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Palm leaf #1

Palm leaf, St Martin, Carribean

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The story behind this image

A very simple photograph of a palm leaf, taken on the island of st Martin in the Carribean, with backlight highlighting the edges and textures of the fronds.

Quite often it's the details you find in a place that bring back the memories later on. In this case I was attracted to the lighting and geometry of the palm fronds by the side of the road as we were walking to our breakfast in the local cafe. It took me a little time to find a palm leaf with good quality fronds, but not too long, as breakfast was getting cold!

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Image data


Filename - palm leaf 01.jpg

Camera - Canon 5D

Lens - 100mm macro

Exposure - 1/160sec @ f5.6, ISO100

Location - St Martin, Carribean

This image - 800x533px JPEG

Conversion - ACR & PS-CS2

Comments - Hand held exposure. No stabilisation.