Lickey Hills (autumn theme)

[Tim Pindar]

Actually it's not really quite autumn yet here, with such good weather and the trees refusing to turn properly golden quite yet.

Still, it was worth a trip to the Lickey Hills country park, a wonderful area south west of Birmingham towards Bromsgrove. It's only just off the M42 near the M5, if you fancy a visit. Deciduous and coniferous woodland and some nice hills covered with heathland.

Today I was searching for some colour so headed south from the visitors centre through Pinfield Wood, a large and ancient deciduous wood.

I even managed an "on trend" square crop...

Link to gallery for EXIFs

 

[Ralph Thornton]

Tim,
Your last image captures the essence of the forest I think. I really like how you captured the light coming through the leaves. I feel like I'm right there among those trees.

 

[Brian Moore]

I agree with Ralph, Tim. That last one's really nice.

 

[Dan Cattermole]

Very nice set there Tim.
It's got to be the last one for me too. What a shot!

 

[Tim Pindar]

Thanks, I thought initially the first one was the best - it was taken half way up a very steep slope - but I see the point about the last one. I only had a mini tripod with me but the low angle seems to help the foreground. (Or, is it the square crop? )

I don't have a calibrated monitor - does the colour seem right on these? I am wondering if the PP has left them over saturated a bit.

 

[Paul Lange]

The greens seem fine on my monitor by the blues look a little bit overdone. Its worth buying at least a monitor calibrator it makes a whole world of difference. I use a Pantone Huey Pro but in retrospect I should have stretched to something that could also also calibrate printers as well. I think the last one might work really well as B&W too because of the textures and back lighting.

 

[Tim Pindar]

Re blue skies, I used a tip I picked up somewhere to reduce the Luminescence of the Blue channel to blue up your skies. Maybe it is overdone or maybe its calibration.

I'll try that and also B&W.

I'll look into calibration as well.

 

[Alastair Cummins]

lovely shots Tim!

Im always in two minds about autumn as I love the colours, but clearing leaves off the greens as work does become very tiresome!

 

[Tim Pindar]

Thanks Alistair. I don't envy you!

OK views on this? There are so many slider to twiddle on B&W, so I just twiddle away until it looks OK!