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1 Mar 2009 © Colin J Clarke

Depth

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With any green foliage, a light meter will do its best to give a reading
which will produce 18% Grey, or a shade or two darker. To achieve
a pseudo 3-D effect, I find that a layered subject works best, and
that the subject (foliage here) must be exposed to create a degree of
'unreal' luminosity. Here, opening the lens by two and a half stops
more than the metered value created a silvery leaf, which gives an
impact to the image. The leaf layers give depth, and shooting towards
the dark underbrush assures spatial perception. Happily, these
dark leaves also have green/white veins, which are now prominent.

It should be noted that the only light used
for this image was a low, mid-grey cloud base

Hasselblad 503CW, Zeiss Sonnar CF 1:4.0 f=150mm +16 Ext, Fuji Acros 100 BW

Exposed at EI80. Developed in Ilford DD-X 1:4 for 9'45" @ 20c. No filter used. full exif


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an nguyen03-Mar-2009 00:38
Certainly a great 3D effect, love the veins of the leaves, so spectacular..
endre novak02-Mar-2009 21:01
very nice work and a superb about, on how to. voted with pleasure. a real favourite.
hope to se more lessons from you, Colin ;-)
FrankB02-Mar-2009 14:12
Excellent...love the detail in this...especially the prominence of the main veins as you mention....V
Guest 02-Mar-2009 11:46
Well done. Again love the tones and contrast. V
Paco López02-Mar-2009 11:02
Excellent work!! V!
12302-Mar-2009 05:59
Beautiful. V
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