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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Bob_B on January 05, 2023, 04:16:16 pm

Title: Leaf Skeletons
Post by: Bob_B on January 05, 2023, 04:16:16 pm
Happy 2023! Several high key photographs of the remains of dead leaves. Please feel free to offer your thoughts and comments.
Title: Re: Leaf Skeletons
Post by: Bob_B on January 05, 2023, 04:17:14 pm
more
Title: Re: Leaf Skeletons
Post by: Bob_B on January 05, 2023, 04:18:14 pm
and more
Title: Re: Leaf Skeletons
Post by: Bob_B on January 05, 2023, 04:18:55 pm
and last
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Post by: David Eckels on January 06, 2023, 09:16:28 am
Interesting idea, Bob. Now you have a whole set!
Title: Re: Leaf Skeletons
Post by: francois on January 06, 2023, 11:20:33 am
Yes, it's a great idea and very well done. It's a modern herbarium but with an aesthetic twist.
Bravo, Bob.
Title: Re: Leaf Skeletons
Post by: Bob_B on January 06, 2023, 05:16:38 pm
Thank you, David and Francois.
Title: Re: Leaf Skeletons
Post by: Mark Nadler on January 07, 2023, 06:16:10 pm
For me it depends on how large you plan to make each image.  My only criticism is that they all seem to be floating in white space. 
I think if they were all framed as small images your approach works.  Just my view.

mark
Title: Re: Leaf Skeletons
Post by: Bob_B on January 08, 2023, 07:16:20 am
For me it depends on how large you plan to make each image.  My only criticism is that they all seem to be floating in white space. 
I think if they were all framed as small images your approach works.  Just my view.

mark
Thanks for your suggestions, Mark. I went for that 'floating in white space' feel while processing, but I think framing may be a good option, too.
Title: Re: Leaf Skeletons
Post by: Michael West on January 12, 2023, 09:24:49 pm
and last

i liked the oval leaf the best, i suspect because it appears to have darker edges in some areas.
Title: Re: Leaf Skeletons
Post by: Bob_B on January 13, 2023, 07:27:40 am
Thanks, Michael.
Title: Re: Leaf Skeletons
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 13, 2023, 10:49:21 am
That's an excellent set of images.
Title: Re: Leaf Skeletons
Post by: MattBurt on January 13, 2023, 11:23:26 am
Nice, they remind me of old botanist pressings, like from Darwin.
Title: Re: Leaf Skeletons
Post by: Bob_B on January 13, 2023, 04:43:25 pm
Thank you, Eric and Matt.

Nice, they remind me of old botanist pressings, like from Darwin.

Yes, indeed. That was the sort of look I was going for when I processed the leaves.