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This is the first photo I've ever posted on FM, so please forgive me if I don't do this correctly.

I've been attempting to get this image for nearly a decade. I'm usually too early and the vine maples are green, too late and the colors have turned to brown, or the skies are clear, or the mountain is covered in clouds. Monday morning I arrived at daylight and I figured it was too overcast for any color in the clouds, but as I found a location to set up my tripod I noticed a little pink beginning to show near the peak. I quickly set up and adjusted my settings just in time. The vine maples were bursting with color even in low light.

Shot with a Nikon Z6 .. Nikkor Z 24-70 f4 .. ISO-100, 1/10 sec, f/4.5, @ 32mm

Fire on the Mountain

Oct 06, 2021 at 04:34 PM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Mt Hood and fall colors

I really like the colors. Mt Hood is one of my favorite photographic targets, this appears to be from the north looking south. I love the lines leading you through the photo.

Oct 06, 2021 at 04:45 PM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Mt Hood and fall colors

Lovely! Only nit is the unsharp boulder in the foreground at the left corner.

Oct 06, 2021 at 04:51 PM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Mt Hood and fall colors

beautiful fall foliage from diagonal view

Oct 06, 2021 at 05:04 PM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Mt Hood and fall colors

Fantastic captured image !!

Oct 06, 2021 at 08:28 PM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Mt Hood and fall colors

Like the way u composed this image. Well balanced image. I agree with Rajans comments. 👍🏻

Oct 06, 2021 at 09:06 PM

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StephenE wrote:
I really like the colors. Mt Hood is one of my favorite photographic targets, this appears to be from the north looking south. I love the lines leading you through the photo.

Thank you! Yes, it's on the north/northwest side.

Oct 07, 2021 at 07:10 AM

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Rajan Parrikar wrote:
Lovely! Only nit is the unsharp boulder in the foreground at the left corner.

Thank you Rajan! That's the piece of the image that caught my eye as well. I was in too big of a hurry to catch the light.

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junglialoh wrote:
beautiful fall foliage from diagonal view

Thank you, glad you like it.

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roadapple wrote:
Fantastic captured image !!

Thank you! Love this time of year.

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keepclicking wrote:
Like the way u composed this image. Well balanced image. I agree with Rajans comments. 👍🏻

Thank you! I've captured this image in my mind so many times, glad you like it.

Oct 07, 2021 at 07:27 AM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Mt Hood and fall colors

Very good entrance into posting photos on FM!
Out of focus elements that are just used for framing in landscape photos don’t bother me a bit.
I love the line of ‘fire’ that is the maples.

One constructive critique, it looks like you probably used a LR gradient filter to pull down the sky? It looks like this filter was also darkened the top of the tree on the right. This could probably be avoided using either a color or luminance range mask while using the gradient filter. PM are for details if that isn’t clear. OR I could have missed the boar entirely and you used a physical grad filter…

Oct 07, 2021 at 08:01 AM

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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Mt Hood and fall colors

Very nice. I love the layers of color.

Oct 07, 2021 at 12:01 PM

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OregonRon wrote:
This is the first photo I've ever posted on FM, so please forgive me if I don't do this correctly.

I've been attempting to get this image for nearly a decade. I'm usually too early and the vine maples are green, too late and the colors have turned to brown, or the skies are clear, or the mountain is covered in clouds. Monday morning I arrived at daylight and I figured it was too overcast for any color in the clouds, but as I found a location to set up my tripod I noticed a little pink beginning to show...Show more →

Looks like your hard work paid off. Fantastic image. Even from the small thumbnail on the forum home page it really jumped off the page with that striking line of color and at full screen view it's a really nice image. Well done!

Oct 07, 2021 at 01:26 PM

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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Mt Hood and fall colors

Very nice. I think the subtle sunset works really well with those vine maples. A more explosive sunset would ruin the mood here IMO.

Oct 07, 2021 at 06:05 PM

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I love a good story about getting that photo in your mind. I would say it was well worth the repeated effort! I like that you included the pine tree on the right to keep the viewer's eyes from falling out of the frame with all those strong leading lines being diagonal. The crisp white snow looks fantastic in contrast to that vibrant orange/red. I'm surprised you decided to shoot so low to the ground though.

Oct 08, 2021 at 02:13 AM

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cope07 wrote:
Very good entrance into posting photos on FM!
Out of focus elements that are just used for framing in landscape photos don’t bother me a bit.
I love the line of ‘fire’ that is the maples.

One constructive critique, it looks like you probably used a LR gradient filter to pull down the sky? It looks like this filter was also darkened the top of the tree on the right. This could probably be avoided using either a color or luminance range mask while using the gradient filter. PM are for details if that isn’t clear. OR I could have missed the boar...Show more →

Thank you! I tend to underexpose my landscapes, so I adjusted the exposure and a little bit of saturation.

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ChrisAttebery wrote:
Very nice. I love the layers of color.

Thank you, glad you like it!

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Teleguy1 wrote:
Looks like your hard work paid off. Fantastic image. Even from the small thumbnail on the forum home page it really jumped off the page with that striking line of color and at full screen view it's a really nice image. Well done!

Thank you, appreciate your comment!

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DaleBerlin wrote:
Very nice. I think the subtle sunset works really well with those vine maples. A more explosive sunset would ruin the mood here IMO.

Thank you! Good observation about the color in the clouds, appreciate it.

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Paul.K wrote:
I love a good story about getting that photo in your mind. I would say it was well worth the repeated effort! I like that you included the pine tree on the right to keep the viewer's eyes from falling out of the frame with all those strong leading lines being diagonal. The crisp white snow looks fantastic in contrast to that vibrant orange/red. I'm surprised you decided to shoot so low to the ground though.

Thank you, appreciate your comment. The flat boulder I set up on was lower on the foreground giving the appearance of the camera being low.

Oct 08, 2021 at 06:15 PM

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Very nice imaging Ron. Glad you finally met your vision there.

Oct 09, 2021 at 09:51 AM

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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · Mt Hood and fall colors

What a great image!
Thank you for sharing

Oct 09, 2021 at 12:59 PM

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Jeffrey wrote:
Very nice imaging Ron. Glad you finally met your vision there.

Thank You!

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nick53097 wrote:
What a great image!
Thank you for sharing

Thank you!

Oct 10, 2021 at 02:10 PM

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p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · Mt Hood and fall colors

Ron,
Excellent shot. I know the feeling of finally getting the shot. Very well done and welcome to FM!

Oct 10, 2021 at 02:21 PM

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p.1 #19 · p.1 #19 · Mt Hood and fall colors

This is beautiful.

Oct 10, 2021 at 04:14 PM

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p.1 #20 · p.1 #20 · Mt Hood and fall colors

my kind of pictures. great. thanks for showing

Oct 10, 2021 at 10:14 PM


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