Wow, thought I might have had achance at a ribbon with a 7.3, but it's not to be. Tough competition, some beautiful stuff at the top. Thanks for all the many coments, votes and favs!
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Place: 6 out of 151 Avg (all users): 7.3015 Avg (commenters): 8.2353 Avg (participants): 7.0164 Avg (non-participants): 7.4275 Views since voting: 3182 Views during voting: 417 Votes: 199 Comments: 21 Favorites: 11 (view)
This is very nice! Very well done on controlling the exposure. I've tried shots like this, and it's hard not blowing out the sky. So for a basic editing challenge, well done (no vote)
10 - how do you get just shots .. getting the perfect colors on the tree trunk, leaves without blowing out the sky? I would really like to know where the sun was in this shot!
Oh and I almost forgot to mention - its beautiful and fits the challenge so well!
Very creative composition with trunk of the tree. The photo gives the feel of depth and height. Excellent colors of golden aspen leaves over blue sky. I like it.