Stranded Oak Leaf

[thebeginning]

saw this on top of a bunch of burnt wood.

 

[JonK]

Great stuff....again and again and again......and so on.... :thumbup:

 

[Raymond J Barlow]

excellent!

 

[AIRIC]

Very nice!

Eric

 

[woodsac]

Just wondering if you sharpened the image? I noticed the white edge around the leaf and it reminded me of oversharpening. Either way, I think the white edge really makes the leaf stand out from the log. Good job!

 

[LaFoto]

Nice photo, like all your black and whites...

... but this is not an oak leaf.

(This would be one

Sorry about the size of the photo, I had downsized it in Photobucket by 50% and it still appears this large on here now, while in Photobucket itself it had become small enough for a whispered aside, which it is meant to be, for I don't want to hijack your thread with anything, believe me.)

 

[MozzMann]

Awesome powerfull image , I wonder how it would look with the leaf in it's natural colouring and the rest of the image B&W.

Very Nice :thumb:

 

[vonnagy]

sweet shot, nice lighting and textures mate! good work

 

[M @ k o]

Wow ! I love this shot. Very nice indeed.

 

[thebeginning]

thanks guys!

woodsac, i always sharpen my images (naturally), but that white edge was actually in the original, just part of the leaf.

lafoto, i'm afraid you caught me. I always get that mixed up with oak. I think it actually might be a sweet gum leaf. can anyone tell?

 

[JonMikal]

very stunning image Daniel!

 

[thebeginning]

thanks jon!

 

[JTHphoto]

i'm not sure what kind of leaf it is, but this is a great photo! Nice work...

 

[megapaws]

lafoto, i'm afraid you caught me. I always get that mixed up with oak. I think it actually might be a sweet gum leaf. can anyone tell?

I was just poking around my local Goodwill and found a National Audubon Society Pocket Guide to Familiar Trees of North America (east)... and sure enough your leaf is in there Daniel. It is indeed a Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) leaf.

Identification: Leaves shiny dark green above, paler below; maplelike, with 5 or 7 fine-pointed lobes and sawtoothed edges; base notched; turning reddish in fall.
Habitat: Valleys, lowerslopes and mixed woodlands with moist soils
Range: SW.Connecticut to central Florida, west to S.Illinois and E.Texas; to 3000'

Great shot - and great mystery!

 

[Chiller]

Killer shot . The black and white rocks. Well done.