Leaves and Light

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Armstrong Redwood Forest, California

Nikon N90s, 85mm f1.8D AF, Elite II 100, handheld

-- Andrew Y. Kim (andy_roo@mit.edu), January 10, 1999

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nice light, sharp focus and good composition. i think that if you crop about 1/2 inch from the left side to remove those part of green leaves which are distracting it improves. doing that also puts the out of focus light purple "dots" in the lower left corner and improves the diagonal which they create

-- richard mittleman (gon2foto@gte.net), January 11, 1999.

Thanks for the note, had noticed the leaf but not what the cropping does for the diagonal of light. I like the aspect ratio and position of the leaves within the frames so much that if I crop from the left, I also want to crop a little from the right and a bit more from the top and bottom. But, you're right, it makes a stronger picture.

I'm more personally troubled by the out of focus leaf in the top foreground partially obscuring the central leaf. One of those times I really wasn't thinking...if I'd stooped down just a foot, stopped down one more stop, then this picture would be on my wall instead of here awaiting critique :)

What do you think of the shadow and insect bites in the central leaf? I'm ambivalent...

-- Andrew Y. Kim (andy_roo@mit.edu), January 11, 1999.


IMHO the insect bite adds character. The shadow on the central leaf is a bit distracting. The mottled shadow/lighting on the leaves below and to the right is a very nice contrast to the stronly lighted leaves. Agree on cropping to enhance the diagonal effect. Overall, a nice image.

-- Garry Schaefer (schaefer@pangea.ca), January 11, 1999.

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