sky. Well done. Greetings.
Ahmet

Nicou (44867) 2009-02-11 1:04

Hello,

Fantastique tons dans cette image, de toute beauté, ce jaune orangé, avec ce ciel, vraiment une toute belle image, la perfection.

Bravo et amitié

Nicou

azleader (6) 2009-02-11 4:07

Beautiful perspective and great fall colors.

feather (49860) 2009-02-11 6:30

This is a beautiful rolling landscape with some stunning colours. I like how the line of colours seems to lead the eye right through the scene. You were lucky with the sky with just the right amount of clouds.
Kath

Cricri (43100) 2009-02-11 7:27

Hi Gerald
Des couleurs qui font la beauté du paysage, c'est vraiment trés agréable a regarder
Friendship
cricri

Philippe (11775) 2009-02-11 9:23

Hi, Gerald. The autumn colours are a pleasure to the eye. There is a good mix here ranging from the dark green of the pines to the yellow and orange of the deciduous trees, not to mention the ochre of the prairie. All this stands well out against the sky. Good idea to have included the grassy triangle in the foreground.
Have a nice day,
Philippe

gunbud (27891) 2009-02-11 12:38

Hi Gerald,
Beautiful autumn colors and a beautiful blue sky and wispy clouds seen over this lovely high plains landscape.
The line of coorful hardwoods cut a lovely twisting line through the gently rolling hillside.
The Cody area has beautiful unique scenery and this is the first time I have seen it in the fall.
Regards, Tom

plimrn (19664) 2009-02-11 13:33

Hi Phil,
Stunning work, just perfect throughout from the FG framing of the grassy detail to the colorful line of trees snaking its way into the distance and the contrast of the warm FG with the cool sky.
HLJ, Pat

danyy (68802) 2009-02-12 22:32

Bonjour Gerald,
j'ai exposé les charmes de l'hiver, toi, ceux de l'automnes, bientôt on se mettra d'accord pour ceux du printemps. Vraiment chaque saison a ses charles et certains paysages sont beaux en toutes saisons.
Une photo bien colorée sous des lumières parfaites et un ciel magnifique.
Best regards.
Daniel.

jhm (82577) 2009-02-12 23:31

Hello Gerald,

The autumn colours are stunning.
Lovely panorama sight, also, the slope of the landscape is very nice.
Excellent work here. TFS.

Best regards,
John.

Waylim (10817) 2009-02-13 0:00

Gerald,
While I love the rich tone and strong colors, but I think this one is either a little under exposed or the filter is too dark, It feel like I'm looking through a yellow sunglass. Maybe that the effect that you're looking for to increase the intensity of the autumn colors, it certainly works but just a little tiny bit too much for my taste, but that is the great thing about this sight, we all have a different taste. I like the open field with variation of green and atumn colors, and beautiful sky. thanks
Way

Wandering_Dan (3229) 2009-02-13 9:08

Hi, Gerald -

I think Way has a point, that this is slightly underexposed. One other thought on your discussion with him, since this is a problem I have all the time: I find that my submissions often look great on my monitor while in Photoshop, but when I upload them to TE, they look darker. I've taken to increasing the brightness a little more than normal to compensate.

I've only been in Wyoming a few times, but this does not look like the usual scene I see there - more vegetation, the hills are more rolling, and especially that string of red-leafed trees is unusual. A very different perspective of the state, at least for me. TFS!

Best,
Dan

jemaflor (39385) 2009-02-14 4:38

Hi Gerald,
Great view with a lovely for warm colours, interesting depth and effect with this curve through this landscape, well framed.

ChrisJ (70271) 2009-02-14 22:15

Hi Gerald

I like the z shaped line of orange and yellow trees that act as lead in lines. Good colour contrasts against the blue sky too. Superb sharpness & framing. Tfs!

leo61 (43404) 2009-02-14 23:54

Hi Gerald!
A nice palete of colors at this wonderful landscape.The image has a great depth and i like the contrast with the sky.
Regarda,Leo

Cretense (56192) 2009-02-15 3:34

Hi Gerald!

Fantastic landscape (no surprise from you!), excellent framing and composition, great depth of field and blinding autumn colours! Amazing quality, as usual! Congratulations!

Hercules

barni (14537) 2009-02-15 14:01

Hi Gerald
Un contraste et des couleurs qui nous emporte dans le passé.
La ligne orange-jaune des arbres est superbe.
Regards
Christophe

TopGeo (21811) 2009-02-17 5:42

Hi Gerald,
Splendid panoramic view wonderful color of composition! the autumn landscape and interest sky given a scene with good place The moment look lovely in contrast with the barren hills Beautiful landscape,
Regards.
Georgios

PixelTerror (86138) 2009-02-19 22:20

Hi Gerald,
Seems the sky blue has suffered a bit here, but on the ground these trees in the middle are very eye catching, they also seem to be building a path to the background.
Have a nice day JY

zmey (7250) 2009-02-23 8:05

hi gerald! i looked at the picture and before scrolling to the geographic link, thought to myself: this MUST be WYOMING!... right i was :)) wonderful: that burning color tree line leading all the way into your frame. it seems, beginning of october is the time to visit cody.

warm regards
kristaps

kiks (6089) 2009-08-09 13:41

Very well done composition. The inclusion of the diagonal line at the left bring much more depth and scale to this wondeful landschape.
Best regadrs
KIks