Delicate

Gallery: FloraPosted February 10, 2014271 views13 comments

The forest near my home in western Oregon flooded pretty frequently in the winter, and one day I was walking around in chest waders in knee-deep water and noticed this little plant and it's reflection. A steady rain was falling, so I set up my tripod and took about 200 shots as the droplets hit the water, and chose 2 or 3 to work on. I positioned myself so that out of focus reflections of trees framed the tiny scene.

Canon 5d Mark ii, 100mm Macro lens, 1/500 sec at f/4, ISO 400, Gitzo Tripod

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on February 10, 2014 at 7:58 PM

Simple and lovely b/w. The ripples and the leaves are exquisite. I wouldn't question the framing, but I think I would be tempted to clone out the bubbles on the right side. Also there is a small white dot about 3 o'clock from the main ripple, just inside the dark shadow which could be made to disappear. This is probably a raindrop (I see a few others).

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on February 10, 2014 at 9:09 PM

Thomas

This is a wonderful composition, very powerful image that immediate draws ones attention!! Your patience in setting this up and taking a stack of images have really paid off. Good call in converting this to B&W.

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on February 10, 2014 at 9:18 PM

Marvelous image. Excellent vision, execution and processing!

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on February 10, 2014 at 10:29 PM

Thomas: Creatively conceived and superbly executed. This is marvelous. >=))>

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Comment posted by Ronald Murphy on February 11, 2014 at 8:15 AM

Perfect timing, well done. I too would clone away the stuff on the right.

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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on February 11, 2014 at 5:19 PM

Beautifully crafted ! Love the mono !

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on February 13, 2014 at 5:42 AM

Very striking image, Thomas ! Love the b & w conversion, and the capture of the droplet in the water could not be better. Very creative !!

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on February 13, 2014 at 11:59 AM

Very artistic rendition. Excellent use of light and shadow.

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Comment posted by gary phillips on February 14, 2014 at 12:09 PM

Really sweet comp, Thomas. Elegant, artistic, and beautiful in b/w. Great work !!!!!

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Comment posted by Angela Classen on February 15, 2014 at 12:45 PM

I agree with the cloning comments already - it would clean it up a bit and make it simpler. Love the composition and the processing. Excellent work!

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Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on February 18, 2014 at 10:28 PM

What a simple and beautiful photo Thomas! I love all: composition, tones of light, DOF, contrast, design. Bravo!
Take care.

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Comment posted by Angela Classen on February 22, 2014 at 1:58 AM

Congrats on the WP!

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Comment posted by Doug Roane on March 7, 2014 at 8:11 PM

wonderfully simple, creative work of art - perfect!!!!

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