Cottonwood Floater

[Mike Fuhr]

Was wandering around the woods behind my house. The floating leaves, as always, caught my attention. This one was taken from a bridge over a small creek. I could sit there and wait for the subjects to come to me! C and C welcome.

Nikon D300
100-300 F/4 @ 210mm
1/500
F/5
ISO 200

[Dan Brown]

Very interesting image! I like the fact that I am having a hard time telling if I am looking down into water or up into sky! Good sharpness and exp creating sort of an illusion.

[Dave Leroy]

Very nice shot. I really like the placement of the leaf in relation to the lovely bg and light through the water. Well done. Dave

[Ramesh Adkoli]

Beautiful image, Mike. Simple and elegant composition. Liked that minimalist approach. BG is just fantastic. You might want to even out those bands of darker tone. TFS.

regards,
ramesh

[Julie Kenward]

I'm with you, Mike...I could sit and photograph leaves on water all day long at this time of year. This is very interesting - the light of the water/bg is really neat and helps hold your eye to the leaf. I do wish it was floating INTO the frame and not out of it. One solution might be to crop to a square frame and let the leaf have more positive space. Adding a little canvas on the bottom and left might also be another way to go.