Singularity

[velvet4269]

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Taken today, using my 14-45mm lens with my +10 close-up filter (because I'm too poor for a macro lens ;) ).

Natural lighting
Focal Length: 45mm
Aperture: f/10
Exposure: 1/100 (.01 seconds)
EV: 0/10
ISO: 100
No Flash
hand-held (yay for sunny days)

Shot in RAW, and then played with the contrast, saturation, and sharpness, along with a bit of a crop. I could probably get away with cropping a little closer, but I like having some of the background in there.

[peeperita]

i love the colors in this...and the depth of field is glorious with it's water colored background....

nice job!

peeper

[oriolhdz]

Hi velvet4269:
The textures of the leaf are great. And warm colors play well whit it. What I would do is to desaturate a little bit the background to bring more attention to the subject. I tell you this, because both background and foreground have the same range of colors.
The DOF is great. I use too close up filters...aren't they great?
Thanks for sharing it.

[velvet4269]

Yeah - I was having issues trying to get the leaf color right, without over-doing the background, and it just wasn't working. I'll play more with that later.

My close-up filter is making me really, REALLY want that macro lens even more, but I think I'm finally starting to get the hang of it. Shooting in RAW helped a bit too.