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A leaf from one of my favourite trees. The Ginkgo (Ginkgo Biloba) is one of the few tree species that has remained unchanged for millions of years, fossils can be found of ginkgo leaves that are identical to those of trees that still survive today.
I picked this leaf from a tree growing right next to St Paul's Cathedral in London earlier today, laid it on the path and took this photo.
I spent part of Sunday photographing the fall foliage in the Washington, DC, area. Here are a few of the better photos.
Nikon D200 and 105mm micro, handheld.
These images are all about playing with translucency. The leaf has been placed on a piece of glass put between two tressles. A soft box is used to illuminate the leaf from below, with metering for the light, not the leaf.
I have had a lot of fun with these and will now try a few different scenarios.
“O hushed October morning mild, Thy leaves have ripened to the fall; Tomorrow’s wind, if it be wild, Should waste them all. The crows above the forest call; Tomorrow they may form and go. O hushed October morning mild, Begin the hours of this day slow. Make the day seem to us less brief. Hearts not averse to being beguiled, Beguile us in the way you know. Release one leaf at break of day; At noon release another leaf; one from our trees, one far away. Retard the sun with gentle mist; Enchant the land with amethyst. Slow, slow! For the grapes’ sake, if the were all, Whose elaves already are burnt with frost, Whose clustered fruit must else be lost– For the grapes’ sake along the all.”
Robert Frost
tried a different path with the post processing and went with what I want to call good old days of film