mattpayne

Rising Giants

Rising Giants

I found this amazing stand of aspen trees off the side of the road leading up to the ghost town of St. Elmo near Mount Princeton in Colorado. I shot this scene ...
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I found this amazing stand of aspen trees off the side of the road leading up to the ghost town of St. Elmo near Mount Princeton in Colorado. I shot this scene hand-held looking directly up the tree using my Nikon 14-24 lens with the fotodiox circular polarizer attached. I wanted to accentuate the yellows and oranges of the trees as well as bring out the contrast from the blue sky. I then applied an orton effect in post to give it a darker and more mysterious feel. Hope you like it.
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NIKON D800

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Aperture f/10 ISO 100 Shutter 1/50 Focal Length 140/10

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Sep, 2015

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