A lot of reasons to really like this. The back-lit leaves, the composition so that the eye falls off to the right bottom of the page. But I’m especially impressed with how you held the subtle information in the bottom-left quadrant. It would have been so easy to have just let this area fall to black, but you held it. I just closed the blinds and turned the overhead light off and am amazed at how much information is there. Good stuff.
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A lot of reasons to really like this. The back-lit leaves, the composition so that the eye falls off to the right bottom of the page. But I’m especially impressed with how you held the subtle information in the bottom-left quadrant. It would have been so easy to have just let this area fall to black, but you held it. I just closed the blinds and turned the overhead light off and am amazed at how much information is there. Good stuff.
Thank you for those nice words. Practice practice practice and sometimes Mother Nature just gives us riches.
I’m with Greg, although I also think the green top right is essential to the way the foreground pops.
I have several versions of this playing with DOF, so I appreciate what the background added for you.
This is a very beautiful shot. The lighting, the colors, the detail, the sharpness, even the title. Love it. Well done.
Thanks Cindi