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Hi, Steve. Yes, my camera was pointed straight down to the ground. The leaves and grasses were fairly flat, so focusing and getting everything sharp in a single frame was easy. In this case, I fully extended my tripod legs and spread them far apart to allow me to point my camera downward without getting the tripod legs in the frame. Enjoy your trip in October!

Hi, Gerald. Thank you for the kind comment. In this case, the focus point was likely around the trees on the front on the left. The distance between the front trees and the back trees isn’t very far, making focusing for this photo pretty straighforward. I was able get all of the trees in focus in one frame with a smaller aperture (f/16). I also used my camera’s depth of field preview in conjunction with live view to make sure that everything is in focus before clicking the shutter. If not, then I can adjust my focus point in the field.