Solitary + Color

Gallery: FloraPosted January 11, 2017225 views4 comments

Sony A77II
Sony 70-400G @ 160mm, CPL
ISO 400, 1/40 @ f8

Fall comes late to our part of Texas. I took this the day after Christmas on our back patio. Our ornamental pear tree drops a prolific amount of leaves, most of which turn very dark brown shortly after they fall. Some still retain some color so a few scenes like this are fairly common. I did desaturate the old leaves a bit but otherwise this is pretty much as found. All comments welcome.>=))>

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by scott lanz on January 12, 2017 at 7:53 AM

Well done, Bill. I like this a lot. Nicely composed and everything is tack sharp, even in the web presentation. I would be interested in seeing this before you desaturated the bg leaves -- adding back the color in the background (older) leaves. I think the pear leaf would still stand out, and the image may look more natural (though probably less graphic). This would not be "better" of course, just a different look.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on January 14, 2017 at 5:38 PM

Beautiful, Bill. My only nit is that little oof area next to your logo. The rest of the image is so crisp feeling that it tends to pull my eye.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on January 14, 2017 at 7:27 PM

Bill, I happen to like those little OOF spots. They make for a great place to put a logo! I kind of agree with Scott. While this is an interesting take, I would love to see this with the color back in.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on January 15, 2017 at 6:37 PM

Here is the full color version as requested.

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