About the Image(s)

After spending part of a foggy October morn on the backroads around Iola and Scandinavia, Wisconsin, I came home to find this autumn jewel across the street from my house at McCarville's. The fog nicely illuminated by a later sun backdropped the main tree to give added depth to the image and made it magical. Tech stuff: ISO 100, f/16, 1/6 sec., manual, center weighted average metering, 112mm focal length. Standard LR and PS processing, then into Topaz Studio for fall adjustments and sharpening. Then used PS for some burning of the edges. I strove to bring out the foreground while allowing the fog and light to create a backdrop and a sense of depth. To my eye, the foggy side counters the darker foliage on the right. For me the image also shows a nice transit of fall from green, to color, to bare branches and limbs.