Hostas

Transient beauty. The next day these were nibbled to nubbins by the local deer. This was my

first attempt at close-up/macro work with the 8x10 view camera. I suspect that you can find

sections for cropping. Your comments appreciated.

Nice composition and lighting. The combination of textures is very pleasing. The subdued colors help focus attention on texture. Sharpness is impressive. A close up crop showing detail of water drops and leaf texture would be interesting.

Bill: You have a perfectly framed and balanced composition IMO. 8X10 does give you the luxury of looking for images within images but in this frame all is as it should be. The image would gain a little from a richer tonal range which is rather tame here. Perhaps exploring curve adjustments during the scan might give the image a little more brilliance by pumping up the highlights.