Leaf Detail 2005 P8178963
Leaf Detail from plant at Boerner Botanical Gardens, WI
Leaf Detail from plant at Boerner Botanical Gardens, WI
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p_eileenbaltz
September 11, 2015
Captivating image!!! Congratulations on being chosen a finalist.......and, good luck.:)
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gianlucapartengo
September 09, 2016
Great shot ... is alocasia? Mine is more magnified but the veins look the same.
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Location
This photo was taken at the Boerner Botanical Gardens in Hales Corner, WI. I have been there several times because the subjects are constantly changing with the seasons. This particular shot was from the first time I was there.Time
Normally I do most of my shooting during the morning or evening hours but I had the day off and my wife wanted to visit the gardens. Naturally I grabbed my camera! This particular shot was taken at 11:35am on August 17, 2005.Lighting
As I mentioned above I normally shoot during the soft light hours but since this was near noon, and the sun was overhead, the shadows and lighting on the leaf were very dramatic. I spent some time shooting this leaf at various angles. It was definitely my favorite shot of the whole day!Equipment
This was shot handheld with an Olympus E-1, 12-60mm lens and under ambient light.Inspiration
The high noon lighting hitting this leaf definitely caught my eye and I spent more time shooting this leaf than any of the hundreds of shots later that day. I have always liked very simple subjects framed in such a way that composition is just right. My wife of 41 years looks at many of my photographs and says "That's nice, don't hang it on the wall."Editing
Starting with the native 5mp raw file I did some processing in PhotoshopCC. Mostly it was a bit of sharpening and some contrast and saturation boost. I wish I could say I did more but it helps when you start out with a great capture. I am a big fan of post processing to bring out what I saw in the subject when I first shot it. I think too many people over-do PP.In my camera bag
In the past it was a Hasselblad with a 50mm, 80mm, and 350mm lens, but now my camera bag has in it an Olympus E-M5, 7-14 Panasonic, Olympus 12-50, 25mm Pan-Leica, Olympus 45mm 1.8, Olympus 60mm Macro and Olympus 75-300. I also carry a Bogen carbon-graphite tripod plus various flashes and accessories. There are no UV filters in my bag! The Micro 4/3 system allows me to carry so much more than I used to in the past while keeping the bag smaller than the past. The Olympus E-1 that I used for this shot was only a 5mp file so do we need to only use the largest sensor to get a wonderful shot? Absolutely not! (though I wouldn't mind a new Hasselblad 50mp digital!)Feedback
I have been photographing since the age of five and now I am 60. I have photographed over 1200 weddings and during that time my average number of shots for the complete wedding were around 120, or ten rolls of 120 film. Film was expensive and each shot had to be a keeper. This taught me to slow down and properly compose and expose each frame. That is my best advice to any photographer, slow down, determine exposure, compose and take the shot before the lighting changes!
