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
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.
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.
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...
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.
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!
Old Oak Leaves
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