a sliver of light
My daughter found a really lovely leaf while walking the dogs the other day, and figured it would make for a lovely image. Sitting at my desk after she brought it home, seeing the light shining through the window's blinds gave me an idea. I set the leaf up in front of some black card and adjusted the blinds to cast slivers of light onto the leaf and shade onto card, illuminating the scene beautifully. I chose a vintage macro lens to make the image, and shot a number of focus brackets to ensure front to back sharpness. Then in post processing I made small adjustments to contrast, blacks and whites to make the leaf "pop" before deciding that a mono conversion was the way to go. Nikon Z6, Micro Nikkor 55mm f2.8, Nikon F to Z adapter 1/4 of a second at f8, ISO 100 tripod, self-timer release 6-image focus bracket stacked in Macro Studio
