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Good lighting to draw us into the leaves.
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Nice use of lights and darks!
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This is beautiful, I could see this hanging in a gallery.
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Reminds me of a woodland scene from some 40's romance movie.
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Bit too dark for me. Almost looks like someone sitting down and pointing on the right side. Interesting use of light and dark.
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Lovely light and BW.
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Nice dappled and highlighted by the sun leaves below the forest canopy.
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picture is a bit too dark
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It's a very interesting image to enter in a 'hidden gem' challenge, because you must know that it will be more or less instantly dismissed by nearly everyone. And yet it is one of the very small minority of photographs that actually is a hidden gem. It depicts a hidden gem. A splash of sunlight illuminates these leaves and in doing so also highlights the functional beauty of the forms. Tones, textures and shapes, arrayed here as the notes of a musical phrase on the staff. Considered like that, it's surprisingly lovely, and indeed a hidden gem. 9.
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Awesome capture and presentation. Gorgeous. You are managing light superbly.
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Good use of lighting to highlight the subject.
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I would recommend you zoom in more and crop tighter
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A little too dark and a little too OOF for me.. Sorry.
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Not sure the subject really holds my interest.
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Love the use of a "selenium" toning. nicely done
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Pretty sunlight on the leaves but I find the photo a bit too dark.
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wow this is nice, so simple yet beautiful especially in bw I give 6
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Nice play of lighting. Overall a bit dark for my liking.
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Wonderful light in the dark forest
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Love how the backlighting brings out the details in the leaves.
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Yes. I would like to see these. That spot of light is nice.
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I like the darkness of this shot.
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I think color would be helpful if even a hint
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I'm not sure the dark background strengthens this photo.
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interesting spot light on the leaves, but too much dark space around without recognizable detail
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Very different looking at leaves in b&w yet very successful too :)
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unfolding black
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Love the lighting and b/w, so subtle and lovely.
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I love the light - really nice use of bw. Terrific!!
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Great use of light. Really makes a common subject a beautiful photo.
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Your lighting really does make the leaves stand out from the rest.
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Interesting abstract and tones. Good lighting on the leaves.
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Not good in B/W for me...
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Nice tones in the leaves. I would have tried a little tighter crop. But that just might be me....
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I like your choice of black and white in this shot, and the lighting is really good.
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wonderful little bit of lighting there!
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wonderful and magical...with a touch more cropping you could have an excellent note card to publish...love the rich tones and shades between the sun and shadow...
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Subtle provocative image, perhaps I would have cropped a bit closer on both sides.
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I love the simplicity of this photo ....
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I like the light play on them
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maybe not the best for a B&W
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Neat shot but nothing pops out
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