Frosted mountain aven and alder leaves. Canon 5D Mark III, 24-105mm f/4L IS (105mm) 1/40 sec @ f/8, ISO 800.
If winter sends warnings, this is one of them. The frost-edged leaves signify chilly morning temperatures and the snowfall soon to come. Close-up photography is a micro landscape that requires thoughtful composition. I often wander a long time looking before deciding on a composition that seems to work within the tiny space. While waiting for others to photograph a broad landscape scene of rivers and mountains, I found these small mountain aven leaves alongside the road. I chose this image to share since it contains two Lightroom adjustments that I rarely make. Due to the flat light of a shaded mountain, I added +25 saturation for a little punch, and reduced clarity to -22 to soften the edges. Clarity is most often used in the plus value, and I rarely use any saturation in my post production work.
Nice composition and tonality. I’ve been using clarity much more lately and, like you, hardly ever use further saturation beyond what God has given to us. I wish I could apply these features to the political scene! Perhaps LR 4.3 will offer this?
Hey Patrick,
Lovely photo.
My words of advice; remember God gave us saturations sliders that go all the way to 100 for a reason.
Cheers
Carl
Carl, I think the slider goes to 100 so you can make an Alaska postcard.