Since we're now well into fall, I've been doing quite a bit of leaf photography lately. Since these oak leaves were brown to begin with, I decided to convert the image to sepia. Any C&C are welcome!
Olympus SP-550 UZ
f5.6 @ 1/25, ISO 200, -0.7 EV
Aperture priority mode, pattern metering
Processed in PS CS2; curves adjustments, channel mixer, shadow/highlight, added sepia tone using two color balance layers and hue/saturation, toned down the white spots on the leaf, and added a vignette
10-20-2009, 08:39 AM
denise ippolito
Christopher, I like the color tones and the texture. The details look good also. I might lighten the dark area up top a bit and the right side semi-circle. Nicely done and I look forward to your next one.
10-20-2009, 09:10 AM
Jackie Schuknecht
Great texture on the leaf Christopher, might lighten too as Denise mentioned. Think sepia is the perfect toning here. Makes everything look so weathered and old.
10-20-2009, 01:51 PM
Dave Mills
Hi Christopher, I like the sepia effect and your choice of composition. The white area towards the top is constantly bringing my eye to it and not sure if it's a plus...
10-20-2009, 10:00 PM
Christopher Miller
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Thanks Denise, Jackie, and Dave.
Dave, that white area bothered me a bit too, so I tried toning it down some more in this repost. I also lightened the dark areas a bit as suggested. Let me know how this looks.
10-21-2009, 08:30 PM
Jackie Schuknecht
I think the repost looks really good. Well done.
10-21-2009, 09:34 PM
Julie Kenward
I like the repost as well, Christopher. I noticed you have it as an 8x11 - if you changed that to an 8x10 leaving off the darkest area at the top that works comp-wise as well.
You really are getting good with the sepia/duotone stuff. Nice to see someone get into and really develop their skills in this area!
10-22-2009, 07:26 AM
denise ippolito
Christopher, I like the repost, nice job.
10-22-2009, 09:04 PM
Christopher Miller
Thanks everyone! Good suggestion, Jules. I'll give it a try.