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Dog Wood Color

January 2009

Title - Dog Wood Color

How I did it -

I was in Virginia for fall color in early November. I took this photo in two sections because I was too close. Then I did photoShop stuff like darkening background and muting highlights. I just tried to emphasize the gorgeous color and composition.


COMMENTS:
Kenneth Deitcher, MD, FPSA

Very striking, colorful fall foliage. I think the composition works quite well emphasizing the tree trunks and the diagonal smaller branches.

Elaine Icklan

The composition is nice. However the color is flat (perhaps due to quality loss from a restricted pixel size.

Shirley Ramaley

Lovely fall scene. We have this in Arizona too, but most people don't realize that. It is a little soft - I'd like to see more definition in at least some of the leaves. All in all, a pleasant shot.

John Rodete

 

Dewey Val Schorre

Beautiful fall colors. Great job of stitching to make a vertical composition.



Member Bio
Barbara Mallon - Biography

My parents met in a camera club and had me in the darkroom as a small child. I got serious about photography when I had small children and made a nice record of their early years. Today I shoot flowers and landscapes, grand children plus occasional portraits and events for friends. I like sharing my hobby and am in charge of the Livermore Valley Camera Club's classes that we teach through LARPD as fundraisers. Also I have had a 4-H Photography project since 1980. I have done photography projects with Livermore Schools. I have judged camera clubs, a conference of camera. I am a member of PSA (Photographic Society of America) and also belong to their creative Flowers Slide Study Group. I started with black and white prints in medium format; then I took 35mm slides and began printing Cibachrome (Ilfochrome) in1995. Later, I bought a computer and PhotoShop and am now printing most of my photos on an Epson 1270 printer from scanned slides.

 


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