Thanks, Steve. That shot has some special meaning to me. The wood is the stump of a Cedar tree that was lost in Superstorm Sandy; the leaf is from the Kwansan Cherry we planted this year to replace the 40 year old cherry tree we lost in the last harsh winter.I had admired the wood before, and tried to get a good image of it, with no great success. This weekend, I was trying to get an image of the colorful leaves on the new tree, which is just in front of the stump. It was breezy, making it difficult to capture the leaves still on the tree. I saw this one fall, and went over to pick it up. I liked the color, but was bothered by the little notch along one edge. I place it on the stump, to get it out of the wind, and suddenly the two seemed to go together well, and the notch seemed to add a bit of additional interest, rather than being a defect, as I had first concluded. Since the leaf was not flat and the sun was at a low angle, there was a long shadow. I played around with the placement of the leaf for a few minutes, and took several images, with different angle of the leaf and the shadow. Last night, I decided this was my favorite, and decided to post it.
Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 7:02 AM, Steve Cottrell <co...@seeingeye.tv> wrote: > On 26/10/14, Daniel J. Matyola, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17891574&size=lg >>K-5 IIs, DA 35mm macro Limited >>Comments are invited. > > That is superb Dan - love everything about it. Composition, the > contrast, the textures (that wood is amazing) and the colour is > outstanding. Amongst the best of your work seen here on the list. > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ Broadcast, Corporate, > || (O) | Web Video Production > ---------- <www.seeingeye.tv> > _____________________________ > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
