Autumn Droplets

Gallery: FloraPosted January 16, 2012630 views15 comments

A simple shot, but an exercise for me in focus stacking.

From the forests within Blackwater Falls State Park, WVA

7 images stacked for depth. selective curves adjustment and sharpening mask.

all C&C encouraged and appreciated!

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by Todd Bielby on January 16, 2012 at 4:29 PM

Simple or not I like this Navin.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on January 16, 2012 at 5:54 PM

Navin: This is RICH! Really good work on your stack and the colors are spectacular. Did you use a polarizer? Judging by the lack of sheen I suspect so and a really good use of an underutilized tool for good flora images. 2+ thumbs up! >=))>

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on January 16, 2012 at 7:03 PM

Nicely composed. the colors are wonderful as are the waterdrops. A successful exercise, IMO.

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Comment posted by Ken Smith on January 16, 2012 at 8:18 PM

Nice shot....well composed. Control of the yellows and brights is difficult and you've done well. Water on that solo leaf and lacking on surrounding just climbs out of this scene. Not a nit. Once noticed, then hard to shake loose. I like that bit of green in bottom rt leaf.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on January 16, 2012 at 8:23 PM

Excellent. Very nice light and detail, good composition.

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Comment posted by Navin Sarma on January 16, 2012 at 8:37 PM

thanks, everyone, for your comments.

Bill - yes, i did use a polarizer for this shot. i just wanted a small amount of sheen, primarily in the silver-ish leaf on the ULC!

Ken - i think i follow your comment, but not entirely sure :) are you saying that its hard to shake the contrast between water droplets on the one leaf and none otherwise? is this distracting to you?

thanks again, for your thoughts!

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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on January 16, 2012 at 10:38 PM

Wow is all there is to say here, stunning rich colours and love the composition and dew drops. Great image Navin. Welcome to the flora gallery !

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on January 16, 2012 at 11:02 PM

Great job of stacking. The color palette is lovely.

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Comment posted by Eirini Pajak on January 17, 2012 at 11:33 AM

This is gorgeous! I love everything about it! Definitely NOT just another simple leaf shot.

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Comment posted by Gary McGhee on January 17, 2012 at 12:04 PM

I really like this Navin, nicely framed and wonderful saturation.

Gary.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on January 17, 2012 at 8:12 PM

Navin:

Just fabulous

The larger version is just a pleasure to view.

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Comment posted by Navin Sarma on January 17, 2012 at 9:00 PM

thanks, everyone for your comments :)

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Comment posted by Craig Strand on January 19, 2012 at 7:36 AM

You have a wonderful stack and technique here Navin. I did a similar fall leaf stack the past two years and am still amazed at how well stacking works even on such a relatively shallow depth. Your colors are wonderful as is the water droplets. Great job!

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Comment posted by Michael Lowe on January 19, 2012 at 9:48 PM

Great shot.

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Comment posted by Jay Martin on January 20, 2012 at 10:48 PM

This is great - nice work with the stack. Wonderful shapes and colors.

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