Red Alder Leaves, Autumn. Muir Woods National Monument, California. October 25, 2009. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
Sunlight filtering through the canopy of the redwood forest back-lights overhead red alder leaves at Muir Woods National Monument.
I posted a black and white version of this photograph yesterday – and I still go back and forth on which I prefer. The luminescent green color of the backlit alder leaves against the pattern of the branches on which they grow is what first attracted me to this subject, but I like the more abstracted nature of the black and white version. I probably won’t be able to decide until I print the photographs… if I can even decide then!
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Thanks for the feedback, Drew. So far the “vote” is mixed – I think I’m going to have to make some prints before I can decide for certain.
Dan
I think I prefer the color version. The contrast doesn’t just grab me in the black and white version. Either way its a beautiful image.