Our return from the lookout took us along a wider part of the trail which is also used by bicyclists. As a bicycle trail it runs 16km to Rock Lake. Our journey only lasted a few hundred meters until we reached the turn off on to a lesser trail back to the parking lot.
It is an endless path of leaves. It made me wonder how many millions or billions or trillions of leaves there must be. I did conclude however, after due consideration, that there are still more stars in the sky than leaves on the ground. But somehow, it made that number seem more tangible.
This shot was taken on a tripod. The lens was shut down to f/22 to get as much depth of field as possible as well as the sense of dimension that comes with that. I focused on the hyper-focal distance, which on the 28mm at f/22 is 121.6 cm.
The shot was composed to use the trail to provide the visual clues of dimension. The leaves provide clues as well. I lined up the trail on the left side of the image.
I processed the image with Color Efex using the Polarization, Dark Contrasts, Bring out Detail, Skylight, and Darken-Lighten Center Filters. The Dark Contrast filter and the Bring Out Details filter enhance the light and shadow, and bring out the leaves.
The Skylight filter was used to enhance the colour and emphasize the sunny parts of the landscape.
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