Silver Copy
by adine

Comment by BLIS102:
good idea

Silver Copy
by adine

Comment by melismatica:
You've find an object to show in miniature, assuming this is the same kind of leaf. Since leaves have no standard size, ranging from quite tiny to enormous I really don't find them a good subject for this challenge. The only reason I would give for this working is if this pin is the same kind of leaf in which case it would be a miniature version. I'll go along with that idea and say it meets the challenge.
The next part is to determine if the challenge was met with a quality photograph--preferably one I would hang on my wall (or could imagine someone haning on their wall). I really don't think this does it. Technically it is fine. Asthetically, the real leaf might make an interesting study in line and texture but the jewelry plopped at the bottom of it marrs that. The two together just don't make a good composition.

Rosaceae Minutia
by adine

Comment by e301:
Love this - it's like a crowd of sightseers gathered around a pool, or some weird experiment. To me this is exactly what a top macro photograph should be - whilst it keeps the fascination of seeing something larger than life, which is the obvious attraction of the genre, it is actually a landscape photograph, using and obeying the strictures of that genre too. Wonderful wonderful stuff - and a ridiculously unsatisfying score in my eyes, even if many folks would love to achieve it. The shot warrants so much more.

Leaf Creep
by adine

Comment by soup:
nicely done.

On the Window Sill
by adine

Comment by melismatica:
This was an image I kept coming back to. It displays the wonderful trickery of photography. This is due to the infinite DOF. All the objects are at equal distance in the viewing plane. My eye is seeing an impossiblity which creates a moment of pure confusion until my brain catches up. This two-dimensionality was precisely what fascinated some of the great early landscape photographers. It is clear you made a deliberate choice when you framed your image this way. You could have gone for a conventional still-life POV and still had a nice image but I find this approach for more interesting and humourous. The only thing I might suggest is cropping out the area of shadow at the top of the frame which adds a bit of depth and detracts a bit from the flat, abstract quality. Very strong graphical image which I enjoyed immensely. It was one of my favorites from this challenge.

Thanks for sharing it.

Rosaceae Minutia
by adine

Comment by jenesis:
Great details and I love love love that you did this in b&w. Makes a little more abstract than just the everyday flower shot. The composition is quite nice and the clarity is great. Just enough contrasts to it as well.

Rosaceae Minutia
by adine

Comment by dagaleaa:
I'm not sure if presenting this in black & white helps or hurts this photograph....great subect, and well focused too

Rosaceae Minutia
by adine

Comment by Tiberius:
Good composition, great use of B&W, very sharp. 8

Rosaceae Minutia
by adine

Comment by colddog15:
imho very nice 'color' and 'focus'

Rosaceae Minutia
by adine

Comment by alisasaur:
Ver pretty shot & good use of black & white.