Fall on the Ground
Uploaded: November 14, 2009
It was another early morning at the office, and I noticed this maple leaf in the parking lot. It had just stopped raining, and the stem still had raindrops on it. No amount of maneuvering could get me close to the angle I wanted, so I finally grabbed a towel from the car, and flopped down on the parking lot!
Exif: Model: NIKON D80
Deb Koskovich November 14, 2009
You are one fearleass photog, Tess! And this amazing macro was your due reward! #1204956Jack Gaskin November 14, 2009
Congrats cause you came up with a really nice shot.Happy Shooting
Jack #8130100
Hendrik Storme November 14, 2009
Beautiful details and simplicity,Tess! #8130102Marilyn Cornwell November 14, 2009
Beautiful and simple!! Colours and composition are divine! Oh to be a towel-carrying photographer! #8130104Bojan Bencic November 14, 2009
Great POV and a fantastic photo, Tess. Well worth the effort. #8130113Henry Miller November 14, 2009
Great macro you have a great eye to catch all these great shots,Tess!! #8130123Tammy M. Anderson November 14, 2009
Beautiful details, tones and capture, Tess. #8130132Carolyn Morgan November 14, 2009
Glad you had the towel - the results were worth the effort!!! :) #8130145Shirley Sicurello November 14, 2009
What a woman has to go thru for her art!!Renata Gusciora November 14, 2009
Wonderdul macro with fantastic details,Tess! #8130170Gord MacEachern November 14, 2009
Sometimes you have to do what you have to do!Monnie Ryan November 14, 2009
The only "rag" in our car is one of my husband's Ohio State sweatshirts, Tess -- I can only imagine the ruckus if I were to borrow it for something like that! :-D Wonderful macro well worth the effort! #8130241Cathy Barrows November 14, 2009
well I knew you were down low but in your work clothes...you rock #8130245Amy M. Wilson November 14, 2009
A great reward for your efforts and I can only imagine what passers-by must have been thinking! lol Excellent capture, details and clarity, Tess!!! #8130288a2o akmal aini othman November 14, 2009
fantastic work, Tess! wonderful result! it really worth :) #8130293Hal Bambrick November 14, 2009
Very Elegant Capture Tess!!!!. #8130327Nikki McDonald November 14, 2009
Good for you! Colors, detail and clarity are excellent. #8130345Jack Ryan November 14, 2009
What we do to get the perspective we want!!! Way to go!!!! Excellent result...well composed with excellent detail. Well done. #8130435Claudia Kuhn November 14, 2009
Way to sacrifice yourself for a good macro! #8130436Jeana Clark November 14, 2009
~J~ #8130507
Kathleen Brennan November 14, 2009
And well worth the effort! #8130615Sam Britt November 14, 2009
Terrific detail & light, Tess. #8130626ROLAN NARMAN November 14, 2009
Fantastic capture, lighting and details Tess! Excellent work! #8130644Tiia Vissak November 14, 2009
a wonderful close-up! #8130689Kirsten Kiki Kjaer November 14, 2009
Super reflections in the drops, Tess. Great composition. #8130780Jyri Vissak November 14, 2009
Wonderful macro! Well done. #8130861John Connolly November 14, 2009
It was definately worth the effort tess! This is one superb close up with amazing color and detail! I would have loved to see you laying on the towel in the parking lot..... #8130999Patrick Rouzes November 14, 2009
Now that's determination & well worth it, Tess! The tones, clarity, lighting, pov & comp are superb! WTG! #8131041Melissa G. Meiselman November 14, 2009
Getting down to the right level is really worth the effort given this excellent result, Tess!! Fantastic clarity, great composition and wonderful light, as well!! #8131447Tamara K. Walker November 14, 2009
super close up and details #8131655Brett Dolsen November 14, 2009
Gorgeous colours,detail and DOF Tess!!Brett #8131672Sherran Andersen November 14, 2009
Just what I would do lol... beautiful macro Tess. #8131719Stefania Barbier November 14, 2009
magnificent sf and capture! #8131867Ujjwal Mukherjee November 15, 2009
Wonderfully seen, fantastic details and capture,Tess!! #8132072Kate Jackson November 15, 2009
I guess that's you I can see in the drop then! Great capture Tess! #8132084Laura E. Swan November 15, 2009
Oh what a good photographer will do to get the job done, Tess! This summer I laid right in an ANT HILL to get a worms eye view of GRASS with some iconic Rocky Mtns in the background! HA! Now THAT was an adventure!Love your story and love your image!
Great job!!!
-Laura :) #8132115
Manuel Barrera November 15, 2009
great angle and exposure, #8132268Karen Celella November 15, 2009
The rewards of getting this wonderful macro was well worth it Tess. Simple and beautiful! #8132425Maria A. Gonzalez November 15, 2009
We macro photographers are always looking for those little things others don't look for...I can relate to angles and turning,fliping and using whatever to give us the pov we want...Margaret R. Barry November 15, 2009
Fantastic POV, light, colors and clarity, Tess! #8132572Lorna Shutter November 15, 2009
Now that's what I call going above and beyond! Well, it was well worth the effort! This shot is beautiful! Awesome POV, clarity and DOF! An outstanding capture! :) #8133050Daniella Puente November 15, 2009
Superb light and like very much the tones Tess... #8133256Carol L. Fowler November 15, 2009
Wonderful tones and POV #8133654Christine Lobsinger November 15, 2009
Tess, simply beautiful...love this shot.. the colours and spectacular details!CHRISTINE
SMILING AGAIN #8134346
Rony Sagy November 15, 2009
Amazing image, beautiful story, Tess. #8134360Barbara Waldoch November 15, 2009
Terrific capture, Tess! #8134392Marty Straub November 16, 2009
Way to get down with it, Tess. Now we can see a bit of the overcast sky in the refractions. Well done. #8135536Mark Dodge November 16, 2009
Very creative composition and equally impressive, Tess. You truly go the distance to get the shot. Your work is always top notch. #8136005Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna November 16, 2009
Awesome, Tess!!! I'd love to follow you around when you are shooting!!! LOLTommy E. Burgess November 17, 2009
Beautiful macro capture Tess!! Kudos for the effort you took to get the shot you wanted. #8137852Joy Rector November 17, 2009
beautiful, well done #8138419Christine Lobsinger November 17, 2009
Glad you got an EP Tess!! Congrats to you!SMILING CHRIS #8140098
Paul E. Earl November 18, 2009
This is superb, Tess! #8140982Kathy Reeves November 18, 2009
Exquisite image with fantastic colors! #8141137Tess L. Yee November 18, 2009
Thank you for each of these stupendous comments!!No doubt, my face plastered on the towel and my backside sticking up created something of an amusing visual...thank goodness no one ELSE was around with a camera!
An ant hill, Laura?! Oh, you're more 'photographer woman' than I am! #8141172
Christine Czernin November 20, 2009
I must have missed this one.Tess L. Yee December 01, 2009
Thank you for the grand comment, Christine! #8181791Randy D. Dinkins February 03, 2010
Great macro shot. And an "A" for your effort to go and get it :-)!!! #8354382Tess L. Yee February 16, 2010
Thanks for the really kind comment, Randy! #8386363Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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