Canadian Maple, a photo from British Columbia, Western

Photographer's Note

Handheld looking up into the Maple trees with the sun behind teh leaves brings a real pleasant lighting effect on the maple. These leaves are always appealing for theri design and of course are on the Canadian flag. Enjoy

Fixfocus, ChrisJ, huynt, aloyho, singuanti, PLD_images, Gix, digi-mom ha puntuado esta nota como útil.

Critiques | Translate

Fixfocus (9385) 2005-10-26 5:59

Morning Paul,
A wonderful shot,It´s great how the strong colors of the leaves stands out against the dark background.Perfect framing and sharpness/dof relation.
Greetings,
hermann

lucbus (11) 2005-10-26 6:01

Hi Paul,
Very good capture of these 2 leaves with shadows. and light mixing on them. the colors are awesome. Great shot.
Luc

jocasta007 (0) 2005-10-26 6:20

Beautiful and very sharp. well done

Clairedelune (4923) 2005-10-26 6:25

Hi Paul,
Very beautiful picture! I like the smooth background, nice bokeh. The funny thing is that the shadow made by the crossing of the two leaves makes it a third leaf. Very good colors and sharpness is good. But more than the technical aspect, it is the powerful feeling that we get from it. Thank you!
Claire

cam (9043) 2005-10-26 7:08

Hello Paul
Simple and effective
Lots of details to see in the leaves
And the backlighting creates a good mood.
Charles

huynt (5081) 2005-10-26 8:10

Hi Paul E
Very impressive shot. Well done. Huy

aloyho (6798) 2005-10-26 9:23

Hi Paul,
Your good control have brought out the true beauty of these simple leaves. The composition and lighting are superb. The colours are simply fantastic. Congratulations!!! Reagrds.

charlyi (71) 2005-10-26 10:20

hi paul,
very beautiful photo, the details and the sharp are perfect.
I have your same camera with 18-55 mm lens(how can you make this beautiful sharp ?)(can you give me something suggest please ??)
by charly

Cormac (26565) 2005-10-26 11:10

I like this alot! The backlighting on the leaves is a good effect, showing both the shape of the leaves and the detail inside the leaves. The colour is very good too. Well done!

john_c (24666) 2005-10-26 14:03

Hi Paul,
A first rate macro shot of the leaves. Stunning clarity here. I especially like the play of light and shadow. The green leaf contrasted with the gold ones really enhances. This is very fine work, Paul.
John

singuanti (15250) 2005-10-26 22:07

Hi Paul. What a great play of light you have captured. I like the dark background and how it sets the leaves off with good contrast. Very nice one Paul!

Rinie_Hoff (9340) 2005-10-27 2:37

Beautiful light and color,Paul, and a very nice DoF. I really love the light,it's magnificent. The edeges of the elaves dissolving in the dark. There's not much more to add, simple and beautiful.

ChrisJ (171222) 2005-10-27 3:47

Hi Paul

Wonderful graphism. I like the dark bg, which seems to saturate the colors even more. Good close up. Tfs.

nwoehnl (122) 2005-10-27 6:47

A very special ambience you captured with the backlight on the maple leaves, Paul. Also I see you used a telezoom lens for this one and the amount of textural detail and crispness you got is pretty impressive. Nice result with a natural-looking luminosity.

PLD_images (7149) 2005-10-27 9:06

Hi Paul - great name hehehe -

Wonderfull shot here. I really enjoy the perfect sharpness of this image. All canadians should be proud of this shot....

Seriously, maybe not related to our flag but a very good composition indeed. The light and the DOF are just incredible.

Really well done

Paul

jmdaoudal (82) 2005-10-27 12:41

This is a very expressive composition, so perfect in colors and light that I wonder if we can do better:-))
Lined contrasted and balanced;
great work
jean Michel

msadventure (632) 2005-10-27 20:45

This is just superb! Great observations. from now on I will look for this! You captured it so beautifully.
Thanks for the awareness!
Bravo.

Nick674 (58) 2005-10-27 23:01

Wow, amazing shot, looks like it was composed in a studio, it's that good...Nick

cessy (13647) 2005-10-28 0:45

hi Paul
very nice lighting on the leaves
and I also like the shadow on the leaves as well
bravo, very well seen and beautifully captured

DLM (6479) 2005-10-28 12:12

Hi Paul, lovely image with the perfect lens for the job,wonderful light with nice detail and great colour tones.Very well done .I have tried to come up with a shot like this but so far have failed.

Dave.

Stepan (27210) 2005-10-29 13:08

So canadian !!
The light and the sharpness are simply perfect. The dof is OK too.
Good job.
Stéphane

danielswalsh (13597) 2005-10-29 16:38

How did I miss this one? (scratching my head);

As a fellow Canadian, how could I not critique a Maple Leaf?
Nice colors, SUPERB DETAIL, and an appealing DOF.

Nicely done Paul. Got any Maple Syrup for us? ;-)
- Dan

lestans (17258) 2005-10-30 12:58

Great effect of the sunlight shining from behind! And also very well managed, it is a wonderful shot. Sometimes we all have good sibjects but we are not able to manage them...! Livia

danyy (0) 2005-10-30 17:31

Bonjour Paul,
excellent Close-up, un agréable clin d'oeil à la beauté des teintes de l'automne.
Excllente DOF et couleurs sublimes.
Regards.
Daniel.

crhieatt (5347) 2005-10-30 18:14

Brilliantly lit shot - with a composition to match.
Regards
Colin

mumek (20226) 2005-11-01 7:27

Good morning Paul!
Very artistic capture of the leaves. Excellent depth of the field, very good colors and sharpness. Lovely light!!
best regards
ziggy

Hanssie (11022) 2005-11-05 8:04

Wonderful piece of nature, Paul !
Light and shadows make a fine play !

cherubin (1971) 2006-10-17 14:55

Hi Paul,
i find this the most spectaculous photo of the serie...
excellent work!
regards,
cherubin