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Leaf on snow

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Posted by Kendall Hetrick on January 11, 2009 at 3:54 PM
Leaf on snow
Caught this leaf back when we had snow. Was walking back from shooting eagles, thought the light was nice.
Olympus E 510 600mm eq 1/800 f6.3 ISO 100
Posted by Toni Lankerd on January 13, 2009 at 9:57 AM
Nice warm lighting in this image, Kendall. I think I might be tempted to rotate this image to the left in order to place the leaf more on a diagonal.
Posted by Joel Truckenbrod on January 13, 2009 at 11:40 AM
Toni's thoughts echo my own almost exactly. I also really enjoy the light (good eye), but would prefer a more dynamic composition. 600mm eq? You must have been a ways away then, perhaps shorter focal length would have been better .
Posted by Chuck Beatty on January 13, 2009 at 12:21 PM
I like the warm reflected light on the snow and the contrasting colors. At the time of shooting, I might have moved the leaf a bit so the seeds were in full light, rather than in the shadow.
Posted by Brian Vance on January 13, 2009 at 2:01 PM
Kendall, I like the subject a lot. Good eye! I also agree with Chuck about the shadow. The light is nice, but the shadow moving right through the attached dried berries is distracting. Would've been a good time to have a diffuser on hand to help with the shadows. Very nice DOF and details in the leaf.