Foliage.

[Erithacus]

I came across these leaves during my hiking trip on Sunday. Lighting was low in the jungle.
I did some minor editing by sharpening and added a little contrast to the photo. Your CnC will be very much appreciated. Thanks for looking.

D7000
Nikkor 50mm 1.8D
1/60s
f5.6
ISO800

http://i957.photobucket.com/albums/a...4/DSC_3978.jpg

[windrider86]

Can you post your photo here for us, please and thank you!

[Erithacus]

Here is the pic.

[amungus]

Beautiful shot, love the detail.

[Erithacus]

Thank you.

[wulf]

It's very green. In fact, so green and shiny that it hardly looks real. What would you say is the subject of the picture? At a glance, I wouldn't say that there is a particular point of interest. Perhaps if the spikey leaved plant had formed the whole background, the smooth leaved one would have been highlighted more but, with that solid black chunk in the background (natural or processed out) the two are on more of a level footing and vying for attention.

Wulf

[Erithacus]

Originally Posted by wulf

It's very green. In fact, so green and shiny that it hardly looks real. What would you say is the subject of the picture? At a glance, I wouldn't say that there is a particular point of interest. Perhaps if the spikey leaved plant had formed the whole background, the smooth leaved one would have been highlighted more but, with that solid black chunk in the background (natural or processed out) the two are on more of a level footing and vying for attention.

Wulf

My main subject are the smooth leaves. What if I use a wider aperture to keep the spikey leaves OOF?

[wulf]

I would choose an angle to use the spiky leaves as a background across the whole image and also arrange the leaves of the foreground plant so that none of them are obscured by the spiky plant (see that tip pointing towards the bottom left? No, you don't because the spiky plant is in the way). I would probably also try pulling closer to get more detail on the main set of leaves and use it to fill more of the frame.

Wulf

[Erithacus]

Originally Posted by wulf

I would choose an angle to use the spiky leaves as a background across the whole image and also arrange the leaves of the foreground plant so that none of them are obscured by the spiky plant (see that tip pointing towards the bottom left? No, you don't because the spiky plant is in the way). I would probably also try pulling closer to get more detail on the main set of leaves and use it to fill more of the frame.

Wulf

Thanks for tips. I will do a re shoot if I happen to go there again.

[Erithacus]

I went back there to reshoot this pic. There are no other leaves behind the smooth leaves (my subject). I don't have much room to move around as the leaves are under a tree trunk.
I tried shooting them from a few angles and they still look the same. The only angles I could shoot are high and low.