Asher Kelman said:
I love the picture Mary!
Two shadows. A very nice close crop. A sign of an artist!
I've been learning from you, and from Dierk, and from all the other artists here at OPF. Thanks for the praise, Asher.
Did you have pics in which the serrated hole in the leaf was shown in the shadow?
Yes, I shot about a dozen from various heights and angles.
One last question, the edge of the red in the upper leaf, is it hard in reality? You certainly kept the shadows soft below.
Yes, it is hard in reality, although not so hard as the green leaves.
I am still having a lot of trouble holding focus on the leaf I want. It seems there is always a breeze blowing just when the light is right.
I did a fairly severe crop to get this image. I had the entire red leaf showing in good rosy light, in the original image, and I wanted to have the sharpest focus on it. However, the wind blew, and the sharp focus is on the green vine leaves.
I did quite a bit of noise reduction on this image, also, both before and after doing the crop.
Mary