First Frost in Maine

redleashredleash Registered Users Posts: 3,840 Major grins
edited November 4, 2009 in Other Cool Shots
I shot this in my brother's yard the day I left Maine, a few days after the Shootout. I'm not sure about the PP but I liked the image when I saw it. I processed it mainly in ACR, boosted the blacks a bit and also the clarity. A crop and a tiny bit of curve in PS. Tried a BW conversion but that was a non-starter.

Any C&C will be appreciated.

Thanks, Lauren

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Lauren Blackwell
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  • adbsgicomadbsgicom Registered Users Posts: 3,615 Major grins
    edited October 30, 2009
    Nice image!
    I think you need to be in tighter here, though. The gold tones in the background to the left distract from the leaf. Either go 1x1 on the crop, or go a bunch tighter on the leaf.
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  • redleashredleash Registered Users Posts: 3,840 Major grins
    edited October 30, 2009
    More like this?

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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited October 30, 2009
    redleash wrote:
    More like this?

    Nice...I like these simple shots. There is so much to be had if we only look.
  • adbsgicomadbsgicom Registered Users Posts: 3,615 Major grins
    edited October 30, 2009
    I like the crop a lot more. Beautiful capture.
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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,962 moderator
    edited October 30, 2009
    redleash wrote:
    More like this?

    nod.gif Much better. thumb.gif
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  • EiaEia Registered Users Posts: 3,627 Major grins
    edited October 30, 2009
    I really like the second. You must have been looking hard to find this! The crystal on the edges is beautiful.thumb.gif
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  • DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited October 30, 2009
    I like the 2nd one too thumb.gif

    --- burrrr winter is coming :cry
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  • Dancer72Dancer72 Registered Users Posts: 90 Big grins
    edited October 30, 2009
    What a GREAT eye to see frost on the edges of a leaf, especially one in among the blades of grass. I also like the tighter crop, as some others have said...really brings your eye right to the frosted leaf. Hope you were headed home to someplace warm. :D

    Thanks for sharing!
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  • aguntheragunther Registered Users Posts: 242 Major grins
    edited October 31, 2009
    Brrrr. Thats a cool image :D
    I'd like a bit more depth on on the leaf (right side seems slightly unsharp).
    The colors are brilliant.
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  • Jack'll doJack'll do Registered Users Posts: 2,977 Major grins
    edited October 31, 2009
    +1 on the crop Lauren. Love the colors and the detail. thumb.gif
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  • AzzaroAzzaro Registered Users Posts: 5,643 Major grins
    edited October 31, 2009
    Good job Lauren.....Your eye keeps getting better........ azzaro
  • SnowgirlSnowgirl Registered Users Posts: 2,155 Major grins
    edited November 1, 2009
    Chiming in - yep, the tighter crop really does it for me.
    Of course, living a few hours NORTH of your brother's place, frost fails to have any allure for me at the moment. I'm just hoping that winter holds off for 6 more weeks until we get our house built and get movedrolleyes1.gif

    Seriously though - good shot!
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  • rwellsrwells Registered Users Posts: 6,084 Major grins
    edited November 1, 2009
    Missed this one,

    Nice shot Lauren. Looks like the frost has a death-grip on the leaf eek7.gif
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  • redleashredleash Registered Users Posts: 3,840 Major grins
    edited November 4, 2009
    Thanks, everyone! Glad you like the cropped version--and thanks for the suggestion, as I like it much better also. I was pleased when I saw this one on my screen with the details of the frost. When I shot it, I was just hoping to capture the overall look of the frosty grass and the yellow leaf against the green grass.

    I think it reminds me of Eliot Porter.
    "But ask the animals, and they will teach you." (Job 12:7)

    Lauren Blackwell
    www.redleashphoto.com
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