| How to capture the essence of autumn colors in | | | | with colorful mushrooms.A simple digital camera |
| pictures when we enjoy the beauty of the | | | | will have many options to choose from for your |
| autumn in New England or in one of the other | | | | autumn photography:- Go close with the macro |
| states famous for the colorful fall foliage? | | | | function- Make wide angle shots- Make tele photo |
| After many years of experience when taking | | | | shots- Make experiments with the different |
| pictures of autumn leaves for professional stock | | | | settings, often provided with the camera, like soft |
| photography and for books and articles I reveal | | | | colors or strong colors.- Try the highest ASA |
| some of my techniques in this article.Nowadays it | | | | setting to get more corny pictures.Compose your |
| is so much easier and more fun to use digital | | | | picture to make it interesting- Make a rather |
| cameras for taking pictures in the outdoors of | | | | simple build up of the picture composition to avoid |
| autumn leaves and the nice colors of fall foliage. | | | | resulting messy photos.- The tele setting of the |
| With a digital camera you can immediately check | | | | lens is fine for isolating objects and blur the |
| if your shot was hitting what you wanted to | | | | background.- Try a very low position of the |
| capture and it is easy to redo it if needed.The | | | | camera to add an interesting angle, or to isolate |
| captured digital files will easily support your | | | | an object.- With wide angle shots include some |
| memory of a nice fall experience and you can | | | | interesting object in the foreground. Make sure it |
| work on with them at home on your computer | | | | will be in focus together with the rest of the |
| and display it for others. The Outdoor | | | | picture.- The main object in the picture can be |
| Photographer Magazine ( brings a lot of inspiration | | | | framed to one of the sides - often to the left |
| for your outdoor autumn photography every | | | | seems most natural.- Be careful with deep |
| year.When you are on location you can choose to | | | | shadows as they might come out completely |
| achieve esthetic pleasant pictures without | | | | black on your digital file and prohibit you to work |
| emphasis on the natural object you are choosing. | | | | on with the problem in Photoshop or another |
| Or you can go for nature photography in the pure | | | | photo editing program.As always the light is |
| sense of communicating species in nature like the | | | | essential to get the bright autumn colors, but also |
| aspen or the maple trees or insects on fall foliage | | | | days with overcast sky can give beautiful pictures |
| e.g. preparing for the coming wintertime. Or you | | | | and communicate the special mood of autumn.In |
| can choose to focus on landscape | | | | sun you have the option to make the full use of |
| photography.Many nature photographers would | | | | backlight to lightning up the magnificent leaf colors: |
| say they aim at combining these intentions, but in | | | | reds, yellows and golden in combination with |
| reality you might benefit from this distinction for | | | | nuances of green. Especially when you combine |
| your autumn photography.First release your | | | | backlit colorful leaves with isolation of leaves you |
| imagination for possible pictures - it isn't just the | | | | can produce beautiful photos.A circular polarizer |
| option to take pictures of fall scenics with vivid | | | | filter is still useful equipment for digital |
| autumn color.You can choose to communicate in | | | | photography in the outdoors and it will enhance |
| your photos:- Close-up shots of single colors or | | | | the colors of the sky as well as the foliage if the |
| contrasting colors or a palette of autumn colors.- | | | | sun is shining from an angel to your view.Read |
| Grand vistas of autumn scenics.- Everything there | | | | more about autumn photography in 'The Art of |
| are in between, like individual trees.- Fallen colorful | | | | Outdoor Photography: Techniques for the |
| autumn leaves or leaves with strong colors still | | | | Advanced Amateur and Professional' by Boyd |
| hanging or the branches.- Combining autumn | | | | Norton, and about the further processing of your |
| leaves with soil, with big stones, with the blue sky | | | | digital pictures in 'Outdoor Photographer Landscape |
| or with water.- Make use of raindrops (as natural | | | | and Nature Photography with Photoshop CS2' by |
| or some you add artificially to the autumn | | | | Rob Sheppard.Soren Breiting has a background as |
| leaves)- Make use of fruits of the season, or | | | | a biologist and has been in stock photography for |
| other signs of autumn.- Combining the fall foliage | | | | many years. |