The Leaf

[photohiker]

I was up early today, doing some GPS trailwalking to improve the openstreetmap data in the local walking areas. Weather was threatening rain, and misty in parts, we had rain overnight. (Adelaide Hills) Anyway, my little walk of 13.5 or so kms took me onto the ETSA Spur track near Cleland Wildlife Park, which is where this image was taken. Funny thing is, as I walked down the track, I never noticed the moisture on the leaves and grasses around. It was only after turning around at the end and heading back up the track that the light caught the water droplets. Sadly, only had a Lumix P&S with me today.

[surenj]

Love the lighting on the drops!

[aim54x]

The lumix did a great job!!

But is this your job? Walking trails with GPS to improve the maps?

[photohiker]

The lumix did a great job!!

But is this your job? Walking trails with GPS to improve the maps?

Oh, how I wish

If you check this map link and then again next thursday, you'll see the result.

http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-34.9 ... yers=B00FT

Most of what you see there now was done by another mapper and myself.

Michael

[DanielA]

Great shot, although I find the black bit at the bottom left a little bit distracting.

Daniel

[photohiker]

Hmm. I can move it around a bit, but other undesirable stuff gets into frame:



or zoom in to lose the peripheral background:



What do you think?

[DanielA]

What do you think?

I would personally go with the zoom.
It concentrates more on fantastic silver spheres, and less on the sand.
I find myself seeing much more detail in the leaf.

Much better, and a really great shot.

Daniel

[colin_12]

I like this one. Nice and simple.
Regards Colin

[photohiker]

Thanks for the comments..

This is one situation where the extreme depth of field of the small sensor in the P&S works to your advantage.

If you're interested in the results of my GPS trailwalking, here is the map as it stands today. There are not many trails in the immediate area left to track and enter, but a month or so ago, there were only the major roads in this area on the map.. (The photo was taken approximately at the red dot):



Zoomable map here

Michael

[DanielA]

(The photo was taken approximately at the red dot)

What do you mean "approximately"?
You did all that, and you didn't have GPS locations embedded in your EXIF?

Daniel

[photohiker]

haha.

Well, no. I didn't. I've been on that track about 10 times, I can probably take you to the exact point more accurately than the GPS. But then again, the leaf will have blown away by now, so no-one will ever know the comparative accuracy of photohiker vs GPS.

FWIW, the GPS accuracy is usually within 5-7m. So even a GPS location is approximate if you're looking for a leaf.

Michael