I think these are young Silver Maple leaves, which explains the color.
I brought out the details by making a B & W version and placing it on the color version twice at Soft Light blend mode. Curves, Levels, Selective darken and lighten.
Very nice Anita! Your technique really brought out the structures in the leaves. I see you finally made the jump to mirrorless! How's that combo working for you?
Love the emphasis of this image on the beauty of the color, shapes and details of the leaves, with the all white bkgd. I agree with Hazel about the learning part! I have also shed some camera weight as I do not want to carry so much around anymore.
Love the emphasis of this image on the beauty of the color, shapes and details of the leaves, with the all white bkgd. I agree with Hazel about the learning part! I have also shed some camera weight as I do not want to carry so much around anymore.
Gorgeous leaves well composed! I love that you didn't get shadows. Good technique for punching up contrast. There are so many, it's wonderful to have access to them.
Now that I think about it more, perhaps I held up the leaves with a plamp and photographed them against a white bg that was about 1 foot away. Hence, no shadows.
Very nice indeed I really like the detail and composition, the white background is "ok" I am sure you could brush in some greens/yellows to make it a little more natural looking - WDYT? (Purely a personal viewpoint!)
Very nice indeed I really like the detail and composition, the white background is "ok" I am sure you could brush in some greens/yellows to make it a little more natural looking - WDYT? (Purely a personal viewpoint!)
I'm replying to your excellent suggestion, a bit late. My approach doesn't make it look more natural, but it eliminates the white bg.