Fall colors

[mpf777]

This is a shot I took a few weeks back now when the colors were peeking in this area.
One question is how people feel about the composition of this shot? Is there good moment and interest? Plus any other tips and comments are welcome.

Thanks,
Mike

Model: NIKON D80
ISO: 100
Exposure: 1/60 sec
Aperture: 11.0
Focal Length: 18mm

[windrider86]

For my eyes, the road is on one side of the image and then it curves off to lead you to another area. The prblem is the road curves off leading you out of the image and you have all these gorgeous trees on the other side.
It might take some work but try and even out the lighting a bit. Some areas are really dark where other areas are nearing the overexposed limits.
I'd sure love to hiking down that road. It look stunning

[tvoelcker]

windrider made a very good point about the path leading the eyes out of the frame.
Leading lines are a great compositional tool, but not so good if they lead the eyes in the wrong direction.
Are the trees naturally leaning that way or is there a bit of keystoning going on?
The colors are beautiful and the black frame really makes them pop !

[mpf777]

windrider86, now that you mention it I see how the road curving like that can lead your eyes out of the frame. I will need to work on keeping those kind of things in mind. I might go back in and work on lightening some of the darker areas. Thank you for the in put!

tvoelcker, For the most part I am sure it is keystoning do to the 18mm focal length. Thanks for the in put and comments!

[kencaleno]

1. Road doesn't lead the eye out of the picture,because you have trees at the left hand side of the frame that take the eye back into the image,and where the road disappears round the trees,leads you to wonder what mystery lies around the corner,a very good touch,whether intentional or not!

2. "Keystoning" is not an appropriate term for upper vertical convergence, because where a keystone is used in architecture, (usually at centre of an arch) convergence is at the bottom.

3. 24mm-35mm setting would have given truer rendition of tree trunks.

4. All I did to the image was to apply Shadow/highlight feature at default setting