Cleansing Rain

Gallery: LandscapePosted November 11, 2010127 views12 comments

Peach tree leaves settled on a bed of clovers after a fresh rainfall in the Napa Valley. Another composite image--this one is about 12 vertical images stitch, making the image about 15,000 pixels wide. Again, the details are quite stunning. When viewed at 100%, I found a bug sitting beneath the red leaf, something I didn't even see while in the field. A pleasant surprise.

Thanks for any comments/critiques.

Canon 30D, 17-70mm @70mm, iso 100, 1/4sec @ f22

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Julia Flanagan on November 11, 2010 at 5:47 PM

Yes - you do have wonderful detail. The uniformity of the green groundcover allows the colors and curves of the leaves to stand out all the more. 12 stitches??? I just spent over 3 hours on 2 stitches. You must be good at this - or have lots of patience!

Great results!
Julie

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on November 11, 2010 at 6:55 PM

Great color and light to show it off. The one red leaf is placed very effectively in your comp. Must make a great huge print. Both versions show how much clarity there is in the details.

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Comment posted by Bob Miller on November 11, 2010 at 9:22 PM

That's alotta work!

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Comment posted by Krunal Janani on November 11, 2010 at 11:17 PM

That's really a lotta work Benjamin & u've been equally rewarded with this beauty of an image

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Comment posted by Jim Greenwood on November 12, 2010 at 9:08 AM

A beautiful composition ... and since this is made of 12 stitched images, you could enlarge it and hang it on the side of a barn.

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Comment posted by Jimmy Gekas on November 12, 2010 at 12:09 PM

Simple and crisp! The color combos are perfect.

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Comment posted by Steve Sieren on November 12, 2010 at 1:51 PM

They may be peach leaves but I'm craving bananas. That's what they look like to me. I do like the red amongst the greens Ben.

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Comment posted by Anthony Vincent on November 12, 2010 at 5:55 PM

Must be some heck of detail and wonderful collections Benjamin.

The yellows against the green are refreshing. Great job here.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on November 12, 2010 at 9:39 PM

This is a really neat image, Benjamin. That one red leaf really makes it. 15,000 pixels wide! Would love to see the 6 ft version of this. Curious, what are you using for stitching these together?

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Comment posted by Benjamin Glatt on November 12, 2010 at 9:46 PM

Thanks for the kind remarks folks. For those commenting on the stitching--it's not as difficult as it seems. I just throw all the images in photoshop's automerge function...and it does all the stitch for me

Gotta love technology.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on November 12, 2010 at 10:48 PM

Hi Benjamin

Amazing quality of detail !!! The curved lines and color make this a great stich

Albert Darmo. Canada

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Comment posted by Dean Sauskojus on November 13, 2010 at 2:44 AM

Great looking detail and the red leaf is a great eye catcher. Really nice mix Ben. Great job.

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