Tallow Tree Leaves...

Gallery: FloraPosted November 16, 20037,921 views12 comments

I'm not sure where to put this image..LOL - it could go in Macro, it could go in Man and Nature, and it could in Earth, Sea and Sky - although no HOM is evident.. this is a flatbed scan of the leaves. It's raining like cats and dogs in my neck of the woods today, so I had to think out of the box a bit to keep myself occupied. I went outside and gathered up several Tallow tree leaves of varying colors - brought them in and dried them off. Once done, I placed them on the flatbed scanner and scanned away... The print came out awesome!!

Canon 620U flatbed scanner, fresh fallen leaves, cropped and resized in Photoshop.

Michael

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12 comments

Comment posted by Barbara Henneke on November 16, 2003 at 3:57 PM

I would have been glad to see this anywhere - wonderful colors.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 2 Posts, 17 Comments

Comment posted by Ronnie Gaubert on November 16, 2003 at 7:30 PM

Michael,

I believe you must have captured every color of the spectrum in this one. Very good job on the scan, looks very sharp. There was a woman on another site that only used her scanner to produce images and did some amazing work.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 810 Posts, 3495 Comments

Comment posted by Marshall Black on November 18, 2003 at 4:10 AM

Nice arrangement, wish I had a local tallow tree!

Registered on November 1, 2003, 28 Posts, 180 Comments

Comment posted by Jasper Doest on November 18, 2003 at 10:33 AM

Excellent idea and I love your collection of colorfull leaves! Really nicely done. Some of the leaves look a bit soft and lack detail...(red leaf on the left, grean leaf in the upper right corner). Is this due to the scan?

Registered on November 1, 2003, 371 Posts, 2101 Comments

Comment posted by Michael Bates on November 18, 2003 at 6:26 PM

Thanks for the comments! Jasper.. the leaves were directly ON the scanner pane..so the OOF stuff is because I didn't squish them totally flat..I wanted some depth in the image... :)

Michael

Registered on November 1, 2003, 149 Posts, 2381 Comments

Comment posted by John Fortner on November 18, 2003 at 9:12 PM

Cool Michael. The things we do on rainy days...

Registered on November 1, 2003, 15 Posts, 146 Comments

Comment posted by Dan Borzynski on November 18, 2003 at 10:48 PM

TThis has an almost velvet-like appearance to the leaves, with the texture and the colors. Thanks for posting it.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 109 Posts, 799 Comments

Comment posted by Pete Parker on November 21, 2003 at 1:35 PM

What a great idea Mike. I love those colors. This looks like it was done with a 4X5.
Bring the print to Choke Canyon, I'd love to see it.

Pete

Registered on November 9, 2003, 29 Posts, 184 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Graf on November 24, 2003 at 7:43 AM

Awesome shot Michael! I am not sure if the composition of this was intentional - but it must have been tricky composing it leaves face down on the scanner. It came out great.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 39 Posts, 542 Comments

Comment posted by Surendran on February 21, 2004 at 3:05 AM

That is a fine piece of work.

I am an Indian Guy I have an interest in photography but only admire it.

Please forgive me if I am absurd, is this photograph created or is it natural

Could U be my email photography teacher?

I hope U will do the needful,

Yours Truly,

Ranjit Surendran

Registered on February 21, 2004, 0 Posts, 1 Comments

Comment posted by Carol Hyman on April 26, 2007 at 1:17 PM

Hi Michael,

I don't have the faintest idea what a Tallow tree looks like but after seeing this image, I'm really curious.

The colors are magnificent.

No idea you could do this with a scanner. Interesting.

Carol

Registered on January 18, 2007, 597 Posts, 8062 Comments

Comment posted by Jack Mitchell on June 21, 2007 at 7:26 AM

Great improvisation and fantastic end result

Registered on June 16, 2007, 2 Posts, 16 Comments