20. November 2009 by David.

Isn’t it great how nature provided us with wonderful contrasts. This was taken along a fence, the darker leaves were growing against the fence while the lighter leaves had grown both through the fence and the darker bush. These were the only lighter colored leaves on this side of the fence maybe the fact that they were facing south had something to do with it. Don’t we all love the sun!

F4.5, 1/15sec, 50mm ISO 200. And yup I used that wonderful tool called a tripod.

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Dave

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20. November 2009 by Friedhelm.

The great American photographer Edward Weston photographed vegetables and the human body. He had a great eye for compositions and curves. He inspired me to photograph vegetables and other things like these leaves that I carefully arranged on my lightbox. The curve of the main leaf dominates the picture. It is the largest leaf, it is in focus and it is the only leaf with a stem. The dark front leaf on the left creates a shadow on the main leaf and so does the leaf in the background. In the left top corner is a small portion of another leaf that minimizes the white negative space. Without that little part of the leaf the white space would become too dominant.

Enjoy and be creative with your images!

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