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old winter leaves

A leaf pile from a floodplain near the Clinton River

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Born and raised in Detroit, c. 323 ppm CO2, Mark Graf is a Michigan photographer, naturalist, and diver whose muse is summoned by exploring the endless connections in nature; land, sea, and sky.

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Sunday, April 24, 2016

T is for Tone

Or it could be tardy, since I am a day late for this one.  I have been monitoring some website attack activity where my special forces have landed and engaged the Threat.   I have experimented with a few different tones when developing photographs.   Sometimes I end up in an unexpected place.   Here are a few examples of tonal experiments…

 

brown leaf picture

“Thanksgiving Leaves”, Clinton River woodland, image #LE-9675

 

leaf skeleton

Leaf Skeleton stuck in grasses

old winter leaves

Old winter leaves

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Rock wall, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan

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  1. Monte Stevens
    Monte Stevens on Monday, April 25, 2016 at 9:00 AM

    All of them are awesome! There is something about leaves that I am attracted to. You always post excellent images of them.

    • Mark
      Mark on Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at 8:06 PM

      Same here Monte – something about them leaves!

  2. Howard Grill
    Howard Grill on Sunday, April 24, 2016 at 7:58 PM

    All fantastic! I am really partial to the time in Old a Winter Leaves. It’s pretty unique and while it might not work for every image I get it makes some, like this one, spectacular!

    • Mark
      Mark on Sunday, April 24, 2016 at 8:41 PM

      I haven’t been able to replicate that look on the winter leaves with many others. Something in the original I suppose. Thanks Howard!