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‘Time Well Wasted’
WC # 607, Thought I would give this Falling Leaf challenge a try and a true challenge it is indeed. Approached from several different directions and about 350 shutter releases till I managed this shot # 347 as I was loosing daylight. May try again tomorrow, I did learn a lot to be sure. Cropped to original size at 65% of FF. This is very unpredictable subject matter!

File Name Ramy_0064_CF35.CR2
Camera Model Canon EOS 7D
Shooting Date/Time 10/25/2013 6:24:03 PM
Author Michael Ramy
Copyright Notice Rock Art Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
Shooting Mode Shutter-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/250
Av( Aperture Value ) 2.8
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
ISO Speed 400
Auto ISO Speed OFF
Lens EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Focal Length 35.0mm
Flash On
Flash Type External E-TTL
E-TTL II flash metering Evaluative flash metering
Flash Exposure Compensation -1 1/3
Tripod

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on October 26, 2013 at 12:06 AM

I like how the leaf stands out from the BG, very nice

I agree this is turning out to be a very challenging challenge!
Thanks for sharing your success with the falling leaf.

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on October 26, 2013 at 11:41 AM

Mike, this is great! Congratulations!

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on October 26, 2013 at 6:40 PM

Hi Mike

i like how you captured this falling leaf ... good color and detail. but the Bg distracts a bit. and could be croped more around to be even better

Albert Darmo

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on October 27, 2013 at 12:53 PM

Terrific catch (showing excellent patience and persistence), Mike, with that lone leaf nicely sharp. Given the challenge of even catching this, I think the background sets the stage very nicely.

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Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on October 27, 2013 at 10:07 PM

Three cheers for Mike! You really worked hard to meet this challenge and finally succeeded. What perserverance! Great job capturing this leaf in midflight. . .and even composed nicely too.

The background is in just enough in focus to show a natural evironmental context for this falling leaf. One thought would be to darken the bright areas in the background just a bit.
Well done.

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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on October 31, 2013 at 2:11 PM

Make that FOUR cheers for Mike! Congrats on the WP, too!

Hard to believe that you got this after only 347 attempts!
Good job, and great title, too.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on November 5, 2013 at 1:57 PM

Persistence paid off! Nice image and perfect entry.
Congrats on the WP!

Sandy

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on November 7, 2013 at 9:21 AM

Congratulations Mike, your hard work paid off with a great WP

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Comment posted by Mike Ramy on July 1, 2014 at 1:35 PM

Thanks to everyone for taking the time to comment, much appreciated.

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