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Suspend Be-leaf

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted November 12, 201436 views4 comments

I'm going to push the definition of leaf a little bit here... I'm mean all trees have leaves don't they, even conifers!

Found this "leaf" suspended above a trail at head height from an impossibly long bit of spider web in Van Damme State Park on the NorCal coast. I liked that you could see its environmental context in the background.

Canon T1i, f/14, 1/13 sec, ISO-400, 36mm, handheld (with a backpack on no less)

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4 comments

Comment posted by Rick Turner on November 12, 2014 at 3:31 PM

Cool capture.

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Comment posted by John Tobias on November 12, 2014 at 3:40 PM

Good eye to see and catch this leaf image. The BG sets the leaf off well. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on November 12, 2014 at 10:37 PM

Hi Dave

Interesting find.. the web must have been strong to support the twig err branch err{ Leaf}

Albert Darmo
Canada

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on November 13, 2014 at 9:28 AM

Dave, as someone who routinely pushed the definition of WCs before I became moderator, I'm all for pushing the definitions.

My first thought was that you had caught this leaf (and I believe that technically it is a leaf, with all the little "bits" being leaflets...) in midair. Regardless, I like the sense of catching the falling leaf suspended and how the warm tones in the leaf contrast with the soft, but recognizable green background. Fine catch.

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