Lost Maple

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Description

Lost Maples State Park in central Texas is a hidden enclave west of San Antonio where a stand of maple trees survive along the Sabinal River. The fall color show was a little late this past year which allowed me to make a day trip there in early December. Scenes like this are pretty common with a maple tree somehow getting a foothold in the limestone hillside. I couldn’t decide which image I liked best so here are my two keepers. >=))>

Specific Feedback

On the horizontal I debated making the leaves in the LLC go away. They did intrude more than I liked on the vertical so content aware fill fixed that frame. Your thoughts?

Technical Details

Sony A7rIII
Sony FE 70-200 f2.8 GM-II
ISO 100, 1/10 @ f11

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I like this image, and prefer the horizontal composition. I looked at it before reading your comments, and my first thought was that I’d either darken or clone out the leaves in the LLC.

-Will

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I tend to like the vertical comp better as you can see the entire maple tree, and there is enough of the surrounding foliage to make you aware of where it is situated. I would consider darkening the grasses in the lower part of the frame, as I found them to be a little too bright and distracting.

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Bill, that red Maple sure stands out. I prefer the vertical comp. as it shows the whole tree and it’s place in the environment. If you crop the horizontal to square and tone down the orange leaves in the lower left, you have more of an abstract showing off details in the tree and it’s surroundings. Where the red leaves are set off well by the greens and the bare branches. I do feel like both views are a bit crunchy