naturally dried and rolled leaf from a star apple tree.

[JBW]

This is as close as I can come to the engraved polished bronze look the real leaf has.

[TonyW]

I like this image - the composition, colours and textures. To me, though, it does not look quite sharp enough on my screen.

[JBW]

I like this image - the composition, colours and textures. To me, though, it does not look quite sharp enough on my screen.

that may be because the leaf that i focused on has an engraved and burnished look to it that looks naturally out of focus.