Leaf on shells

Gallery: FloraPosted August 27, 201166 views10 comments

This was a leaf on top of some fresh water shells I seen while walking along a local river. adjustments made in Nik software.
7D
f22
1.5sec
iso100

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Ken Smith on August 27, 2011 at 8:03 PM

Nicely composed with the leaf in corner pointing towards the larger area of photo. I like the contrast...both shape and color. My only thought is the leaf looks a tad flat...well, it is flat, of course. I like a little more curl dimension. Well seen and captured.
Ken S

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on August 27, 2011 at 10:22 PM

Very nice simple comp.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on August 27, 2011 at 11:09 PM

Very appealling. Nice comp.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on August 28, 2011 at 9:47 AM

Todd: A fine find and a very pleasing image. Solid comp and I like the subtle colors in the shells. Very nicely done.>=))>

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on August 28, 2011 at 10:28 AM

Love the contrast in color and texture between the subject and the ground Todd. Well seen and well presented. Very interesting.

pat

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Comment posted by Carol Hyman on August 28, 2011 at 10:47 AM

Beautiful leaf glistening with drops of water, Todd. Great color in the leaf.

All is in focus and I assume that at f/22 that was your intent.

I might have been tempted to focus on the leaf with a very shallow DOF so the fresh water shells would be more OOF.

Regards,

Carol

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Comment posted by Wayne Willison on August 28, 2011 at 1:08 PM

I like the color contrasts between leaf and shells. Nice presentation, Todd. But I can't figure what the color at the top of the leaf is from, whether its bleeding from the leaf onto the shells or a color reflection.

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on August 28, 2011 at 6:43 PM

Don't recall anyone using Mussels as the backdrop on Flora forum yet (unless I missed one). I like that angular placement for the leaf. A Polarizer might have cut the glare out of the leaf which I find a little distracting.

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Comment posted by Anne K. Rusk on August 29, 2011 at 5:09 PM

love, love, LOVE this! The difference in textures, subjects, and tones make this totally interesting and exciting.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on August 29, 2011 at 8:42 PM

Tom:
Nice contrast of the texture, shape and colors here. Well seen and capture.

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