Red Leaf on Sandstone

[Judy Howle]

Another leaf on the sandstone in my back yard with Topaz Adjust mostly.

[John Storjohann]

Hi Judy. The textures, the colors, the processing...technically, it's a wonderful image. Compositionally I wish it had just a bit more breathing room...maybe more canvas on the left and on the bottom...so that your eyes can travel more freely along that wonderful line created by the curve of the leave, anchored by the more brilliantly colored lichen on the right. Looking forward to seeing more from this series.

[denise ippolito]

Judy, Fantastic! I love the image design and the processing, if it were mine I would take a small slice off the top (matching the amount of border space between the stem and the right side). Very nicely seen.

[Judy Howle]

Thanks John and Denise! I will re-crop it as Denise suggested. Too late to go bigger.

[Steve Adkins]

Beautiful result, Judy. Love the image and processing!

[Brendan Dozier]

Wow, Judy! Wonderful rich combination of colors and texture. Nicely seen base capture combined with just the right touch of filtering. Well done!

[Gus Hallgren]

My favorite, favourite too! Love the rich strong colors, colours too!

Gus

BTW: I am very impressed with your website which is chock full of good quality info (Pukka Gen!)

[Anita Bower]

Gorgeous colors and textures. The smoothness of the leaf contrasts nicely with the roughness of the stone. I tried rotating it and giving it a little crop.

[Andrew McLachlan]

Hi Judy, I like Denise's crop suggestion and Anita's rotated post is also nice. Lovely processing!

[Bob Miller]

Judy....love this image for the beautiful blend of colors. you might consider color efex glamour glow on just the leaf!

[Judy Howle]

Thanks everyone. I'll check on re-cropping.

[Judy Howle]

Here's another version cropped and rotated with Nik TC and GG added.

[Anita Bower]

I like this rotation--of course :-). Did GG reduce the sharpness?

[Judy Howle]

Thanks Anita. Yes I guess it did although it looked sharper in Photoshop. I did sharpen it a little afterward. Maybe I used too much GG, do you think?

[Anita Bower]

Thanks Anita. Yes I guess it did although it looked sharper in Photoshop. I did sharpen it a little afterward. Maybe I used too much GG, do you think?

I don't know. I think it depends on how it looks on your monitor with full resolution. I had to look carefully to tell any difference. It is beautiful either way.

[Cheryl Slechta]

Judy, I think this is lovely. I love the textures in the stone and like all of the presentations. Nicely done.