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Pure art!

I agree with Morris, pure art! very silvery and you know I like that. great details and textures. the light on the main leaf is what makes me like this even more, it really anchor´s my eyes. somebody asked me once how do I get the silvery look on the leafs and my answer was about the same, I back off a lot and sometimes I take the polarizer, it all depends on the light at the time. great work, Anthony! ps: yep, the water drops.... !

Fantastic light and tonal range Anthony. I love the luminosity of the star bust central leaf and the surrounding less luminous leaves but luminous just the same. Fantastic. What did you use to convert? PS or Nik plug in? Excellent work!

ok, I´m back! don´t know untill what point cloning that intruding plant in the lower edge it would look better, just a last thought. great work, once again!!

Thanks Morris
Bruno- yep love the drops
Eva- I actually do like the way some photos look through Nik software. I don't have it but it might be a good weapon in the processing arsenal. I prefer to do my conversions with a lot of hands on touches. I use lightroom for raw conv. then shift to Ps. I do spend some time getting the tones right for conversion. Mostly color work, and Tk's lum mask are priceless here. Selective dodging and burning are key as well. I added a solid color at 3% opacity to punch the tones even more. Any more Q's just drop me an email.

edit: Bruno- The plant your seeing is the stem of the fallen mayapple. The bulb opens into a beautiful single white flower. The roots, leaves and seeds are poisonous if ingested in large quantities, however the Indians used the roots as a cathartic. Thought it might play a role in the fallen plant. Interesting to see if others opt to take it out as well. I see your point though

It takes a bit to sink in, but the beauty of this just keeps improving as I look at it. Seeing an image is one thing, but developing it this well is a whole 'nother way of seeing. This is really well done.

This is really rich and beautiful. Comp, processing, light, and DOF are all top notch. Has a haunting, moody feel to it. Really have no nits on this one.

Beautiful Anthony, the processing here is really special. Great work.

Still waiting for that response email from a while back...

Man, you're getting really good at these intimate scenes. I like the Orton treatment you have done with this one. The center leaf is a great focal point with its design and size. It jumps off the page. Well done Anthony.

Beautiful photo Anthony. I really like the b/w conversion and processing.

This has a certain "richness" to it that is hard to describe but I like it a lot! Did you use a slight orton effect around the periphery?

This works very nicely in mono, and I love the comp. For my tastes it's a tiny bit on the darkish side.

Yes...I agreee "pure art"!! is right! This is just a wonderful image Anthony. Great find!

Great eye Anthony. I know what you mean about staring at small place at your feet - I just don't do that often enough. Almost more than your subject matter, I think you processing is wonderful with this. I love the dark tones here and this almost has that soft-focus LF portrait look to it. Beautifully crafted and captured.

Lon

Beutiful shot. Great call on the mono. The lighting is perfect and draws right into the excellent detail in the leaf. Well done.