Green Hole

[Gordon Craig]

This is the time of year for spring clean-up in the yard. I shot this while doing spring clean-up after a brief shower. That always seems to bring the colors out. I shot this with a Canon 5D, Canon 180 mm lens. The Aperature was F/32, exposure was 1/2 sec and the ISO was 100. No lens filter was used.

[Dave Mills]

Gordon, Nice image! I like the flow leading you out the bottom. The water droplets add significantly to the overall effect and the color is rich without being oversaturated...

[Julie Kenward]

Yes, nice comp! Love the water flowing towards the inside of the leaf and the lighting is beautiful. The reason you get such great colors after a shower/rain is because all the pollution is washed down from the air - you literally get all the colors in their full glory so always try to get out after a good rain...it's a great time to photograph!

You have a few very small black "dots" towards the bottom of the frame...probably little specs of dirt on the plant..I'd clone them out and maybe increase the sharpening a bit more on some of the really prominent water drops.

[denise ippolito]

Gordon, I like your composition-very interesting!!

[Stephen Stephen]

Very nicely captured Gordon. I love the flow of the leaf.

[Kaushik Balakumar]

This is a fantastic composition Gordon. Very well 'seen' and photographed. Simply loved those 'flowing' lines (veins) on the leaf. Might sharpen it a bit more I guess.

[Alfred Forns]

This is really good !!! Just had to stare at it for a while Simple and strong !!! Big Time Congrats !!!

[Dave Phillips]

awesome comp...the large drop near bottom left of center finishes off the visual perfectly IMO.

[Thomas Herou]

Very nice compositon with the soft and curved lines.
I like this a lot,Gordon!

[Mike Moats]

Hey Gordon, very good comp, good details, well done.

[Bruce Murden]

Leading lines are great, especially with the water drops flowing down them. Great shades of green, also. Keep up the great work.