Sunshine illuminates a leaf with sparkling droplets… in black and white! What could be better than that? Enjoy.

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Original publication.

A leaf with raindrops, in black and white. The sun came out after the rain for this photo, so the contrast was high.

Canon Rebel XTi, EFS 18-55mm, 1/250, F8, 55mm, ISO100, 2007-10-31T16:09:32-04, 2007-10-31_20h09m32

Source image. I converted to black and white in Adobe Photoshop, then did basic sharpening and contrast enhancements.

Leafy Droplets 2
Leafy Droplets 3
Leafy Droplets 4
More of the Leafy Droplets series.

Free high-res stock image.

Source image, compiled from the Canon Rebel XTi RAW file using the default settings in PhotoFiltre Studio.