Aspen Curves

Gallery: FloraPosted October 24, 2010108 views12 comments

After a brief rainfall, I started out to shoot the colorful leaves that had fallen from the white oak on the hill in front of my house, when the more subtle form and color of this aspen leaf caught my eye. Interesting how the raindrops cling to the underside of leaves, but pool and run off the shiny upper surfaces.

Canon 50D
Sigma 150mm. Macro
1/6 sec. @ f/16; ISO 100
Tripod; Mirror up w/ 2-sec. timer
Nine-images focus-stacked in CS5 (worked well for a change)

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by David Bostock on October 24, 2010 at 12:56 PM

I kept looking at this wondering about the DOF then saw that it was stacked. It is an amazing image, Wayne.

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Comment posted by Carol Hyman on October 24, 2010 at 12:58 PM

Lovely and subtle, Wayne. I like that one leaf that has decayed enough to show the network of veins.

Stack looks good.

Carol

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on October 24, 2010 at 2:05 PM

Love the comp, the color palette, the detail and the textures. Superbly done.

pat

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on October 24, 2010 at 9:02 PM

Wayne, I have tried a few stacks using PS-CS5 and they all turned out great. Your frame here is nice with different shapes, good tonalities and the splatter of water drops. Won't change a thing

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Comment posted by scott lanz on October 24, 2010 at 9:05 PM

Very nice, Wayne. I love the raindrops.

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on October 24, 2010 at 9:12 PM

Very nice subtle colors and comp. The drops of water really add to the image.

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Comment posted by Mark Windom on October 24, 2010 at 10:00 PM

I really like your POV....I'm so used to seeing tight shots like this shot from directly above the subject (which I tend to do all the time

)....a major advantage of stacking techniques (unless you have a T/S lens, of course). Nice work.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on October 25, 2010 at 1:31 AM

Whoa! Wayne, this is fabulous. The stacking works so well here to show the texture and detailed patterns from front to back. Love the color palette too.

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Comment posted by Krunal Janani on October 25, 2010 at 1:40 AM

Refreshingly new POV for forest floor shots Wayne, & what a choice of subject u had

the colours & the sharpness jus make it pop out of my screen

Registered on September 16, 2010, 60 Posts, 1370 Comments

Comment posted by Peter Conway on October 25, 2010 at 1:49 PM

Wayne,

This is really beautiful. I LOVE the color palette.

How does one do a focus stack in CS5? I have never done one and am not sure how to go about it.

Peter

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on October 26, 2010 at 6:46 PM

I really like your pov for this one, Wayne! A wonderful collection of elements including light, color, and dof.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on October 30, 2010 at 4:28 PM

Wayne: Really well seen and a terrific capture. Nice stacking job as well. >=))>

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