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Sunday, November 6, 2011

While walking past Gramercy Park in NYC I found these colorful autumn leaves that had blown onto the sidewalk and brought them home to photograph.

I began shooting with the Nikon D7000 and 40mm macro but switched to the D700 and 60mm macro because I knew the image quality would be higher.  The photos were taken with an aperture around f/10 to obtain a deep focus in the softly filtered window light.

A silver cardboard reflector kicked some direct sunlight onto the leaf for a more dramatic, sculptural effect.  I will probably continue shooting autumn variations while the colorful leaves remain available.

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