It's interesting how some images evolve. In recent months I have spent more time down Marchand Road as it has become my new favourite area to do photography. The white poplar in this area have always drawn me in and I have photographed them with different lenses, different points of view, different weather conditions, different times of the day and I've taken some okay images but not quite what I want or was seeing. I find that I learn from past images that don't quite work out. I often learn while I'm editing an image and the lessons happen by accident. I may zoom in on an area to see if there is a dust spot or if it's in focus and in the process find what I really was looking at and what's drawing me in. That's what happened here. As I was standing in the middle of this quiet country road I was recalling what I was looking for. A nice tight, close shot of all the branches reaching out and tree trunks with all their black spots all blended in together, looking like an abstract painting. I pulled out my Nikon D90 with a Nikon 70-300mm lens along with my tripod. This big clunker will tighten things up nicely. I took about dozen different shots. When I had exhausted everything I could think of I went back to the car, packed up my camera and tripod and went to my next stop. A few days later when editing this photo I noticed the bright orange leaf hanging on for dear life on the top right side. I hadn't seen it while I was there but now while editing I zoomed in to see if things were in focus and there it was. It totally made this image work for me, I love it!
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