Begonia Leaf

[Dave Mills]

At the very end of a productive trip to Longwood Gardens I was sitting on a bench resting before walking back to the visitors center. I looked over on my left and there was a pot filled with an unusual Begonia species. I loved the patterns in the leaves and took a few compositions. Heres one.
Nikon D300,200mm macro,F22,1/60,0 comp, tripod mtd.

[Connie Mier]

Spendid! Good eye to see this, what a catch. I bet you had lots of beautiful comp choices with this too.

[Dave Mills]

Hi Connie,I have another comp I like also. Was surprised when I saw this right next to me. Thanks for the comment!

[Alfred Forns]

Sweet Some of the best ones are found just like you did !! Pays to be attentive !!! Love the shapes and textures Dave !!!

[Bill Dix]

Beautiful one, Dave. Love the comp and texture. Any birds at Longwood Gardens? Or was your visit productive in other ways?

[Jim Michael]

I like the comp and texture, color and density look right on. Also, I wonder how this might have benefitted from a polarizer.

[Dave Mills]

Hi Bill, No birds to shoot at Longwood Gardens(only wild) It's a great place to shoot flowers and water lilies.
Jim, This might have benefited a bit by using a polarizer. If there was any glare it would be reduced. I generally don't use one when shooting macro.

[Lance Peters]

Excellent Dave - strong image graphically with the centre pretty much right on a ROT.
Details and colours are excellent.
Congrats :)

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Nice patterns and textures Dave. Glad you saw it!