Interesting Leaves

[wtlwdwgn]

I've been getting some use out of my Pentax FA 100mm f/2.8 Macro lens and I thought these leaves looked interesting.

[Shadowman]

Very interesting, nicely captured.

[wtlwdwgn]

Thanks!

[Kodiak]

Hey Steve,
I have the same and dig them quite a bit because they look like green water colour
on white leaves. I think, though, that yours look somewhat underexposed!

I like the composition!

[wtlwdwgn]

Thanks Kodiak. I just found out that it is a variegated euonymus shrub. It is a bit underexposed but I wanted to keep the whites from blowing out. I'll do better next time.

[DanK]

Steve,

I wouldn't worry about the exposure, although a stop or so brighter would have been better. Here's your histogram:



I don't know what software you use, but it is trivial to brighten this. I did it in seconds with a levels adjustment in photoshop.

I think a bigger issue is the relatively weak separation between the foreground leaves that I assume you want to highlight and the background leaves. The latter, since they are not far out of focus and almost the same brightness, are distracting. I thought of a few things you could try:

--brighten the foreground leaves selectively, or darken the background selectively
--blur the background

Dan

[Wavelength]

The simplicity we miss mostly.... lovely capture

[deetheturk]

Nice capture Steve!