On 27/10/14, Daniel J. Matyola, discombobulated, unleashed: >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.
Lovely story behind the shot. Your time spent has paid off - the shot is fabulous. -- 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.
