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Leaves and Dewdrops #1

Close up photo of leaves with dewdrops

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It's amazing how a simple image like this one of dewdrops on leaves can convey concepts and meanings beyond what is actually seen.

For me this photo speaks of nature, freshness, purity, renewal and a few others, while interest and a certain dynamism is achieved by the use of strong diagonals.

Sometimes isolating just a couple of elements to make a composition can be more powerful than a complicated picture featuring many points of interest.

That's one of the things that makes macro photography so appealing in certain situations, as you're forced to focus on a very narrow field of view, creating a scene containing very few elements.

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Image data

Filename - leaf dewdrops 01.jpg

Camera - Canon A1

Lens - 50mm prime plus extension tubes

Film - Fuji Velvia ISO50

Exposure - No idea!

Location - My garden, North Wales

This image - 800x535px JPEG

Original - 2400dpi scan from 35mm transparency

Conversion - Adobe Lightroom

Comments - Tripod used to prevent camera movement