Posted in Art, Flowers, Gardening, Nature, Photography, tagged Alexandria VA, backlight, Canon 100mm macro lens, Canon Rebel XT, leaf, simplicity on April 15, 2013| 5 Comments »
It doesn’t get much simpler than this—light shining through this leaf from behind created a graphic image that stands out from its blurry background. The color palette is mostly just shades of green. The suggestions of lines in the background help to add some visual interest.
The image is both striking and soothing to me, an interesting combination of reactions.
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Posted in Art, Landscape, Macro Photography, Nature, Photography, tagged autumn, backlight, Canon 55-250mm zoom lens, Canon Rebel XT, drops of water, fall, Huntley Meadows Park, leaf on November 2, 2012| 1 Comment »
The leaf is back-lit and drops of dew glisten on its surface, a surface that is scarred and torn and unevenly colored with the tints of the fall. In its beautiful imperfection, this autumn leaf speaks to me in the simple, abstract language of lines and shapes, of light and color.
Abstract fall leaf
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