A Leaf

[John Storjohann]

180mm, f/16@1/10. RAW image processed in LR; layers of NIK Tonal Contrast, Topaz->Simplify and Fractalius applied, all at varying opacity and different blend modes.

[Cheryl Slechta]

John, I love the rich complimentary colors (my Photo Club theme this month). I really like the composition and the beautiful curve in the stem makes it really special. There is one black spot on the edge of the leaf on the RHS on the downward sloping edge that you might want to remove. Beautiful work - it'd look great as a print.

[Bob Miller]

John....nice and simple and yet beautiful. Loving your composition, colors, and frac work

[denise ippolito]

John, Simple yet wonderful. Love the blue and gold color combo. The color tones are rich and the composition is perfect in my opinion. A home run!

[Anita Bower]

I look forward to your photos! Gold against blue is striking. Well placed leaf creating different and interesting composition. You stopped the processing just in time. Well done.

[Brendan Dozier]

Great bold color combo and like the simplicity to comp, John. Well processed, has a nice glow to it, and like textures in both leaf and BG. Wondering about bringing out just a tad more of the interesting interlacing details in the leaf with some contrast?

[John Storjohann]

Thank you for the suggestion, Brendan...is this what you had in mind?

[Brendan Dozier]

Yes, just the right amount IMHO!