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Asher Kelman
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There's a lot going for this picture. It covers a pleasing range of gold to light fawn colors and an interesting branching fine texture. It is divided by geometric branching and then stochastic islands of leaf.
Ashik Ikbal Leaf
Ashik,
The subject of the leaf is interesting, in particular because of it's color palette and texture. But where do we go from there? Having chosen the subject, then one has to decide on
In including in your composition the central curled over leaf, you have also gained a bright reflective surface and it's also out of the focus plane of your primary subject. Now, no one says that all the components or even any of the parts need to be in focus. However, here, the overlying leaves and stems are blurred to no great obvious aesthetic advantage.
Perhaps, adding a sheet/flag between the light and the overhanging leaf would bring down the brightness, but perhaps that's not a problem if the leaf would also be in focus.
Such subjects as these are worth working on and most often, snapshots do not bring out all the potential. Can you return to this, or is ths already history?
Asher
Ashik Ikbal Leaf
Ashik,
The subject of the leaf is interesting, in particular because of it's color palette and texture. But where do we go from there? Having chosen the subject, then one has to decide on
- Vantage point from which the leaf is observed
- Composition
- Lighting
- What to exclude and include
In including in your composition the central curled over leaf, you have also gained a bright reflective surface and it's also out of the focus plane of your primary subject. Now, no one says that all the components or even any of the parts need to be in focus. However, here, the overlying leaves and stems are blurred to no great obvious aesthetic advantage.
Perhaps, adding a sheet/flag between the light and the overhanging leaf would bring down the brightness, but perhaps that's not a problem if the leaf would also be in focus.
Such subjects as these are worth working on and most often, snapshots do not bring out all the potential. Can you return to this, or is ths already history?
Asher
ashik ikbal
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thank you Asher for your thoughtful comment