Up in Vermont for an long weekend in early November. The sky was mostly overcast all weekend so the light was nice and soft. In addition, there were still a good amount of fall colors available for shooting.
I happened upon these leaves curled up near our front door. It was really still and the light was pretty difuse and appealing. I used my 60mm micro and was able to orient it to get the repeating shapes of the leaves behind the in-focus one in the foreground. I really like the warmth of the tones and hues and hope DPC does as well.
Editing: Shot in Raw and converted to JPEG using CS2. Adjusted exposure, curves, sharpness. Save.
Opened in Elements 3.0: Adjusted levels, hue/saturation, Noise Ninja, crop to square. Dodged dark area in upper left, cloned background. Save for web. Added border, USM at small radius, dodge/burn/ blur background, Hue/Saturation, Save.
Predict: 6.2
Post Challenge: I think I should start working as a sports bookie or fortune teller...Predict 6.2 - actual 6.22
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Congrats on this great photo, the DOF on this is awesome and the veins of the leave make great diagonals. I cannot believe someone gave you a 1! They obviously do not know about photography.
Really like the texture and detail you have brought out in this.
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