A mountainside along the Kancamagus Highway in New Hampshire
(If this is a composite, etc. please be honest with your techniques to help others learn)
Nikon D800, 80-200 2.8 @ 200, 1/45 @ f/11, ISO 100
Beautiful scene and mix of colors. To my eye, the meat of this image is the colorful area and I would not mind it cropped pano to below the big pine, really spotlighting the colorful area. Real pretty!
A lovely fall scene, Michael. The colors are spectacular. Great shot as it is, but the pano that Harley suggested just might make it even better. Lots of fall colors.
Mike, I am a sucker for these hillside tapestries of autumn color. This one is very nicely done, and at the risk of sounding immodest I have to say that “great minds think alike”. Attached is a shot that I took in mid-October along the Kancamagus Highway. It’s amazing how similar our shots turned out (except that I sort of semi-anticipated @Harley_Goldman comment about cropping the bottom).
I only post my image here because I find it fascinating that we more or less ended up with the same shot. And it’s not like I “comp-stomped” you from a well known “tripod hole” location. There are literally tens of miles of similar hillsides filled with autumn color along the Kancamagus Highway. My shot looks to be taken a few days later, the greens have turned a bit more yellow.
The only explanation that I can think of is that the lone spruce tree in the LRC must have called out to both of us 
Thanks @Shirley_Freeman, @Harley_Goldman, @Ed_McGuirk. I agree with your crop suggestion. And Ed, I like the luminosity and color in yours compared to mine. Ed, I saw your image on your website a few days ago and mentioned to Ed that I thought it was amazing that out of all the hillsides on the Kancamagus, that two photographers picked out this small section independent of each other. I also thought " the great minds think alike ". LOL
Wow, that is amazing. When I first looked at Ed’s shot before I read it, I thought that he had edited your shot and posted it.
It is truly an amazing coincidence that we found the same shot. Your image looks like it’s from a fully overcast day. Mine was taken on a bright-overcast day when there there were peeks of sun in the sky, I think this accounts for the difference in luminosity.
Beautiful fall scene, Michael. I love the mix of pines among all the color.
Really nice, Michael. Love the tapestry of fall color. I’m always amazed at how different photogs can overlap on comps. Outside of icon shots, that doesn’t happen that often. Well done.
If only we had that kind of color palette in CA! This is real pretty. I agree with Harley’s suggestion on the crop. Great color, and the contrast looks nice.
-P
Mike,
It is uncanny how similar your image and Ed’s are being how they were taken by two different photographers on different days. This has a wonderful mix of autumn color that is quite appealing. I guess it is true that great minds think alike.
I do like @Ed_McGuirk’s crop suggestion as it makes an outstanding image even better. I haven’t processed any of mine yet as they appear to be slightly OOF for some reason.
All these NH fall color photos are making me jealous! I was in the Black Hills and Badlands the week before Columbus Day, so wasn’t able to make it up there this year.
As you were the contrarian on my last post, I am the contrarian here. I prefer the way you posted it, with the row of green across the bottom. It provides a nice base for the image. That’s not to say the crop isn’t also very nice.
I really enjoy these kind of shots. I always have a lot of fun shooting fall color with a telephoto lens. I like the composition in this image. I especially like the taller pine tree in the lower right hand third of the image and how it stands out. This keeps my eye roaming throughout the frame. Nicely done!
Thanks @Ed_Lowe, @Nick_Bristol, @Brian_Schrayer, @Craig_Moreau, @Preston_Birdwell, @Gary_Phillips. @Harley_Goldman and @Ed_McGuirk, after looking through my files I realized I did take an image with your crop suggestion.
Michael, your last posted image here is the ticket for me. More so in contrast? color depth? over the original post. It seems to have more POP to me. Wonderful array of colors…
This one is the ticket. I agree with Paul that the different contrast has more pop. One thing I noticed is that if you cover the large conifer on the right with a finger, the compositional balance is upset: that confer balances the others on the left.
Nicely done!
–P
