Itasca Lake - A Fine Day by odie
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We may have been briefly lost as we were really looking for the fire tower and stopped to study the map. lol. While I stepped outside (since I was on the phone with my aunt) I noticed the stunning light floating through the trees. The lake mirrored it and I could not resist snapping this shot. (I can't really remember what the phone conversation was about...how rude of me... lol)
I am happiest when I can take a shot and not need to tweak it in photoshop, like this one. However, for kicks I did boost the saturation and contrast ever so slightly.
I got back in the car and noticed a deer tick crawling up my jeans. ick! Ah well...that's camping for ya. Besides, it was a fine day.
Thanks for the visit.
Jodie
Comments (19)
kgb224
Stunning capture Jodie.
ladylake Online Now!
Beautiful Autumn day.
Haydaad
Beautiful photograph. Great perspective. I like you you've framed the picture using the two trunks. Wonderful autumn colors. Thanks for sharing.
starfire777
Excellent autumn shot!!!
Kitt_24
Beautiful colors...the lake reflections are wonderful...i might have to drive on across the red & check out more of that scenery :)
goodoleboy
Stellar colors and lighting in this bucolic capture! You composed this just right with the tree trunks spaced equally apart in the image, Jodie. And, I would be ticked off too if I found a deer crawling up my jeans.
PassionateGuy
Watch those deer ticks they do bite lol..a beautiful capture it looks so peaceful and undisturbed by mankind
jocko500
very lovely
MrsLubner
This shot is so beautiful it makes me day dream. Fantastic shot.
stonelight
Wonderful colors and beautiful scene! Excellent shot!!
MaraP
WOW! Fantastic atmosphere with this amazing light and the colours of autumn! Thx for sharing!
Meisiekind
I'm so glad you snapped and shared Jodie! WHat a glorious scene indeed! I love those two trees dividing the image in three!!
Blush
Ohhhhhhh Great shot Love all the fall colors Hugs Susan~
tizjezzme
Tweaking is the best part woman!! LOL I am the tweak queen of Ps! LOL anyway, this is gorgeous.. I love this time of year.
tennesseecowgirl
Stunning~
delaorden_ojeda
love this composition , the colors and lights are superb , excelente capture Jodie !
J5ive
Beautiful capture!
anahata.c
your out-of-camera shots are awesome, but the fact that you used a little saturation etc is wholly fine, as the great masters often coaxed out whole worlds from their photos in the darkroom. (You know this better than I.) This feels wholly natural, and that's the key: It's apparent that it was captured as it was seen by your eye & your instrument. Composition-wise, there's just enough foreground to give us 'root', but the real 'star' of the piece is 1) the expanse of beautifully captured water, with its clarity but also that hazy look that slightly rippled water gives (I've tried to capture that for a year, and it's been really hard); 2) the 2 'star trees' which frame the image, even though you've allowed liberal swaths of nature on both sides of the image (a loving choice); and 3) the gentle but beautiful fall-tinged background, which is the completion, what the lens seems to reach for. Even the sky has a slight change in it too---a little more blue on one side than the other...I think I said somewhere or other that this typifies your wholly natural way with the camera, and how you grab an inner presence & glow with seeming offhanded ease, when in fact it's years of journey with both the camera & life that sits at the center of these shots. A beautiful, organic & very loving picture, proving that even if it were shot in an urban park (I know it wasn't!), you've found the infinity in front of your eyes no matter where you are.
Kindredsoul
this is awesome , great work!