Autumn Sunrise

Sometimes you get lucky and the weather cooperates. There were just few minutes of perfect color of the red clouds above the hilly landscape. Such photos are tricky because of the high contrast. I had to use higher ISO and pushed the exposure to the limits on the sky. Otherwise, there will be horrible noise in the dark parts.

You should always push exposure to the upper limits and restore the highlights. Do not try to restore details in the shadows, this produces huge amount of noise. Of course, shooting from tripod and merging multiple exposures is always better approach.

Autumnal Forest with Fern

Autumnal forests are among my favorite photography topics. Colorful leaves and foggy weather provide lot of opportunities, unlike the summer with dull colors and intensive daylight. On the other hand, it is often cold, wet and a bit too dark. And do not forget the CPL filter, it is a true game changer for wet foliage.

Despite this compositions might look quite simple, getting such conditions is a different story. The Beech leaves have the right yellow colors only few days before they turn brown. And of course dense fog is not available every day.

Early Autumnal Forest

The cultivated spruce forests are not a great place for landscape photos. And especially not in the middle of sunny day, when its really hard to get some decent composition. I was lucky this time, when the backlit dry grass provided a nice contrast. I was quite limited by the focal length and lot of disturbing elements, but the result is pretty ok.

It is a handheld shot, other approach might be tripod and use a focus stack to achieve bigger DOF. I’m not sure if that will be better, but I had no tripod to test it.

Rainy Forest

I discovered a nice rocky area hidden in the mixed forest recently. The rugged landscape, mossy boulders, various trees and in some places also lovely ferns provide a lot of opportunities.

It did not take too long until some August rain and fog. The fog was not dense enough for my plans, but still I managed to try couple promising shots. This foggy forest with big boulder in the foreground was best in my opinion.

This place is quite close to my house, so I will definitely explore this area a bit more.