Photo: Leafy Sunset 6

By Richard X. Thripp at 2008-05-14T01:48:33Z in Photography, Shop, Stock Photos. 170 words.

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A stately orange sunset in my yard is the backdrop for silhouetted leaves of an American sycamore tree [2]. Some of the leaves have been chewed by bugs; as you can see on the left. This only adds to the beauty, of course. There are even some raindrops on the leaves, left over from the storms earlier that day. I didn’t notice those till way after the shoot. This is the best of the Leafy Sunset series [3], trailing fifteen months after the fifth entry.

Initially, I underexposed to keep the sunset’s highlights from being clipped in the red channel, knowing that the leaves would be pure black anyway. I finished this up in editing, by bringing up the colors without any clipping, and I made a shift from red to burnt orange, which I find more appealing. The edited colors also print more faithfully.

Buy a 4*6 copy for $0.95 (USA only). Lustre finish. After adding, go to your shopping cart [4].

Canon Rebel XTi [5], EFS 18-55mm [6], 1/40, F3.5, 18mm, ISO200, 2007-08-31T19:52:43-04, 2007-08-31_23h52m43

Download the high-res JPEG [7] or download the source image [8] (Canon Rebel XTi RAW file).

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License [9]. Credit me as Richard X. Thripp [10] and link here.

More of the Leafy Sunset series [3].

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[1] Image: http://richardxthripp.thripp.com/files/photos/leafy-sunset-6.jpg
[2] American sycamore tree: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_sycamore
[3] Leafy Sunset series: http://richardxthripp.thripp.com/tag/leafy-sunset-series
[4] go to your shopping cart: http://richardxthripp.thripp.com/cart/
[5] Canon Rebel XTi: http://richardxthripp.thripp.com/tag/canon-rebel-xti/
[6] EFS 18-55mm: http://richardxthripp.thripp.com/tag/efs-18-55mm/
[7] Download the high-res JPEG: http://richardxthripp.thripp.com/files/photos/stock/leafy-sunset-6-stock.jpg
[8] download the source image: http://richardxthripp.thripp.com/files/photos/stock/source/leafy-sunset-6-ss.cr2
[9] Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
[10] Richard X. Thripp: http://richardxthripp.thripp.com/