The Things I See
Elephant's Ear
Posted by Craig (Vacaville, California, United States) on 25 May 2007 in Plant & Nature and Portfolio.
Note: Elephant's ear is the name of the houseplant this leaf comes from.
Vikram from Mesa, United States
Looks to me like a scary alien's head!
Great light and exposure for b/w!
25 May 2007 6:46am
Yvon from Meerkerk, Netherlands
Well done. Love your choice of background, makes it look real.
25 May 2007 6:48am
Behrooz from Tehran, Iran
I always expect to see strange things in your photoblog. Great stuff again. Light and composition and all.
25 May 2007 9:38am
Scene by Sharon Photography from Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Very interesting image - what was in the photo with the leaf?
25 May 2007 10:06am
@Scene by Sharon Photography: Seagrass. Thanks!
Betsy Carson from Portland, United States
Gorgeous light, texture, and contrast.
25 May 2007 11:01am
Candace from Emmaus, United States
Beautiful black and white. I really love the texture you captured with this leaf.
25 May 2007 11:26am
Kairospix from Singapore
very cool bw shot!
for a moment i thought it was really a part of the elephant's ear until i read your comment :)
it also kind of looking like the back of some alien...and hey it could be the back of spiderman's head!!! :)
anyways nice capture!
25 May 2007 11:54am
William from Sacramento, United States
Fantastic, well done, really like the visibility of the veins running through this leaf along with the lighting!
25 May 2007 2:05pm
amy from Rocky Mountain House, AB, Canada
You've got some wonderfully pure tones in this one Craig. The white in the veins is excellent and combined with the black backgroungdis just so striking. Very good!!
Can I see it in colour? LOL just kidding Craig... being a pain in the butt!!! ;-D
25 May 2007 2:42pm
Florian from Paris, France
Astonishing one ! I'm questionning about it... (sorry for my so poor english :/ ).
25 May 2007 3:00pm
@Florian: Your English is better than my French! :0) Thanks for your comment!
Henri Rabagny from Paris, France
Nice lighting. What about the threads? are they made by any spider?
25 May 2007 3:38pm
badala from Leiria, Portugal
Superb, reminds me of a scene from those horror movies.
25 May 2007 5:27pm
LR from Lisbon, Portugal
Great result with the b&w and the light worked wonders on those lines.
25 May 2007 10:13pm
bronzebilly u.k. from cardiff, United Kingdom
hey Craiger--great result on this one--almost x-ray effect going on--nice one--billy
25 May 2007 11:40pm
Jen from Jessup, United States
This is gorgeous!!! The framing and tones are perfect!!
26 May 2007 11:12am
Rahul from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Lovely tones Criag and B&W rocks here. Not to forget the interesting lighting. Very well done.
26 May 2007 2:45pm
Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom
Great composition, the tones are magnificent, an all round winner with this shot
26 May 2007 5:23pm
pieter from Davis, California, United States
wonderful image and great post processing... BRAVO:)
26 May 2007 6:25pm
Sean Bailey from Phoenixville, United States
Wow! Great detail and conversion of this.
26 May 2007 6:28pm
Sony DSC-H5
1/8 second
F/6.3
ISO 80
6 mm