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I have come to this spot a hundred times over the past 30 years
and five times during this particular season alone. It all
started with a photo of these trees on the far left. In that
first image they stood out from the scene, red as red can be, with the
last beam of sunlight illuminating the leaves that stretch
across the top. I have tried each fall season with differences
in the colors, different spots, different angles, and in
different kinds of light. On this occasion, as I stood here
photographing and watching the light change, these two
university students came walking through. My camera already on
the tripod and my f/stop and shutter speed already manually set,
I did not ask them to do anything for me, I just watched
and snapped off a couple of clicks as they passed through
the perfect spot on the trail. I needed f/22 to get everything
in focus, which means that I needed a shutter speed of 1/10
second to get the right exposure, perfect for a slight breeze
through the leaves, but a little slow for girls moving around as
fast as they did. Were they models I could have asked them to
stand in the perfect spot and pretend they were walking. But
they were not models, and this is the real thing with genuine
movement and spontaneous reaction to their enviroment. |
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