Reserved

Simple but nice image. Left part a bit OOF.

Thank you, Miro. Yes it is.

Talk about leaving things in the eye of the beholder.... I am not sure I see reserved. I see being all warpped up. The angles of the subjects adds to the dynamic feeling to this capture. Excellent POF/DOF and the muted background makes the subjects pop.

Steven,

My logic was a bit circuitous on this one. I kept trying to understand the sequence of events that led to this leaf ending up in this position. I finally just gave up and offered myself the explanation that the spot had just been "reserved" for it.

Simple and elegant image. Liked the way the dry leaf has wrapped itself to the stem holding on tightly to it. Nice clean BG to go with.

I really like the soft colors, and it has a delicate look that is very appealing, good eye Charles, I like this very much.
John

First nice focus and detail on the stem and leaf along with a wonderful creamy BG. And second, great capture of another curious act of Nature. Great eye.

I really like this type of approach. You've found interest and beauty in an unusual subject. Nicely done.

Simple and very nice shot; well seen!

D&L

Charles: Fascinating find and a solid comp. The traditionalist in me would like to see the entire stem and the seed heads sharp. I think it would give the image more resonance. >=))>

I know what you mean, BIll. I guess I'll have to start stacking images if I want to achieve that much DOF while maintaining backgrounds such as this. As it is I kind of like that the in and out-of-focus, vertical and horizontal, seed heads exist in different realms with the curled leaf being a bond between them.

Neat find Charles. Well seen and captured. Fantastic BG.

I like this one a lot Charles. Great bg and I like the simple elegant composition. Beautiful work.

pat

The puzzle of trying to figure out how this leaf ended up wrapped around this stem is the essence of this image. The image itself is well composed with the oof background bringing the attention to the scene. The mentioned oof branch to the left could be solved by just removing or partially removing the one seed pod on the end, but the branch itself should be left in because it balances the composition.

Simple yet leaves a lot to think about..............very well seen Charles

I have to ditto exactly what Patricia said. In addition, what an elegant image!