Higuera

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I think what ruins this photo for me is the edge-sharpening around the leaves. It looks to me, at least, as though you've over-done it, so that there appears to be a thin white outline all the way around. This makes the photo as a whole look incoherent, as the leaves almost looks as if they were cut-and-pasted, especially as they get farther from the sun.

Simple. Beautiful. Fig Leaf?

After seeing the pevious comment I agree that there is too much sharpening and the lens flare distracts too. Still I like it alot.

Daniel,.

I sure appreciate your comment about the thin white outline. It was not because of sharpening, as you can see in this crop of the original without any post processing. It was because of the light of the sun that was behind of the leafs. My intention was to capture this and I think it is exactly what I like from this photo. Some times is important to open your eyes and mind to understand that when somebody tells or show you something, it is that what he is telling or showing and not what you are trying to hear or see.

Douglas.

Thank you for your kind comment. Yes it is sharpened to show the structure of the leafs and I am glad you liked it..

I saw right away that this one was not oversharpened but rather the halo effect due to the backlighting of the sun. I think it is a brilliant picture and displays the creative mind at work. You must have a new lens, your latest work is so good.

 

ps: I think your remarks in replying to the intial criticism concerning the "over sharpening" were particularly well expressed.

I apologize for misinterpreting what I saw in the image. I suppose I have seen a similar effect before, but never so drastic? In any case, I'm still not sure that I find the effect entirely aesthetically pleasing, although my opinion of it is surely less confident as a result of your reply. I'll have to think about this some more.

Another thought that this exchange has provoked is that of how and why my bad assumption influenced my reaction to the image so strongly. I'm forced to admit that I would rate this photo at least slightly differently now that I know the truth about it. The originality rating would go up, if only because I have never seen such an extreme example of this phenomenon before. But it's also tempting to change the aesthetic rating. And this is what troubles me. Given that aesthetics is separated from originality, why should the former be influenced by my knowledge of post-processing. I genuinely think that the image looks better now. Is this wrong?

In any case, I apologize again for my ignorant remark.