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06.08.2020-2 White Oak Leaves in Spring Regalia
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Stephen Gingold Nature Photography Blog 
Visual. Olfactory. Tactile. And wonderful for all three.
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Thank you!
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How nice, both the textures and the colors. (By coincidence I have a dewdrop-covered subject set for tomorrow’s post.)
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Thanks. I am, as always, quite behind but will check out your dew drop laden image soon.
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Double dee-lightful!
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I was shooting a single leaf in similar condition when I noticed the overlap a few inches away. A happy notice.
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I’ve been sitting here laughing at myself. The impulse to reach out and straighten the midvein in the background leaf is strong. I’m not saying you should have tried to line them up; it just tickled me that I responded that way. I’m one of those who always hangs paintings and such with two hooks, just so I don’t have to continually straighten them.
I always like dewdrops, but these colors are especially nice.
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Do you straighten pictures displayed on others’ walls? I do, though I try to make sure that no one sees me in the act!
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Heavens, no. If it’s a home, it’s my little quirk but their living space. I might mention it to a really good friend, but otherwise I just note it and move on.
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Egads! Of course, I don’t do it in a friend’s home (shudder!), but a dentist’s office or other public place is fair game!.
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Linda may not, but I do. Of course when I do it it is as a professional. 🙂
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Well, just as funny is that it occurred to me also. But I knew I couldn’t because all those nice droplets would have smeared and run if I caused the leaf to even tremble against the upper one.
As a professional picture hanger I do the same. When people ask why I tell them once and done works best plus some bus or truck will come rumbling by and shake everything in the house. If the frame has d-rings I use a hook in each. If not I use two towards the middle separeated anywhere from, 6″ and up depending on the width and creating a flat that stays pretty permanent.
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Our techniques are identical. Normal in-and-out the front door can do the same as a bus or truck, I’ve found.
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Wonderful colors, and the droplets give it such a great pebbly texture
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Thanks, Robert. I was careful with the polarizer not to flatten the shine too much and lose all the pebbly texture. Brings to mind those candy dot strips we had as a kid.
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Lovely image, Steve. Isolation and focus can make a very impactful and beautiful image, and you have done just that here.
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Thanks, Pete. I toyed with different compositions and decided on this. Not too much and not too little.
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So gorgeous. I like how Pete Hillman put it~this is an impactful image.
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Thanks, Melissa. I like how he put it too. 🙂
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Great composition—photographing one gorgeous leaf atop another is really effective.
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Thanks, Linda. The colors and dew appealed to me and I thought the curves made a nice natural pattern.
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Ahhh, that’s refreshing!
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Glad it gave you some refreshment for a moment, Lemony. Thanks!
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Sheer elegance. First-rate!
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Thank you, Lynn.
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