Leaf Mass #3, Climatron

If there is a shade of green missing here, I'd be amazed.  This is my third attempt to find a composition in this mass of leaves on the Climatron floor and I'm really not that happy with it.  However, the colors really snap, so I thought I'd share it here as a Polaroid transfer.  

Technical: Nikon D700, Nikkor 24-85mm f2.8-f4, ISO 200, 85mm @ f/8.0 @ 1/60s, hand held.  RAW file processed in Lightroom 2.6 and Nik Color Efex Pro.  

Dead Leaves Redux #1

Looking at the first Dead Leaves post from 2008, the picture feels a little flat.  I decided to throw the entire Nik suite at the picture to see it could be improved.  The workflow was Lightroom minor adjustments, Dfine, RAW Pre-Sharpener, Silver Efex Pro Landscape Sepia style w/Orange filter, Output Sharpener for Display, Lightroom JPEG export.  The result is definitely crisper, with a longer tonal range.

Technical: Nikon D100, Nikkor 24-85mm f2.8-f4.0, 84mm @ f/8.0 @ 1/60s, macro mode, on camera fill flash, handheld.  RAW file processed in Lightroom 2.6 and Nik Suite as above.

Diseased Leaves - Castlewood Park

Strands of tiny white flowers decorate a patch of diseased, semi-devoured leaves along the River View trail in Castlewood Park. Nikon D700, 24-84mm f2.8-f4.0, ISO 200, 48mm @ f/8.0 @ 1/50s. RAW capture processed in Lightroom 2 to crop and convert to sepia.