Last Leaf as the Snow Falls by taffy

Last Leaf as the Snow Falls

Macro Monday and my challenge from @julieco is to create "a colour popped monochrome image." I hope this fits the bill. I took it on a lunch break in front of our building, as snow was starting to fall. Processed in pic monkey for SC and the bokeh to convey what the snow falling felt like.
Main album shot is from later in the day, when I finally caught a cardinal amongst the sparrows - http://365project.org/taffy/365/2013-11-25
@julieco I hope this fits the bill! It was fun learning to use a new processing program to do the monochrome with color. Thanks for the challenge -- I may try another this week.
November 26th, 2013  
great image, taffy. the leaf is so crisp and love the snowy sparkles.
November 26th, 2013  
Its a beautiful leaf to be so delicately held here! Great against that monochrome!
November 26th, 2013  
Simple yet very effective
November 26th, 2013  
A lot of thought went into this. Love the falling snow bokeh! Vey cool.
November 26th, 2013  
very cool
November 26th, 2013  
Fabulous shot!
November 26th, 2013  
This is spectacular! I love the realness of the leaf -- you can tell exactly what stage of dryness the leaf is in, and you can feel the coldness of the snow in the background.
November 26th, 2013  
Really lovely...and give a real feel of winter. Lovely!
November 26th, 2013  
Awesome!!!
November 26th, 2013  
What a superb shot. Love the snow bokeh (or should that be snowkeh?)
November 26th, 2013  
The contrast of textures is wonderful! I love the crisp brown of the leaf against the beautiful soft bokeh.
November 26th, 2013  
A lovely composition. Fav.
November 26th, 2013  
Glittering bokeh diamonds and a pop of colour, wonderful! Great response to your challnege!
November 26th, 2013  
Wonderful shot. Love that sparkly bokeh. Such a contrast to the dried up leaf!
November 26th, 2013  
Beautiful macro and gorgeous bokeh!!
November 26th, 2013  
Great shot, great processing. Love the SC, the whole thing works because of the flat lighting. Wonderful.
November 26th, 2013  
Very nicely done.
November 26th, 2013  
Lovely contrast and detail
November 26th, 2013  
Kim
Great work! Beautiful color left in the leaf. Love the snow falling in the background.
November 26th, 2013  
Wonderful lonely leaf!
November 26th, 2013  
wow that is beautiful! love the bokeh of the snow and the pop of color!!
November 26th, 2013  
Beautiful
November 26th, 2013  
Ian
So simple but so beautiful, I would never have seen this shot, fav!
November 26th, 2013  
You've really created a lovely response to the challenge and I especially like the bokeh snow!
November 26th, 2013  
I see sparkles background! beautiful!
November 26th, 2013  
Very nice shot, lovely composition
November 26th, 2013  
Really lovely, soft look!
November 27th, 2013  
@julieco Oh, I'm so glad you liked my response to your challenge. I was kind of excited about it myself!
November 27th, 2013  
Pretty!
November 28th, 2013  
beautiful Taffy, love that the leaf has colour and the rest is BW
November 28th, 2013  
Leave a Comment
Sign up for a free account or Sign in to post a comment.