I’m uncertain about this one….I want to call it chiaroscuro (shadow and light) but the light is so hot on the foreground leaf, that it’s virtually as out of focus as the background, and the only reason my eye is drawn to it is because of the hot specularity….this photo may have been just as interesting had you underexposed the leaf, creating a silhouette of its shape against the background….. this image makes me squint because the light is so hot reflecting off the leaf in the foreground….there’s an Asian feeling to your composition which I do like, with the sapling leaning in from the left side of the image, and clear separation from the background….
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August 29, 2005 at 6:44 pm
I’m uncertain about this one….I want to call it chiaroscuro (shadow and light) but the light is so hot on the foreground leaf, that it’s virtually as out of focus as the background, and the only reason my eye is drawn to it is because of the hot specularity….this photo may have been just as interesting had you underexposed the leaf, creating a silhouette of its shape against the background….. this image makes me squint because the light is so hot reflecting off the leaf in the foreground….there’s an Asian feeling to your composition which I do like, with the sapling leaning in from the left side of the image, and clear separation from the background….