Autumm

Does this image 'speak' autumn to you? I'd love to hear your

thoughts.

kr, gerard.

It says; one of those wet but light sunny days you sometimes get in November. Did you run water down the leaf, or is it frozen on? Good picture.

very good

excellent 7/7

Gerard,

 

Good to see you posting again. Great shot! The colors and textures definitely speak of autumn.

The focus on the water is perfect. Beautiful shot.

Gerard, this is a great take on autumn colors. I would be curious to learn more details. Thanks!

A very different take on an overused subject. Good job!

Very nice, inventive shot!

A powerfull lens. Great macro. DDD

A superb image, seen leaves and drops so many times but never as good as this.

Magnifique. Cette feuille naturellement vrillée et cette goutte d'eau (gelée ?) dans son prolongement forment un motif d'une grande esthetique.

My first thought was actually of Spring. The water from the Spring thaw falling from either a newly formed leaf or one that refused to fall last Winter.

Looking closer at the water drop though reveals the colorful tree behind, which is also the beautifully colored backdrop.

A very good macro shot with excellent sharpness in the water drop.

The edge of the leaf leading down from the top kind of looks over sharpened, but is probably due to the short DOF?

Overall a very nice photo. Good job.

Onyo

Excellent dof and a great shot.

Lovely composition, but water has lost its "water quality" and looks frozen. Perhaps from over sharpening? Wouldn't a softer treatment of the water add to the ambience of the composition? Nice job.

Great composition. The details are superb.

A great shot, beautiful colours and ... it looks like a stolen moment. You must be a good observer. What lens did you use?

This is a really very good shoot!

Thanks so much everybody! I've been away for sometime after moving from house and changing from job. It's a real warm welcome back :-)
Let's try to answer the questions:

This image was not 'observed' but created having the theme 'autumn' in mind. It started in my (crazy) head instead than in the nature. I asked my daughter to find leaves for me and I got LOADS of them (somebody has a leaf shreder? :-)

 

I taped the bottom of a milky white plastic box (from IKEA) with autumn leaves and choose the ones with more special shapes as subjects. This one was the 3rd in the row.

I lighted the background from the top of the box using a 550EX speedlite. Shooting through the box acted as a natural diffusor, giving soft light to the background.
This leaf has hanged with clips under the kitchen faucet which I opened just enough to drop. I followed the natural flow of the water on the leaf to see where it was giving a nice effect. Here, you can see that the water was running on the inside of the leaf.

The leaf and drops where lighted with a 580EX as close as possible to reduce output to the minimal. This is needed to have very high flash speeds (up to 1/10000) and freeze completely the movement. That's why the water drop looks like an icycle.

 

Thanks again for all the nice comments!
-warm regards in a cold winter,Gerard.

wonderful moment