Gold Leaf
by Kathy Bassett
Title
Gold Leaf
Artist
Kathy Bassett
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Bright and digitally enhanced to produce the gold of the season.
The shape and structure of leaves vary considerably from species to species of plant, depending largely on their adaptation to climate and available light, but also to other factors such as grazing animals, available nutrients, and ecological competition from other plants. Considerable changes in leaf type occur within species too, for example as a plant matures; as a case in point Eucalyptus species commonly have isobilateral, pendent leaves when mature and dominating their neighbours; however, such trees tend to have erect or horizontal dorsiventral leaves as seedlings, when their growth is limited by the available light.[6] Other factors include the need to balance water loss at high temperature and low humidity against the need to absorb atmospheric carbon dioxide. In most plants leaves also are the primary organs responsible for transpiration and guttation (beads of fluid forming at leaf margins).
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November 24th, 2012
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Comments (17)
Gary F Richards
Outstanding composition, lighting, shading, yellow color and brilliant artwork! F/L voted for this piece in the contest MOSTLY YELLOW OR GOLD
Dawn Currie
Congratulations on your feature in our group, I Love Nature Photography - celebrating the best of our natural world!