# Spring Colors **URL:** \ **Category:** Image Critiques\ **Tags:** landscape\ **Created:** [April 27, 2021, 8:59pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/spring-colors/21451 "2021-04-27T20:59:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ed\_McGuirk](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/ed_mcguirk/32/30542_2.png) [@Ed\_McGuirk](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Ed_McGuirk)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 8:59pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/spring-colors/21451/1 "2021-04-27T20:59:01Z")
Early spring color in Massachusetts. A rainy, foggy day made for the perfect conditions to show off the the delicate colors of spring foliage. This location is only a couple miles from my house. It’s not every year that the left tree still has it’s white blossoms at the same time the maple tree on the right has a lot of its red buds, but the timing worked out well in this case. ### Specific Feedback Requested any critique or comments are welcome ### Technical Details Is this a composite: No Canon 5D MkIII, Canon 70-200mm f4 lens, at 200mm, ISO 100, 0.6 sec at f11 ![Spring Colors](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/d/7/d7d82db2ed3d98b37f130d8f1b1d7b6518abca43.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![David\_Haynes](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@David\_Haynes](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/David_Haynes)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/spring-colors/21451/2 "2021-04-27T21:51:04Z")
I just love the muted contrast along with the soft colors in this image Ed! You did indeed have the perfect conditions for this shot. The foggy, soft, low-lit background works in harmony with the newly emerging foliage and flowers from these trees. The dark bark adds interesting, converging lines. It’s like a group hug! It’s chaotic but nicely composed. Really well seen Ed! ---
**Author:** ![joaoquintela](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/joaoquintela/32/20552_2.png) [@joaoquintela](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/joaoquintela)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 9:59pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/spring-colors/21451/3 "2021-04-27T21:59:21Z")
Wow. I love this one. I just stare at the picture for a long time. I sure love to see this one on paper. Love the overall mood, the subtle soft light, the nice composition. ---
**Author:** ![João\_Ferrão](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/jo%C3%A3o_ferr%C3%A3o/32/23487_2.png) [@João\_Ferrão](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Jo%C3%A3o_Ferr%C3%A3o)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 10:11pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/spring-colors/21451/4 "2021-04-27T22:11:04Z")
I love the way it transitions from green to red. The softness of the tones and those white flowers almost fooled me in to a japonese scene. There’s nothing i would change in this. Gorgeous area to be around no doubt. ---
**Author:** ![Stephen\_Stanton](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/stephen_stanton/32/575_2.png) [@Stephen\_Stanton](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Stephen_Stanton)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 10:31pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/spring-colors/21451/5 "2021-04-27T22:31:42Z")
What a winner, from the lichen covered trunks to the hypnotic arching branches…this is a timeless image. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Kreyger](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@Alan\_Kreyger](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Alan_Kreyger)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 12:06am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/spring-colors/21451/6 "2021-04-28T00:06:22Z")
Ed, I knew this one had to be yours from the thumbnail. A beautifully balanced composition and the colors are just right. I like that you have the water peaking through at the bottom as well, it offers a subtle framing without being distracting. Bonus that it was a few minutes from home! ---
**Author:** ![Igor\_Doncov](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/igor_doncov/32/579_2.png) [@Igor\_Doncov](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Igor_Doncov)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 12:07am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/spring-colors/21451/7 "2021-04-28T00:07:30Z")
What a pretty scene. You are indeed fortunate to have this close to home. The brighter tones of the leaves on the left was a great idea because having the left the same tonality as the reds on the right would not have been as effective. ---
**Author:** ![Han\_Schutten](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/han_schutten/32/72686_2.png) [@Han\_Schutten](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Han_Schutten)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 9:46am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/spring-colors/21451/8 "2021-04-28T09:46:05Z")
A great scene. You found the right composition in this chaos of branches, a beautiful image. A kind of color gradient: from green on the left side, via white to red. I understand that this is a spot where you return to each spring, and I see why. As so often, well-known regions provide good images, because you know where and when to go and you are not “intimidated” by too many new impressions. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_McGovern](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/jim_mcgovern/32/6267_2.png) [@Jim\_McGovern](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Jim_McGovern)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 12:58pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/spring-colors/21451/9 "2021-04-28T12:58:43Z")
Wouldn’t change a thing…elegant. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Lowe](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/michael_lowe/32/7118_2.png) [@Michael\_Lowe](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Michael_Lowe)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 1:40pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/spring-colors/21451/10 "2021-04-28T13:40:03Z")
🤙 🤙, Love it, Ed. Great springtime scene. ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_McGuirk](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/ed_mcguirk/32/30542_2.png) [@Ed\_McGuirk](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Ed_McGuirk)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 2:53pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/spring-colors/21451/11 "2021-04-28T14:53:14Z")
@Jim_McGovern@Michael_Lowe @Han_Schutten @Igor_Doncov @Alan_Kreyger @Stephen_Stanton@joaoquintela@João_Ferrão @David_Haynes Thank you all for your thoughts and comments, I appreciate you taking the time to do so. I posted this image this image yesterday in anticipation of going to revisit this location today, in order to see how it was coming along this year. Sadly the red maple tree had fallen over since last year. This scene is now gone, I’m glad that I was able to get it in such nice conditions in the past. Nature is ephemeral… ---
**Author:** ![Kerry\_Gordon](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/kerry_gordon/32/5610_2.png) [@Kerry\_Gordon](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Kerry_Gordon)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 3:27pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/spring-colors/21451/12 "2021-04-28T15:27:50Z")
Gorgeous colour palette and textures. I don’t imagine many others would agree with me but what I love about this image most is how it presents itself so beautifully as an abstract fractal field of colour, texture and line. For that reason I would be tempted to crop from the bottom up to the river bank so that is it just the fractal field. The problem with that approach, from my point of view is that it would result in a rather odd aspect ration and I can’t see anywhere that I would want to crop from the sides that wouldn’t reduce the overall impact. I thought maybe from the left but all that green lichen would be lost and that is an important part of the field. Anyway, I’m just thinking out loud here because it is a wonderful image. ---
**Author:** ![Ola\_Jovall](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Ola\_Jovall](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Ola_Jovall)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/spring-colors/21451/13 "2021-04-28T16:01:43Z")
What a wonderful image! Everything is perfect. As Joao pointed out, seeing it as a large print would be amazing. The mood reminds me of a traditional Japanese painting. ---
**Author:** ![Mario\_Cornacchione](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/mario_cornacchione/32/26649_2.png) [@Mario\_Cornacchione](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Mario_Cornacchione)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 6:06pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/spring-colors/21451/14 "2021-04-28T18:06:28Z")
Love this color range . What an amazing image Ed. ---
**Author:** ![Harley\_Goldman](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/harley_goldman/32/213_2.png) [@Harley\_Goldman](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Harley_Goldman)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 8:58pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/spring-colors/21451/15 "2021-04-28T20:58:50Z")
This is a real beauty. Wonderfully understated and drop dead gorgeous. I love this one! ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Lowe](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/e36b37/32.png) [@Ed\_Lowe](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Ed_Lowe)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 3:26am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/spring-colors/21451/16 "2021-04-29T03:26:31Z")
Ed, You are making up for the late spring color in a big way as this is a simply gorgeous image full of mood and the delicate colors of spring. This has a wonderful zen like quality that I find very soothing and relaxing as I could find myself meditating to this scene. You have just the right amount of fog to slightly soften the BG and make the spring leaves even more prominent. This would look fantastic hanging on the wall. You are the fog master! ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_McGuirk](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/ed_mcguirk/32/30542_2.png) [@Ed\_McGuirk](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Ed_McGuirk)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 1:45pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/spring-colors/21451/17 "2021-04-30T13:45:28Z")
@Ed_Lowe @Harley_Goldman@Mario_Cornacchione@Ola_Jovall@Kerry_Gordon Thank you all for your kind comments. Kerry, I agree that I actually would have preferred to just show the fractal pattern. The sky was just above the top of this image, there was no more room to point up. And I’m not sure this works as a panoramic. What do you think ? ![Spring Colors_Rework](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/2/f/2fe895790333469f08a412c2fab7a147033be99c.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Lowe](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/e36b37/32.png) [@Ed\_Lowe](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Ed_Lowe)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 1:58pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/spring-colors/21451/18 "2021-04-30T13:58:03Z")
Ed, I scrolled back and forth a couple of times and I still prefer the original as I would not want to lose any of the mood with a crop. Everything in the first post is perfectly placed around the scene and I would hate to lose any of it. ---
**Author:** ![Kerry\_Gordon](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/kerry_gordon/32/5610_2.png) [@Kerry\_Gordon](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Kerry_Gordon)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 1:59pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/spring-colors/21451/19 "2021-04-30T13:59:12Z")
@Ed_McGuirk - I really like it but, as I said in my original post, a panoramic aspect ratio really doesn’t feel right for this kind of image, which is actually more intimate. I suspect, under the conditions that you were working with, your original post is the the best possible compromise. ---
**Author:** ![Harley\_Goldman](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/harley_goldman/32/213_2.png) [@Harley\_Goldman](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Harley_Goldman)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 2:39pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/spring-colors/21451/20 "2021-04-30T14:39:51Z")
I prefer it as posted in this instance. I find the original has great depth and balance and the crop throws it off just a bit for me. [Next page](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/spring-colors/21451.md?page=2)