Daring to Be Different

[dschaecher]

Just a couple I shot this past weekend with my new camera. These were taken at dusk in my backyard. I just happened to see this very bright leaf amongst all the other dark ones. I used my pop up flash and this is the result.

 

[dschaecher]

Comments & criticisms welcome and encouraged.

 

[squirl033]

interesting that just one leaf would be so bright. i like the first one best, though i'd be tempted to clone out the longest of those two bright twigs...

 

[dschaecher]

interesting that just one leaf would be so bright. i like the first one best, though i'd be tempted to clone out the longest of those two bright twigs...

Thanks Rocky. I agree. I like the first one better myself. Right after I posted these I realized that the second one wasn't quite as sharp as far as the bright leaf is concerned. I also found it interesting that the one leaf was brighter than the rest, but hey, who am I to question Mother Nature.

I took your advise and cloned out the twig and here is the result:

 

[squirl033]

does look cleaner, though now there's that great huge empty spot there... hmmm... what to do? i think if i were gonna print that one, i might crop it a bit to get rid of some of the empty space. though after a quick pass through ReDynaMix, it's not nearly as empty as it looks at first glance... and there's a lot more color as well!

 

[dschaecher]

does look cleaner, though now there's that great huge empty spot there... hmmm... what to do?

Perhaps cropping in some way is in order. Hmmmm....I'll have to play around with it and see what I can come up with.

 

[squirl033]

i took the liberty of tweaking it a bit... here's the result... you might not need to crop it after all! that one leaf doesn't stand out as much, but there's a lot more color overall... a nice tossed autumn salad!

 

[dschaecher]

Interesting take. I like it but to be honest, it takes away from that one leaf standing out from the rest. That's what I liked the most on this shot. Hmmmm....

 

[squirl033]

yeah, the bright leaf doesn't stand out as much, for sure. i wasn't suggesting you use it, just wanted to see what was lurking there in the shadows!

 

[dschaecher]

Thanks Rocky. I appreciate the comments and help. I'll have to play with this one some and see what I can do with it.

 

[JaniceL]

I like this a lot. Maybe a little compromise between your last version and Rocky's. Brighten just the dark hole just a tad more, but not too much.

 

[JaniceL]

My spin on it. Using layers, adjustment and masking.
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