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Self Critique
I like how the water drops form along the lines of the leaves. The repetition of shapes and color appealed to me, as well.
Creative direction
Delicacy and intimacy with nature. Accepting insights and discussion.
Specific Feedback
Open to all thoughts
Technical Details
Nikon Z 6ii
24-200mm @ 155mm, f8, 1/125, ISO3200
Description
This was taken in Redwoods National Park as we walked through the Lady Bird grove. I love the small surprises when you look closer. The trees are so majestic. But so is this patch of Redwood sorrel tucked in at the base of the massive trees.
I appreciate the backstory about where these leaves were situated, it adds context for me.
I like the waterdrops and the composition very much! The progressive light from top to bottom shows the depth of this very nicely.
The depth is further emphasized by the OOF sections and the color seems indicative to that region of the country.
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Hi and welcome to NPN, Margaret. What a coincidence - I was photographing wood sorrel just the other day. I didn’t have the benefit of all those lovely water drops though. Those are something. Thanks for jumping into the weekly challenge with you photo.
Welcome to NPN, Margaret. This is a fine first post with all of it’s small droplets on those fresh green sorrel leaves. The mix of shiny drops and fresh green leaves looks great. As food for thought, it’s often said that we humans often prefer photos of things in odd numbers. In this case, sliding the view just a bit higher would emphasize the three leaves with the fewer droplets, or you could move lower and emphasize the three heavily covered leaves along the bottom of this view.
Nice to see your first post on NPN, Margaret! Isn’t the Lady Bird Johnson Grove wonderful? The wood sorrel in the redwoods makes such a delicate contrast to the towering trees. I love all the water drops here, especially the difference between the dense drops on the bottom leaves vs. just the few on the upper ones. I do get a feeling of delicacy from this.
Welcome to NPN, Margaret. This is a fine way to start off your posts. I really like the patterns here and the drops are awesome. That part of the country is gorgeous and I do like that grove. I think Mark has an interesting idea there and I could easily see a frame with the lightly dewed leaves in the middle and heavily dewed ones above and below.
