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Carbon-Leaf
Carbon-Leaf
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Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Sigma 150mm f/2.8 EX APO Macro EX DG HSM for Nikon
Galleries: Black and White, Macro
Date Uploaded: Oct 9, 2008

Viewed: 281
Comments: 12
Favorites: 1 (view)

 My son has been picking these leaves off the tree in the front yard and bringing them to me for weeks now. Well I finaly got around to taking soem shots of it. I just really dig the viens of the leaf.

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 11/16/2008 02:33:43 AM
Black & white was a good choice for this, I feel. The emphasis is really thrown on the patterns and texture.
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 10/17/2008 12:21:42 PM
I really like the B&W and high contrast. I took something similar but never thought to process it like that.
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 10/13/2008 02:15:46 AM
Excellent shot Chris. Very nice in B & W. Like the square crop. Would also like to see a similar shot with the main vein on the diagonal.
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 10/11/2008 12:20:09 PM
Beautiful leaf! Looks good in a square crop.

My personal preference would have been for a little more detail overall, more "gray" - this is almost all either blacks or whites, and even though it looks good, I find it a bit hard on my eyes.

It's very interesting that you chose an almost symmetrical composition, almost right down the middle, but not really. I was thinking at first, either it should be right down the middle, or pushed over further to one side, or at an angle or something like that, but in looking at it more, it actually works as it is. Very nice.
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 10/11/2008 07:52:45 AM
I love these leaves and I love taking pictures of them. Don't they look like little maps of a suburban area?
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 10/10/2008 09:20:52 PM
funny .. i noticed you'd had a fav and my first thought was shez .. lol .. i've just had a look .. its quite reminiscent of her close-ups which is a compliment of course .. :)
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 10/10/2008 09:19:19 PM
AMAZING TEXTURES .. !!
looks amazing in b&w with such contrasts and shapes .. its a very brilliant image .. also a bit'v an optical illusion as you scroll up or down .. it sort'v messes with your eyes .!! :)
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 10/10/2008 04:25:31 PM
Great patterns/designs. Good choice of B&W to emphasize this.
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 10/10/2008 09:44:33 AM
This is a classic. Well done!
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 10/10/2008 04:47:41 AM
Fantastic display of those intricate maps of veins-nicely shown , Chris !
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 10/10/2008 02:37:26 AM
TOTALLY AWESOME and MY kind of shot..... and by the way, a 'favorite' right now.....
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 10/10/2008 02:11:09 AM
I like this one. I have always wanted to do this. I like the well defined lines in the leaf. Great shot.
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