Showing posts with label nature close-up macro leaf textured. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nature close-up macro leaf textured. Show all posts

Monday, October 5, 2009

Leaf Curl


The sun was hitting this curl in a Philodendron leaf, I did not add any light to it. The f3.2 setting made the grass in the background green and brown blurs and I deliberately shot with a wide aperture to catch just the edge of the curl in focus.
Nikon D200 with 60mm macro lens at f3.2
Post processing: Increased the recovery slider, blacks, clarity and vibrance in ACR.  In CS3, duplicated the background layer in Multiply at 60% opacity, selectively sharpened the curl only, added a clipping mask frame by Jessica Sprague which also included the texture.