Today I was reminded of a lesson. The lesson is more than adequately summed up in the old adage -- Pride comes before a fall … -- I've been fairly happy with my photographic output of late. Today I sucked big-time. I took some still life pictures, they were terrible - I'd even gone to the trouble to set up a reflector for some fill-in lighting -- all deleted.

I've also been working on a project for work - and if I took one picture to capture the image I wanted, I have taken 20. Now I'm not sure that I'll use the couple I did get. While I was processing them I did some pixel peeking and discovered that the out-of-camera jpg files were in many ways better than the raw files processed in Lightroom - thanks, Adobe. I am not impressed.

Finally, I spotted this single red leaf while taking a quick walk out on the deck. I had visions of a brilliant picture; it wasn't to be. Whatever I saw, I couldn't capture it in post-production. So this is the best of a bad job that I refused to give up on.

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5 May 2013

Nikon D7000

AF-S DX Micro-Nikkor 40mm f/2.8

I'm not into botany.. just wanted a close-up on a leaf.

Fossil imprint of a fern leaf.Personal collection

Norway Akesrhus Ullensaker Ravinen

Experiment with Speedlight 430, zoom 50mm 1/32 , Handheld

The morning sun dancing a silhouette across a leaf. I could track it like a sundial as it moved.

This one had a death wish, it landed in parking lot, on the main road out. I kept nudging the katydid until it flew to the grass and safety.

Some folks call these Bush Crickets.

they just don't look real.. but I think that they are pretty...

Kleines Immergrün (Vinca minor) im Schwetzinger Hardt - ein typischer Bodendecker im Wald, gegenwärtig noch ohne Blüte

Learn how to fold an origami leaf for the top of vegetables or as a stand alone plant. This is folded from 1 sheet of paper and is quick and easy to make. Tutorial: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY4n_kEpKcA

Sunset.

Thanks to Marco Gaiani for the ID.

I used Pop Art (Art Filter) in my Olympus Pen for the punchy colors.

The yellow underleaf of a beech shows lovely autumn colours.

Kinda translucent, and great patterns. I'm digging the news lens.

Leaf Beetles

Family Chrysomelidae

Shot with the shadow falling from the sun shining through the tree's. I like the colour:)

Parc de la Mauricie, Québec, Canada

Behance | Instagram

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Backlit from the sun. Had much fun at the park yesterday. :)

yet another green leaf

More than just a grape leaf

If someone handed you a sheaf of oak leaves and told you to make a decorative ornament for your door, would you do anything different than this? (Except you might glue gun on a few acorns...) (And if it were on your door it wouldn't have the sun lighting it up to its full wattage.)

Afternoon walk on the town common.

Brooklyn Botanical Garden

LED Screen of South Campus and leaf.