This past week I was working on a color assignment for my digital photography class as well as a natural symmetry themed contest. This photo fits in both of those categories:
ISO 100 50mm f/2.2 1/160
I tried a bracketed exposure for this shot of -1,0,1 for editing in Photomatix. Once I had put the photos in Photomatix, I picked a version which I felt was pretty natural looking because part of what I was wanting viewers to see was the way the red was basically imitating the overall shape of the whole leaf. When I was composing and editing the shot I was trying to blur the background as much as possible. I liked the green color, but didn’t want any competing detail.
Any thoughts? feel free to leave them in the comment section.
Cheers!
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Love the colours and textures : )
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Thanks, it really was a beautiful leaf, I found it while I was out running, and I carried it all the way back home.
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Beautiful!! It appears like a photograph of a skillful photographer with high tech gears. 🙂
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Thank you, it was such a beautiful leaf, I couldn’t pass it by.
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I like your leaf. The colors are great. I can see why you say the red is imitating the rest of the leaf. the red is creeping right up the center of eack leg of the leaf.
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Thanks, I’m pretty sure some people thought it was funny though, that I was running down the road carrying a leaf.
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Simple composition and lovely colors – very good 🙂
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Thanks!
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