David Halgrimson, APSA
About the Image(s)
Taken this fall. When out walking I noticed some great leaves with great colors, shapes and texture, I picked up many of them to shoot later. They dry out fast so to get the them so I can stage them I soak them in water. I set them up on a card table, I stick a straight pin in the stem and then using hand clamps I set them up with a flashlight behind them to backlight them. It takes some fiddling to get them setup right with the light. After this one, I found it is impossible to get the whole leaf in focus so I have started focus stacking.
Taken with a Lumix GX8 an Olympus 60mm macro lens at f/2.8, ISO 200 and 1/13th sec.
Processed in Lightroom and the Basic panel then in Silver Effects Pro 2 using the Full Dynamic Smooth and Sepia 20.
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11 comments posted
& comment of Arfan for the space on the right.   Posted: 12/06/2019 07:44:19
My comment for the December image - Falling Leaves of Fall.
Let me admit I love fall colors and coincidentally, I have travelled to many European countries during fall. Lucky to have captured the colors of fall. The light is tricky but the color saturation is awesome. Coming to this image, I like the concept and the different approach here. But I have concerns why does the leaf end at its tip in this way. Is there a real intent, I am not sure. I note the depth of field in the lower half of the leaf weak. There is beautiful details of the veins in the upper half but fuzzy at the lower part. I would have preferred the depth of field to take in the entire leaf. I like the tone and feel the square format justifies the content.   Posted: 12/12/2019 13:24:42
There is a gentleman over here on the camera circuit that does these types of images a lot and he does a lot of them with backlighting with some amazing effects. Just an idea for you to play with.   Posted: 12/15/2019 14:49:29
I like both version (the hue is great in the color version).
For the low deph of field (an the lack of sharpness on the right and in the bottom), i find it quite interesting.
Full sharp would have been beautiful, but may be a little monotonus.
In this case, ther is a dynamism and it is ok.
  Posted: 12/24/2019 02:43:06