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Thread: It's A Leaf! It's A Fish!

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    Julie Kenward
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    Default It's A Leaf! It's A Fish!

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    Once I got home with today's images I couldn't get over how much this leaf floating on the surface of a nearby lake looked just like a fish half out of water.

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    F14 @ 1/250th, ISO 320
    Manual Mode, Pattern Metering
    Handheld, Natural sunlight
    Processed in ACR & CS4: Small crop, levels and curves adjustment

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    If I "browser-crop" to eliminate the brown reflection above the leaf, I see a bird in flight.:)

    The leaf itself is interesting, and the near-complementary colors are good, but it's a bit small in the frame for my taste. The EXIF (after saving your image locally) tells me you were at 200mm, so I guess getting closer wasn't an option, short of swimming.:)

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    Julie Kenward
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    You're right, Chris. Keep those fingers crossed that the yearly bonus is good and I could be looking down the barrel of a 400mm next spring!

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    Ed Vatza
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    Hi Jules,

    Chris is right. It does look like a bird-in-flight. I also think he hit all the points. Bigger in the frame would be better but you can only do what you can do.

    A 400 would be nice. Have you tried a 1.4x TC with your 70-200? I have used a Kenko 1.4x TC with my 70-200mm f/2.8 and that extra 80mm does help. Just a thought.

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    Indeed Julie, it does look like a fish. Very simple & nice composition. Wish the ripples in the top half of the image were not so prominent...

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