OCTOBER 2019 DIGITAL CAMERA^93
I
Spotlight on Autumn photography
wouldn’t dream of
prescribing ‘what’
to photograph during
the autumn season,
but here are some
of my thoughts...- Creative interpretations of this
remarkably beautiful time will vary
so much from one photographer to
another. Perhaps autumn colour in
its natural form is lively enough not to
be presented in a loud, garish way?- The single leaf is a perennially popular
subject, and rightly so. Just yesterday
I noticed an ‘unnoticed’ leaf. I was
reminded by a beautiful John Keats
line about taking part in existence.
Photographers notice things all the
time, don’t they? Perhaps we may
find a single autumn leaf at
The leading landscape photographer
picks the best golden season images
that feature in his latest photobook
Charlie Waite’s
Behind the
Photograph
Autumn edit
Charlie^ WaiteLEFT
PUMPKINS, VERMONT, USA
In the autumn, visitors flock to Maine,
New Hampshire and Vermont to see the
world’s finest display of autumn colour.
But it is impossible to predict precisely
when the maple trees will be on fire.
A local landscape photographer told us
that, one year previously, the colours and
light were the best in 20 years, but this
year was the worst in living memory.
There was nothing immediately
appealing about this array of pumpkins
at a bend in the road; but there was
the tree with its deep-orange canopy,and behind were the tattered stalks of
maize, upright and in orderly lines.
Through the lens, I attempted to draw
together pumpkins, leaves and corn. The
key was to be low, but not so low that the
tumble of pumpkins masked the base of
the corn. I introduced a mild 81B amber
filter to give an additional wash of warmth.SETTINGS
LENS 50mm
EXPOSURE 1/2 sec at f/22
FILTER 81B amber filter