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The One Less Traveled By (Focal B&W Version)
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The One Less Traveled By (Focal B&W Version)



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cameraOLYMPUS E-500

settings Aperture f/3.5 ISO 100 Shutter 1/40 Focal Length 18/1 

upload_dateFeb, 2016

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2 Comments |
jtwphotos PRO+
 
jtwphotos February 01, 2016
Colors beautifully captured.

Gorgeous photo.
dkpaulson
dkpaulson February 01, 2016
Thank you very much! Nothing beats fall for colors! :)
siegart
 
siegart June 14, 2016
nice colors and composition
dkpaulson
dkpaulson June 14, 2016
Thanks! Definitely one of my favorites :)

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Behind The Lens

Location

I took this photo in White Clay Creek State Park in Delaware (where I call home) a few years ago.

Time

It was around late afternoon/dusk. I began hiking around the park around mid-afternoon trying to capture some of the fall colors, and if I remember correctly, this was one of the last pictures I took for the day because I was losing daylight. It ended up being my favorite.

Lighting

It was actually one of those right time right place things as far as the lighting was concerned with this picture. I just happened to be in a very picturesque spot and the lighting worked in my favor, even though it was fading.

Equipment

My camera was an old Olympus Evolt E500 with a 55-180 lens.

Inspiration

You can see from a lot of my photography that I'm deeply inspired by travel, and I love capturing natural landscapes and genuine moments on camera. To me that's the ultimate challenge--to capture something that's 100% authentic. I love fall and the range of possibilities it provides for really great photographs, so that's all I was trying to accomplish on this shoot. I was losing the sun through the trees but I loved the range of color and the simplicity of the leaf strewn path stretching out as far as I could see. It just seemed very poetic.

Editing

Post-processing is a totally new game to me, so many of my photos have very little done to them after the fact. I usually use Picasa's free photo editor to do a little color work--in this case I just applied a bit more saturation to warm up the colors since I was losing my only light source and then I applied some focal black & white around the edges of the photo to add a sort of "fairytale-esque" feeling to it.

In my camera bag

It's a total hodge-podge most of the time. I just recently bought a Canon 70D and I have a couple standard lenses I carry with that (55-180mm, 85-300mm). I still have my trusty old Olympus that I carry for a backup as well. I have recently been investing in more studio equipment for dabbling in fine art photography, but aside from a few simple filters and extra batteries I try to keep it pretty light and simple when I'm out and about travelling or hiking.

Feedback

Be aware of how lighting affects what you're shooting. I say this because it's an area that took me quite a while to learn the importance of, and I'm still applying this advice to my own work. In a sense, photography is all about lighting. In this case I got lucky (and it certainly could have still been done better, I'm sure), but most of the time it's not something you can really leave up to chance. I'm all about experimenting and taking a lot of pictures to see how natural lighting and settings on my camera will affect the scene, but do this for fun, not because you don't know what else to do. You don't want to miss out on a great photo because you don't understand lighting.

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