Waspberries
by posthumous

Comment by krnodil:
The leaf texture looks like crocodile skin - and yes, those are some quite hairy galls. Hmmm... now I'm getting all sorts of ideas about the Garden of Eden - your lens corrupts again. Get thee behind me, Satan.

Waspberries
by posthumous

Comment by levyj413:
Interesting shot, Don. The leaf's veins do a nice job of framing the galls and driving my eye down to them. The strong color is very pretty, too. Looks like you got some nice detail on the leaf on the right side. My main problem is that I like macros to have a fair amount of sharp detail to explore. As you know, I highly appreciate deliberate blur, but this feels more like a lack of DOF control in a macro, which is definitely one of the hard things to get right. I look forward to more explorations of your sexy lens. ;)

The Pencilberry Bush
by posthumous

Comment by levyj413:
Creative idea, Don. :)

Light Years in a Single Leaf
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Comment by stevenov:
I don't get a sense of distance here and it is difficult to see what the subject is.

The Pencilberry Bush
by posthumous

Comment by colorcarnival:
I bet there's a squirrel there holding up that end of the pencil lol. Very cute idea! Love the colors. Excellent macro!

Light Years in a Single Leaf
by posthumous

Comment by DistantColours:
I think this may work better in colour.

The Pencilberry Bush
by posthumous

Comment by JuliBoc:
Very pretty shot. I love the rich colors. It did take me a while to find the pencil, but that was fun.

The Pencilberry Bush
by posthumous

Comment by krnodil:
Hiding in plain sight - quite effective!

The Pencilberry Bush
by posthumous

Comment by kteach:
I like that you just used the end instead of the whole pencil... the round shape makes a perfect berry!

The Pencilberry Bush
by posthumous

Comment by Quigley:
Nice I doubt that we will see any repeats with this one. I like your thoughts here, and the set up too. I would offer one thing and that would be to use a reflector and remove the shadows from the left side of your image, it is a little dark, that being said it is creative. Good on you.