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Comment by shoyles:
Nice lighting on the leaf, background a little flat but nice overall excellent shot.

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Comment by ConcreteDonkey:
i like this picture i think it would be better in color but still a great shot. 7

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Comment by Staralfur:
Beautiful. A little over edited, but stunning none the less.

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Comment by Kavey:
How clever! Works well in B/W and the composition feels just right.

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Comment by Dr.Confuser:
I like this a lot. When I look at the thumbnail, it looks like a dinosaur raising up out of a field of grass. I expected to hate it when I opened it up. What an O'Henry like surprise to open the image and see this stunning b&w macro of a leaf balanced on it's stem. I liked it a lot. Technically, it's a virtually perfect image. With the surprise ending, it's one of the best in class. Top 10 for sure. Good job!

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Comment by jenesis:
Simple, beautiful and wonderful clarity. I especially like the color tones you chose for this photo and the DOF, to me, seems spot on. Very nice work. One of my favorites of the challenge.

Just bumped to a 9 :-)

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Comment by Natator:
Absolutely love it.

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Comment by graphicfunk:
Very nice and highly imaginative.

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Comment by Faye Pekas:
This is a definate wow. Hope you explain how you did this. The color tones are outstanding.

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Comment by geewhy:
Beautifully sharp, well exposed and great use of light and shadow. A few artifacts showing around the top of the leaf but doesn`t spoil an excellent image.