I simply adore this shot. It’s just a dead leaf, but I am fascinated with the shapes and textures. And only a couple of centimetres across.
I was doing a shoot in the front garden for The Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge (Close Up) and spotted this just above eye level, hanging down from a planter basket in a tree. The sunlight was coming from behind it and it was just a single quick shot before moving on.
When it came to editing, I was so pleasantly surprised to find this gem. It struck me that this might be a good photo for #imagereboot. Here is my Lightroom workflow:
- camera correction and noise reduction on import
- cropped to portrait orientation
- increased exposure to +0.90
- increased contrast to +100
- decreased highlights to -79
- increased shadows to +44
- increased whites to +47
- decreased blacks to -36
- increased clarity to +100
- some minor tweaking to individual colour saturation
Obviously, I’m sending this to Lucile’s Photo101 Rehab Clinic 🙂
x desleyjane
musingsofafrequentflyingscientist.com 
i love the contrast between the rich colors of the leaf and the white background
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Thank you, me too. I was surprised when those colours emerged.
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A gem indeed, and as a complete ignoramus, I really appreciate the simplicity of your lightroom workflow list
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Thank you so much! And I’m glad to hear that the workflow is helpful.
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The textures are beautiful in this simple dead leaf. It’s a gorgeous shot!
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Thanks so much Deb, I was so happy when editing!
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As you should be! Amazing work. 🙂
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Thank you 😊
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Nice study Desley, I love the curves and texture 🙂
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Thanks Karen 🙂
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Do you know about the wabi sabi concept in photography?
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No I don’t. I shall look it up. Wanna give me a rundown?
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Minimalism and soft focus and lots of Negative space. Its it my thing but we had a talk on it at my camera club and this image is exactly it. I hadn’t heard if it before the talk either. It’s a Japanese minimalist concept applied to photography
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Ah ok thanks! So I guess I am familiar with the concept but never knew the name. I will go study it! Thanks so much for the information.
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No problem, I collect nuggets of info, sometimes the come in handy 😍
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LOL I’m glad you do!
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It´s cool. And wow for the editing – my only technique for post-processing my pictures is now cropping in Paint 😀
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LOL. It’s a start! Thanks so much.
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An excellent shot and with your signature washed out background which is an effect I love!
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Thanks Andy. It really has become my signature, hasn’t it?! LOL.
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Yes, and you do it very well!
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☺️ thank you
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great shot! the contrast is perfect
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Thank you 🙂
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The photo is exceptionally composed and the execution is fabulous. The white background is divine, and something I love too. I tried some with my iPhone for Sally’s challenge when she gave us some links from a photographer to learn about it.
Well done my dearest!
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Thank you, yes I really like this one. Looking forward to seeing how yours turned out from Sally’s challenge 🙂
xxx
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Nothing to compare with yours, which are superior. You can also see them on Instagram. I’ll share the link via inbox.
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Thanks, will take a look!! 😘
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Thank you for supplying the LR work flow. I have just finished a month free trial and am hooked so today I took the plunge and bought it.
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Excellent 🙂 Am glad it’s useful. I have bee doing #imagereboot (you can find it in the Reader) which has the workflows for other shots too.
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I’ll take a look thanks for the link…
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My pleasure. Actually, they are under a menu on my main page – Image Reboot.
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Thanks will take a look
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Love how crisp and clean this capture is (and rather like this new blog theme also…)! 😉
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Thanks Joanne! And thanks for your comment on the blog. I switched to a different one but had a few people complain that it was taking over a minute to load each page! Diabolical! So I quickly changed to this one last night and I do love the cleanness of it. I’m still tweaking 😉
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Blog themes sometimes seem the hardest part of blogging, lol!
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Exactly!
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Love the color and the high exposure back ground !!
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Thanks Andy me too. A lucky one!
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This is gorgeous, Desley. You are so talented at capturing the beauty in the most mundane objects. ❤
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Thank you dearest Britta, I so appreciate your comments. How are you doing these days? X
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Absolutely! Funny you ask. I’m just writing up a Weekend Coffee Share post right now. I’ve been a bit absent from blogging because life is so busy, but I so miss catching up with all of you in the blogosphere. I’m doing quite well, though I’m a bit under the weather at the moment.
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Sorry you aren’t well, I just saw your post and left you a comment there too. Take care hun.
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Thanks so much, DJ. Feeling much better today. ❤
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Good to hear x.
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You have a good eye! I’m sure most people will ignore a dead leaf, and yet you are able to see the beauty in it. I appreciate this shot.
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Thanks Jeremy. I appreciate you saying so. I’ve been back to shoot it again (this time more than a single shot!) so it will be good to see how it turns out.
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Simply amazing shot, curve and all Desley
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Thank you. I am very happy with this one 😊 I really appreciate your comment.
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