Golden Leaves at the Pond

Golden Leaves at the Pond (Originally uploaded by randubnick)

This image began as a photo that I took with my phonecam during a walk around the Cummings Center Pond last week. It was early evening and the colors were great, so I took a quick picture with my phonecam. When I tranferred the photo to my computer, I was disappointed in the color. The trees were too dark (almost black) and the leaves were brassy instead of golden. So I made some adjustments to the contrast and to the color, to restore the warm pink and orange tones of the late day light. (They are subtle, but they make a big difference.) Then I cropped the image for the composition, and here it is.