This is a photo blog of self expression. All the images I post are self assignments driven by the need for more creativity in my life. This is my escape from the everyday shooting as a professional photographer.
This is another leaf on a dogwood in my yard using the same camera and lens as the last blog. The shallow depth of field helps isolate the leaf from the background. The nice glow is caused by the sun shinning through the leaf. LynnFreeny.com
I was walking through my yard looking for interesting things that were showing the signs of fall. With my Sigma SLR mounted on a tripod with an 80 to 300 zoom lens, I started looking at leaves on the trees. The absence of wind was a plus because it made it possible for 1/2 sec exposure to be made of this leaf. The sky, deep blue didn't hurt either giving me a perfect background. I also positioned my view so sun light would actually shine through the leaf making the leaf like a light source revealing more detail on the surface. LynnFreeny.com
Fall is finally here with the hopes of bright leaf color. I like to pick up leaves in my yard that have interesting patterns and take them inside to scan on my flatbed scanner. I usually get strange looks from my neighbors as I collect these beautiful leaves. When I picked this one off the ground I was amazed to find a leaf in several stages of color change. I have a scanner with dual lights for scanning film. Thus , I scanned the leave as if it were film. The light shining through the leaf helped to reveal the complex structure of the tiny veins. LynnFreeny.com 
