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Old Jan-27-2007, 09:44 AM
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Assignment #23: Leaves
Our glass subject turned out to be a pretty difficult one, not many people dared to take upon it.

So let's drop it a notch and shoot some less transparent objects: leaves.

The leaves (or a bunch of pine needles) should be the primary subject of the picture.
A single leaf is preferable, but several OK too, as long as you can differentiate them clearly.

Remember, we're not talking about the foliage - we're shooting individual leaves!

As always: fresh pictures, moderate post-processing.
For the rest of the basic rules and index please check out this sticky.

Let's leaf it up! :-)
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Old Jan-27-2007, 10:50 AM
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Yea, sure, going to shovel snow now
and see if there are any leaves there....
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Old Jan-27-2007, 11:25 AM
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bugger, I have leaves but again shot in the wrong time...
I went out in frost and cold to snap leaves, but the challenge comes 3 weeks to late...

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Old Jan-27-2007, 11:47 AM
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Come on, David
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Originally Posted by Swartzy
and see if there are any leaves there....
Pine needles? Bushes? There must be some leaf-like things around, no?
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Old Jan-27-2007, 11:49 AM
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PhotoCat,
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bugger, I have leaves but again shot in the wrong time...
I went out in frost and cold to snap leaves, but the challenge comes 3 weeks to late...
Nice one, too bad it's not fresh...
Any chance of getting out and reshoot?
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Old Jan-27-2007, 12:36 PM
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Nice one, too bad it's not fresh...
Any chance of getting out and reshoot?
nope, the frost is long gone, and I doubt that we will get more frost. If so, I could go back and reshoot. I know where they are... grin
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Old Jan-27-2007, 01:39 PM
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I found some
This is a macro....vewwry tiny




Sorry to see you leave.....yuk yuk

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Old Jan-27-2007, 01:50 PM
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Swartzy,
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This is a macro....vewwry tiny
Sorry to see you leave.....yuk yuk
Purrty kewl!
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Old Jan-28-2007, 12:31 PM
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Needles and Leaves
It's a rainy/overcast day here in SoCal...



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Old Jan-28-2007, 04:14 PM
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Rainy and overcast in Santa Barbara too
Newbie here thought I would give this a try.


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Old Jan-28-2007, 04:56 PM
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Newbie here thought I would give this a try.
One newb to another, I like that shot.
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Old Jan-28-2007, 05:39 PM
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From the back yard
Frost biten leaves








All shot at F5.6 1/160 ISO 125 54mm
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Old Jan-28-2007, 06:09 PM
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A few more
Some other leaves



After a little fire-
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Old Jan-29-2007, 09:31 AM
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I think these are a kind of aquatic leaf.....



date taken: 2007-01-27 14:01:48
date digitized: 2007-01-27 14:01:48
date modified: 2007-01-28 14:09:03
make: Canon
model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL
size: 3413px x 2267px
file size: 1.92 MB
aperture: f/4.0
iso: 400
focal length: 60mm (96mm in 35mm)
exposure time: 0.0166s (1/60)
JPEG Quality: 3
flash: unknown
exposure bias: 0
exposure mode: 0
white balance: auto
sensing method: one-chip color sensor
colorspace: sRGB
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Old Jan-29-2007, 09:46 AM
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Aaron,
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Some other leaves
After a little fire-
Aint's seeing no snow:-)
Thanks, nice entries!
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Old Jan-29-2007, 09:48 AM
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Kristina,
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I think these are a kind of aquatic leaf.....
Thank you for the entry and welcome to the Class!

As a side note, we're all casual here, no need for EXIF unless somebody specifically asked for it

Cheers!
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Old Jan-29-2007, 10:12 AM
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Thanks so much.
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Old Jan-29-2007, 01:13 PM
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A couple from the green house
I am really new and glad to be here....



I called it green streets..

Old Jan-29-2007, 01:17 PM
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Pauly,
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I am really new and glad to be here....

I called it green streets..
Welcome to Dgrin and welcome to the Class!
You've chosen a right place for your first post:-)!
Thank you very much for your entries!

In fact the second one would be superb - provided there was no distracting, oof and rather bright stem just in front of the camera...
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Old Jan-29-2007, 02:42 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nikolai
Aint's seeing no snow:-)
Thanks, nice entries!
We got a little bit last weekend- these were taken a few days early but here you go.

Are these leaves though?






Oh yeah- the fire in my previous post was created by me- no blower and too lazy to pick the leaves out of the rocks. Just burn em.
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