4 Autumnal Images

cardiffgareth
Posted 15/11/2022 - 11:50 Link
On the way back from uni I popped in Pontcanna Fields to shoot some of the trees there. I should have gone to Llandaff Fields as they're a bit more open. I did shoot a blog to these but that's been binned! Found this location to be incredibly beautiful to the eye but it's so hard to photograph there as the parks surrounded by houses, tall buildings and roads with passing traffic and trying to isolate subjects was super tricky, especially given when people use this park a lot to commute into Cardiff so there was always someone in the shot and I had to reshoot 2 or 3 times to open in PS as layers and remove people via layer masks. Even though I haven't managed to isolate the backgrounds out fully and these are not keepers for my website I thought I'd still show them off.

1. Tree Avenue
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IMGP9095-Edit by Gareth Williams, on Flickr

2. Painterly effect
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IMGP9100 by Gareth Williams, on Flickr

3. Cascading Leaves
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IMGP9105 by Gareth Williams, on Flickr

4. Empty Benches
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IMGP9107 by Gareth Williams, on Flickr
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LennyBloke
Posted 15/11/2022 - 15:30 - Helpful Comment Link
They certainly show the warm glow of Autumn - it's rare to find your subject with perfect backgrounds, so we do what we have to when/if we "tweak" them
LennyBloke
Posted 15/11/2022 - 16:12 - Helpful Comment Link
If you hadn't mentioned the challenges involved, Gareth, I'd never have known. You've caught autumn beautifully. Nice work.
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MrB
Posted 15/11/2022 - 18:21 - Helpful Comment Link
A nice colourful set. I like the compositions of the first and last.

Philip
Posted 15/11/2022 - 22:38 - Helpful Comment Link
I love Autumn colours and these photos are fantastic
redbusa99
Posted 16/11/2022 - 10:25 - Helpful Comment Link
beautiful set Gareth, gorgeous colours. Looks a good IR spot also.
odd lens or 2

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Posted 17/11/2022 - 10:39 - Helpful Comment Link
MrB wrote:
A nice colourful set. I like the compositions of the first and last.

Philip
Agree with this comment, nice set all though.
davidwozhere
Posted 19/11/2022 - 00:46 - Helpful Comment Link
Cascading silver birch leaves in autumn are always lovely.
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