2011-05-23

plants, rain

Close call

After days of sunshine, the skies turned ominously dark and the clouds let fall a torrent of rain; it was not, however, the end of the world.
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9 comments:

  1. Angel CorrochanoMay 23, 2011 at 9:45 AM

    Los detalles de las gotas son preciosos.
    Un abrazo

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  2. Jenny WoolfMay 23, 2011 at 12:50 PM

    This is so subtle. I like the differing tonalities too - particularly the way you've caught the brightness of the main leaf. Do you tweak any of your images or are they just as they come from the phone?

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  3. the dear ZéMay 23, 2011 at 5:55 PM

    "The lunatic is on the grass
    Remembering games and daisy chains and laughs"
    ...

    cheers

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  4. irinapicturesMay 23, 2011 at 10:32 PM

    So fresh and so full of life. With all that fake announcements we can miss the true day off..

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  5. Cezar and LéiaMay 24, 2011 at 3:34 PM

    funny words! I love this picture, it's beautiful!
    Léia

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  6. ABMay 24, 2011 at 6:53 PM

    Thanks for the comments.

    Ángel: Gracias.

    Jenny Woolf: Yes, I do tweak the images. In the early days of this blog, I tried to refrain from any post-processing. Later, I learned how much better a photo can be with little effort. Moreover, there are currently quite a few “apps” that can do the post-processing on the phone itself and that is what I used here.

    I had the general idea in my mind — a leaf coming towards the viewer, focusing on the drops, lush green leaves in the background — but it took me about 8 shots to find a suitably charismatic leaf, the right framing and the right exposure. The resulting photo is here. Then I ran it quickly through the Vignette app on the phone to get the photo here. That was the shot I first put up and Ángel commented on. Later, I thought the highlighting of the charismatic leaf was too subtle for the small blog format and I added more vignetting to get the photo now showing in the post.

    the dear Zé: There were not so many lunatics around that day. I think they were preparing for the end of the world.

    Irina: Спасибо. I did not let a little apocalypse ruin my day!

    Cezar and Léia: Obrigado.

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  7. snowwhiteMay 25, 2011 at 5:26 PM

    Beautiful image! Grass looks floating in darkness. Raindrops are sparkling in fresh air.
    Great shot!

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  8. MartinaMay 26, 2011 at 9:29 PM

    No rain in Mainz ... it's like we are living under a dome. I see the rain coming from the Saarland ... and right before Mainz it turns the other way.

    This leaf is a little bit yellow, too ...

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  9. frau gMay 29, 2011 at 11:42 AM

    hoffen wir, dass das ende der welt noch lange auf sich warten lässt. LG MsNoctis

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