Rainforest plant

Gallery: FloraPosted February 28, 2012458 views5 comments

Was in the rainforest exhibit at the Miller Park Zoo when I noticed how the sun light was striking this plant. Had to take a couple of shots.

Canon T31
1/100 @ F-5 ISO 400
Canon EF70-300 IS USM
@ 135mm HH spot meter
From RAW

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on February 28, 2012 at 1:18 PM

John: Good eye and a fine capture. Very well done.>=))>

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on February 28, 2012 at 4:12 PM

Very minimalist. I wish there were something more to indicate depth.

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Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on February 29, 2012 at 3:35 PM

Great find, John! The lighting does look quite interesting but I feel it the photo needs more contrast to showcase the lighting. One idea would be to select the leaves in processing and make them brighter and/or more staturated. Another idea for a very minimalist look would be to totally blacken the BG to make a contrast for the leaves, leaving them as they are. Just some of my thoughts.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on February 29, 2012 at 9:53 PM

Hi john

I think you captured a difficult situation quiet well. I assume you changed the EV readings for each shot.. i would crop the image more, to focus on the interesting light on the leaves

Albert Darmo
Canada

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on March 1, 2012 at 3:31 AM

John:
Very good eye to spot this and even more credit in making this difficult capture. I like the mystery of the dark mood and just enough light on the leaves to so the detail of the surface and vein. Might consider a crop along the top to make the image less centered.

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