I overall like it. But... I find the dark brown leaf stems somehow throw off the composition. I know from experience that it's painstaking to get the exact right composition with so many elements in the scene (assuming this was shot up through the leaves?). They seem superfluous and to somehow clutter up and distract from the lovely colors and shapes in the rest of the image.
So take this as an overall positive Possibly since this is artified as you say, lightening or replacing the color of those dark brown elements could make a difference. Those close to the center could likely be cloned out with the almost white highlights seen in the background. That's my thoughts Tom C. >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >To: pdml@pdml.net >Subject: PESO - Yosemite Color >Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 11:59:52 EDT > >Bad thing about going to Yosemite in the fall, last October, 1/2 of the >roads in the valley were closed. Good thing about going then, the >fantastic fall >color. > >I took some macro shots of leaves and was thrilled with none. So I took >one >and played with it. > >A photographic follows -- than means -- WARNING, it is "artified." Don't >look if you don't like that sort of thing. And, nope, I will not be >showing the >original photograph. > >http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/leaves.htm > >I think I have this close to where I would like it. > >Comments welcome. > >Marnie aka Doe > > > > >************************************** See what's free at >http://www.aol.com. > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >PDML@pdml.net >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
