This is another photo that I took on my walk home in the
sunshine a few days ago. Having previously photographed the buds that looked
like flowers, I then noticed that at the bottom of another tree, some leaves
had been caught between the branches. I liked the way that the stem of the
leaves had been caught between the broken twigs, giving the overall image the
effect of “being left behind.”
I tried to under expose the image, as I wanted to emphasise
the shadows of the cracks in the branch and the dark specks on the leaves. I
didn’t use flash to do this, as I wanted the background to be visible. I was
disappointed with the effects of under exposing alone, so decided to edit the
image in Photoshop. I decreased the brightness and increased the contrast to
make the shadows more striking. I decreased the saturation slightly, as I
wanted the photo to look washed out. Finally, I sharpened the image to pick out
finer details.
I love stumbling across new things to photograph. I’ve been
photographing for so long, I subconsciously look for photographic opportunities
everywhere I go. Is that a good thing?
Bex
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