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3-D leaf

by Luke Ormand

Gallery: Photo ArtPosted November 7, 2010106 views3 comments
Going through old images and came across this from the summer... had no plans for it when I took it but couldn't pass up the chance. Now this is pretty mild for photo-art but found it fitting. In processing this image I really wanted to make it pop from the water - it just kills me that I missed the sharpness on the left side.

ACR adjustments including exposure, curves and vignette addition
Photoshop Processing included playing with colors, cleaning up the water a little, sharpening, noise reduction and levels adjustment. This is full frame and rotated from horizontal to vertical

Nikon D300s 300 f4 + 1.7X TC HH from bridge looking down
f/6.7
1/250s
ISO 1250
-1 EC

Comments

3 comments
Comment posted by denise ippolito on November 8, 2010 at 9:20 AM
Luke, I like this a lot. Nice deep colors and the vignette adds a nice touch. I may have composed it to the lower/right more. Nice work!
Registered on December 17, 2009, 202 Posts, 1529 Comments
Comment posted by David W. Kelly on November 8, 2010 at 12:29 PM
Lots of great contrast Luke. You might want to crop in a bit leaving a little less room on the sides. Nice image.
Registered on October 7, 2005, 883 Posts, 6590 Comments
Comment posted by Ron Pederson on November 9, 2010 at 8:48 AM
The colors are nice and the leaf does pop from the water. A different composition would help; I'd be tempted to rotate it 10-15 degrees right and crop it a little tighter.
Registered on October 19, 2010, 95 Posts, 470 Comments