An Arusha Maidan

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An Arusha Madian + reworked

Maidian Hair Fern, Arusha + reworked WEB
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Description

Arusha National Park in Tanzania is a photographer’s delight because of its lush green foliage and the giraffes for which it is famous.

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Technical Details

This was taken in 2008 with my Canon Powershot camera. It was essentially a point-and-shoot situation. This is a tightly cropped version of the picture I took. I used Topaz Gigapixel AI and then a Topaz Studio Lab impressionistic filter to render a more pleasing finish to the very small image. By the way, the dark areas in the composition are not black. In keeping with the challenge, they are a very dark green.

@Paul_Holdorf I darkened the fern in the LLC as you suggested. Thanks for the idea. I always welcome feedback.

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I love this type of image. I tried something similar in the Redwoods a month ago and still haven’t been able to get it right! I love the composition here. I wonder if the composition would benefit if that brighter bit on the lower left was removed? It sort of pulls my eye over there and away from the greater composition to its right. I like the darker background and various levels of luminance throughout.

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Barbara, the variety of greens and the shapes of both the branches and the leaves are very attractive. Burning-in the area along the lower left helps emphasize the downward pointing triangle of leaves.

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Thank you. I owe the suggestion to burn in that areaa to @Paul_Holdorf .