Golden Oak Leaf

[Anita Bower]

I took a picture of this Oak leaf on a walk today.

Nikon D300, Sigma 105mm macro, handheld, f3, ISO 200, 1/200 sec., A priority.
PP: Elements 7 and PS7: I pulled out detail as described here. I added 3 of my textures, made basic adjustments,added vignette.

C&C always appreciated.:)

[Christopher Miller]

Excellent work, Anita! Nice detail in the leaf, and the square crop was a good choice. I love the golden color tones and the leaves in the BG. Well done!

[Indranil Sircar]

Excellent composition, Anita. The color and the details are just amazing. TFS.

[Jay Sheinfield]

Anita, great color work on this. Excellent DOF @ f/3. I might have bended in the the OOF BG pattern the sits
atop the leaf for a more 3-d look. There is a small artifact just above the leafs top edge. Good work.

[Anita Bower]

Anita, great color work on this. Excellent DOF @ f/3. I might have bended in the the OOF BG pattern the sits
atop the leaf for a more 3-d look. There is a small artifact just above the leafs top edge. Good work.

Thanks! I debated about the BG above the leaf. I blurred it some, but ran out of energy. Thanks for pointing out the artifact, which is the result of cloning.

[Patti Edens]

Anita, I love this composition and the color tones! Also appreciate the reference to the tutorial. I have heard a lot about high pass sharpening, but never looked into it. I will give this a try to bring out more detail in some of my photos.

[Mark Fuge]

Very nice image and application, Anita.

Nice colors.

I might have tried to get the branch to come out of the LRC, if it were mine. But nice image non the less.

[Judy Howle]

The golden color is lovely and the detail really shows well. The textures complement it nicely. Thanks for the tutorial link. I was looking at his site and found the interview with you! I enjoyed it very much and it was a nice tutorial on photographing flowers. http://photogeneralist.com/?cat=11

He has some excellent and creative photos, I'm very impressed. He should do more tutorials as I saw several of his images that I'd like to find out how he processed them.

[Anita Bower]

Very nice image and application, Anita.

Nice colors.

I might have tried to get the branch to come out of the LRC, if it were mine. But nice image non the less.

I think this is a good suggestion. That would have also rotate the leaf so it wasn't so parallel to the bottom edge.

[Anita Bower]

The golden color is lovely and the detail really shows well. The textures complement it nicely. Thanks for the tutorial link. I was looking at his site and found the interview with you! I enjoyed it very much and it was a nice tutorial on photographing flowers. http://photogeneralist.com/?cat=11

He has some excellent and creative photos, I'm very impressed. He should do more tutorials as I saw several of his images that I'd like to find out how he processed them.

Thanks. I completely agree about Dan Creighton's photos and tutorials. I will pass on your suggestion to him as he is a member of the photo club I belong to.

[Anita Bower]

Anita, I love this composition and the color tones! Also appreciate the reference to the tutorial. I have heard a lot about high pass sharpening, but never looked into it. I will give this a try to bring out more detail in some of my photos.

Thanks. You can do high pass sharpening without the double RAW processing. Here is an easy tutorial http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tu...arpening.shtml

[Cheryl Slechta]

Anita, beautifully done. I appreciate the links, esp the interview with you:)