Frosted Leaf #3

Gallery: FloraPosted December 10, 2010170 views13 comments

Canon PowerShot S5IS
12/8/2010 7:41:15 AM
1/5
f/5.6
ISO 80
Focal length 16.5 mm
No flash
Handheld
My backyard in Northeast Florida
PSE8 levels, contrast, sharpening, removed background, cropped uneven space, extended canvas to form border

Is there a better way than cropping to make a smaller canvas for a smaller leaf? Feedback on that and anything else would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Bob Duff on December 10, 2010 at 6:47 PM

Barbara, I like this leaf a lot. The lighting,colour and the whites are perfect. I like how the leaf appears to be floating in air.
For my tastes, I would like to have a tighter image without so much negative space around the leaf. I might also rotate the leaf just a little to give more of a sense of free fall. But, that's just me. You've done a great job on this one.

Registered on April 21, 2010, 160 Posts, 1675 Comments

Comment posted by Craig Strand on December 10, 2010 at 7:38 PM

Great job with this "weather coated" leaf, it must have suffered after the recent cold spell that dipped down into FL. I like the detail seen in the larger version and the "Floating" feeling against the dark BG!

Registered on March 30, 2008, 416 Posts, 2885 Comments

Comment posted by Pat Sampson on December 10, 2010 at 7:41 PM

I like this as posted Barbara, although I also like Bob's idea of rotating it. The space works for me as is and I particularly like the hook of the stem and the ice crystals on the leaf body. I probably would make the frame smaller but I like this very much as posted.

pat

Registered on May 19, 2007, 953 Posts, 15989 Comments

Comment posted by Brad Mangas on December 10, 2010 at 8:22 PM

To reply to your question Barbara, to reduce the canvas on this (I assume you mean space around the leaf) without cropping, you would have just needed to move in closer.

Registered on November 9, 2007, 94 Posts, 568 Comments

Comment posted by Ed Lowe on December 10, 2010 at 8:37 PM

I love the frozen crystals on the red leaf and the hook on the stem is particularly stricking, Barbara. Although I like this as is, a slightly tighter crop would get rid of some negative space and place more of an emphasis on the wonderful details of the leaf. Just a suggestion of course.

Ed

Registered on February 7, 2004, 414 Posts, 7115 Comments

Comment posted by Krunal Janani on December 11, 2010 at 8:50 AM

Lovely subject with very nice light & perfect execution Barbara, i like Bob's idea of rotating the image & cropping it by a bit

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

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on December 11, 2010 at 9:10 AM

Barbara:
Another winner in your leaf series. Agree with Bob's suggestion of tighter crop.

Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments

Comment posted by David W. Kelly on December 11, 2010 at 10:12 AM

Wonderful Barbara.

Registered on October 7, 2005, 883 Posts, 6590 Comments

Comment posted by Ellen deBoer on December 12, 2010 at 6:27 AM

This is an interesting image, Barbara! I also would like to see the leaf in a bit tighter crop, there is a lot of black now.

Registered on March 16, 2006, 419 Posts, 2076 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on December 12, 2010 at 9:58 AM

Barbara: My first impression even from the thumbnail was "tighter crop." I hadn't thought about the rotation suggestion but think that's also a good idea. If this is full frame you can indeed crop down to the 1200 pixel large image size and not lose any detail in a web presentation. That said, I do like this as posted and especially like the color and frost details. Nicely done.>=))>

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments

Comment posted by Dan Moore on December 12, 2010 at 7:40 PM

Barbara, I so not often post in this forum but I did this evening and in doing so stumbled across your leaf. I like it very much and personally do not mind the negative space that you have here.This could have easily have been in the weekly challenge. Loved it.

Dan

Registered on February 11, 2010, 143 Posts, 1248 Comments

Comment posted by Albert Darmo on December 14, 2010 at 7:38 PM

Hi Barbara

Another beautiful Leaf capture