Autumn Walk

Almost a carpet of leaves on the floor of Wollaton Park, Nottingham

This is a serious letterbox crop...not necessarily because I like them...but I do like them, but because the angle of my camera made the shot almost 'contre jour' and the sky was very blown out ...therefore a serious letter box crop was required to make the image work.

I've just discovered Filters --> Adjustments ---> Photo Filter in PSE (why I never found it before I don't know)....anyway I added a filter...I think I added a bit of 'Orange Filter' to enhance the autumn colours

I think the filter has given the image a bit of a 'retro' feel to it...almost like a slide film from the early 80's (possibly !!)

[Mags]

Good job, Phil! It's a very nice scene and I like the wide crop!

[Steve Hollingsworth]

really nice phil !

[Judith Greenwood]

Your enforced letterbox is inspired Phil - love the placing of the people.

[Kerri]

So beautiful!!

[peter/zipp]

..yeah, the wee peeps give it a great wide spacious feel. The letterboxing retro filtering seems to work too..
post early for xmas.

[Juliette Packham]

great letterbox Phil - we haven't had one in a while - superb! nice tip on the filtering thing too - you may have noticed I've been practicing in my year 2 !

[Robin Mersh]

Phil, yes, the retro feel is definitely there, but it wqorks very well. Nice Shot

[Pat Knowles]

Looks & works well letterbox ! I would never have thought of cropping until there was no sky but it looks really good with out the glare of too light a sky !! Great long shadows of the trees !! I love your retro look !!

[Allison Williams]

It has a lovely nostalgic ambiance, like the golden glow of days gone by. Cropping the sky gives a great concentration on the leaves. Lovely.

[Sue Wilde]

Really nice crop and I approve the filter.

[Mike]

Don't fancy sweeping all those leaves. Looks like a great walk!

[Lauren]

love the crop here and the overall "feel" of the shot!

[andy c]

nice shot phil...