Blue Hill in Autumn, 20 x 20, UART

This is another somewhat experimental piece. Some months ago I purchased the Terry Ludwig vibrants set and have been looking for an opportunity to use them. In November, a friend took reference shots of the red blueberry barrons in Maine.  I wanted to use both and had the idea of making up the composition. But I found this scene from the Blue Hill area of Maine that I had filmed in summer, when the foreground was all green.  I have no idea whether blueberries would grow on this kind of rocky outcropping, but I like the composition and decided to use it. The main challenge was that all of the reds were at the bottom of the picture and I was afraid that the eye would get stuck there. I tried to alleviate this by adding patches of fainter red growth on the rocks, and using some dark reds in the area beneath the trees. To improve on the composition and flow, I carved out the lower right corner and added water and reflections. The trees and mid-rock areas are similary to what was in the photo; the foreground is my own invention!  I used a variety of warm and cool reds and added some warm and cool greens to tie it to the background and break up the reds.  I have been experimenting also with the use of square formats lately and find them to be a challenge. But I love the look of them. I think this composition suits the square nicely.