Red Banana After A Cool Rain

[Charles Wesley]

Our red banana tree was hit by some cool weather this winter even though I did my best to prevent it. Here's an image of one leaf after some much needed rain. I was not able to control the placement of the rain drops.

Canon EOS- 1D, Sigma 180 mm AF APO EX DX macro with tripod. This was taken in natural light on an overcast day. My exposure was 1/ 25 sec. @f/ 13.0 ISO 800. It was processed with D.P.P. 3.5 and PS/CS4.

Enjoy...
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Charlie Wesley
St. Augustine Beach, FL
http://naturesphotogrpahs.com

[Julie Kenward]

Neat image, Charles! I really like that you didn't over sharpen it...that happens so often when we try to get the water drops just right. I think it's perfect just like this.

Nice contrasting colors and I really like the diagonal comp.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

I also believe this is a powerful image.

The diagonal line makes this one for me. Those water drops are fine but I guess fill flash would have help by adding flare to them. By the way, there are no banana trees, just banana plants that I know, are bizarre huge plants :)

[Thomas Herou]

I like the pattern on the leaf and the waterdrops adds nicely to the final touch.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Charles,
Also like the different shades of the greens as well as the diagonal comp. Nicely done!