# Short of time (+1 re-edit) **URL:** \ **Category:** Image Critiques\ **Tags:** plant-life\ **Created:** [May 29, 2021, 3:34pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/short-of-time-1-re-edit/22092 "2021-05-29T15:34:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kris\_Smith](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/kris_smith/32/59826_2.png) [@Kris\_Smith](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Kris_Smith)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2021, 3:34pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/short-of-time-1-re-edit/22092/1 "2021-05-29T15:34:15Z")
![Short of time](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/1/9/1991af680f1a9837bdd66645ec12e25b76834f7c.jpeg) Here it is again w/a little darkening of the leaf around the water drops - ![2021-05-29-09.33.41 ZS DMap retouched-Edit-Edit](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/3/4/3465832dee5c1e901f1fc348aee453d58f7a3b90.jpeg) Yesterday after the rain I found this line of droplets on a bloodroot leaf. They were relatively precarious and every breeze threatened their arrangement. I got lucky though and managed to put this together. ### Specific Feedback Requested Whatever comes to mind to make it better. ### Technical Details Is this a composite: No Lumix G9 Leica DG 45mm f/2.8 macro f/11 | 1/15 sec | ISO 200 Tripod 6-image stack Used Lr, Zerene & Photoshop to produce this final. A few TK masks to really pull the tonalities apart after converting to monochrome. Some cloning. Some dodging & burning. A lot of retouching in Zerene. Some sharpening & clarity as well. ###### @the.wire.smith ---
**Author:** ![ravi](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@ravi](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/ravi)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2021, 3:45pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/short-of-time-1-re-edit/22092/2 "2021-05-29T15:45:58Z")
Kristen, Lovely image of seemingly uninteresting leaf. The water drops make it a great image. Stacking done well. Stacking is often hard if there is a breeze, but you have handled it well. Monochrome works well for this. There is adequate detail in the leaves and the I like the composition as well. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Freeman](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/shirley_freeman/32/11361_2.png) [@Shirley\_Freeman](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Shirley_Freeman)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2021, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/short-of-time-1-re-edit/22092/3 "2021-05-29T17:11:39Z")
Kris, what is there to not like about this image. I love that you were able to capture the droplets in line. Nice lines and shapes of the leaves as well. The choice of B&W really works well for this I think. ---
**Author:** ![Kris\_Smith](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/kris_smith/32/59826_2.png) [@Kris\_Smith](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Kris_Smith)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2021, 10:57pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/short-of-time-1-re-edit/22092/4 "2021-05-29T22:57:50Z")
Thanks peeps. I think the mono works, too, although the green is nice, it’s less dramatic. ---
**Author:** ![Vanessa\_Hill](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/vanessa_hill/32/32524_2.png) [@Vanessa\_Hill](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Vanessa_Hill)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 4:18am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/short-of-time-1-re-edit/22092/5 "2021-05-30T04:18:33Z")
> [@Kris\_Smith](#): > > @the.wire.smith Hi Kris! This is a very elegant looking image! Nicely captured! ---
**Author:** ![David\_Leroy](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@David\_Leroy](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/David_Leroy)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 12:26am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/short-of-time-1-re-edit/22092/6 "2021-06-01T00:26:52Z")
Nice Kris. I like the nice vertical line of the drops and complimentary vertical crop. Really good dof as well. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Fach](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/bill_fach/32/78290_2.png) [@Bill\_Fach](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Bill_Fach)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 2:15am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/short-of-time-1-re-edit/22092/7 "2021-06-01T02:15:22Z")
Kris: A really nice find and a good capture and presentation. The subtle play of light and shadow is especially nice. Well done. \>=))\> ---
**Author:** ![Kris\_Smith](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/kris_smith/32/59826_2.png) [@Kris\_Smith](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Kris_Smith)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 11:47am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/short-of-time-1-re-edit/22092/8 "2021-06-01T11:47:39Z")
Thanks @Vanessa_Hill, @David_Leroy & @Bill_Fach - bloodroot grows all over the woodsy part of the yard, but this is an outlying colony in my landscaped bit of yard. The leaves are so gorgeous I leave them even though they aren’t where they should be. Funny story, when I lived in NH, I was dying to shoot bloodroot. When a guy I knew, shot with and liked posted a picture of some, I asked where he found them. He refused to tell me. As if I’d go trample them or something. So while wandering a trail very near my house I found some gorgeous plants. No flowers, so I had no idea what they were and couldn’t ID. I processed all the raindrop-covered leaves in B&W. The next spring I went back earlier and discovered it was bloodroot. Masses of it, 5-minutes from my house. Too funny. Now they cover my yard in WI. Even funnier. ---
**Author:** ![Tony\_Kuyper](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ac8455/32.png) [@Tony\_Kuyper](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Tony_Kuyper)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 6:43pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/short-of-time-1-re-edit/22092/9 "2021-06-03T18:43:55Z")
I really like this. Yes, its a “flora” image, but the water droplets makes it so much more. Monochrome is good for patters like this. My only recommendation is maybe for a bit more vignette around the droplets to put them in the spotlight more. If some of those middle grays go a bit darker in the process, that might actually enhance the patters in the leaves. ---
**Author:** ![Kris\_Smith](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/kris_smith/32/59826_2.png) [@Kris\_Smith](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Kris_Smith)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 11:21pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/short-of-time-1-re-edit/22092/10 "2021-06-03T23:21:29Z")
> [@Tony\_Kuyper](#): > > My only recommendation is maybe for a bit more vignette around the droplets to put them in the spotlight more. It’s funny you say that - I did darken the leaf a bit, but it could have stood more. I always err on the side of ‘reality’ which is odd considering it’s B&W, but you know what I mean. Have reposted a new version. Let me know what you think. Thanks for taking the time, Tony. ---
**Author:** ![Patricia\_Brundage](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@Patricia\_Brundage](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Patricia_Brundage)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/short-of-time-1-re-edit/22092/11 "2021-06-05T15:17:51Z")
Glad you saw this small scene. Having the droplets cradled by the curve of the leaf increases the interest in the design. The tonal range works for me.