
A dark and colorful shot of a leaf with droplets. This one is quite an artistic accomplishment. If you need something more general-purpose, I’m releasing a truer version below under the same license:

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Original publication.

A dark, orange leaf with drops of water. It was still cloudy so the lighting gave contrast, without being too harsh. I decided to fade to black at the top-left, which should add intrigue. This is a re-edit (old version); the leaf started as green, but orange is more interesting and stylish.
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Canon PowerShot A620, 1/25, F2.8, 7.3mm, ISO50, 2006-11-08T07:46:00-05, 2006-11-08_07h46m00
Source image. I changed the colors through curves in the Lab color space, burned in the parts that are now black, added …
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Source image.

The above version of Leafy Droplets 2 was exhibited in my deviantART gallery from 2006-11-13 through 2008-03-08.