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A Picture in Spring – My Favourite Photo From 2025

By Richard Becker

28 December, 2025

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13th May 2025, early afternoon. The oak trees had only just fully come into leaf and it was a beautiful day, hot with clear blue skies and a gentle breeze.

But none of the photographs I was taking reflected this in any way, the intense green of the leaves and their movement was missing, as was the constant changing light as the leaves moved

I experimented with multiple exposures, changing the number of exposures I was combining, and their depth of field and focus point to see what effects I could get. I tried some giving equal time for each exposure and some with a strong first exposure overlaid with several lesser exposures to make the total, and then trying the exposures in different orders to see if it made a difference. This one ended up as my favourite.

To me it reflects an accurate expression of what I was seeing.

And I like it anyway.

Canon EOS 5D Mk iv. Canon 100mm macro lens. ISO800.

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By Richard Becker
Farmer, photographer and naturalist. Living in Wales. Website; www.richardbeckerphotography.co.uk
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Erik Brammer on A Picture in Spring – My Favourite Photo From 2025

Comment posted: 28/12/2025

Hey Richard, certainly your photograph speaks to me very much. Well done!
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Karen McBride on A Picture in Spring – My Favourite Photo From 2025

Comment posted: 29/12/2025

What a fabulous photo. Nice work
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Curtis Heikkinen on A Picture in Spring – My Favourite Photo From 2025

Comment posted: 29/12/2025

I like this as well! Nice work and very creative.
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Alexander Seidler on A Picture in Spring – My Favourite Photo From 2025

Comment posted: 29/12/2025

I like your Photo Richard !
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John Eaton on A Picture in Spring – My Favourite Photo From 2025

Comment posted: 29/12/2025

Hi Richard, I like this a lot!, it's very evocative of what you were trying to accomplish
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Alastair Bell on A Picture in Spring – My Favourite Photo From 2025

Comment posted: 29/12/2025

Thats a stunning image. It really captures the movement of leaves in the sun as the wind blows through them. Love it.
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Geoff Chaplin on A Picture in Spring – My Favourite Photo From 2025

Comment posted: 31/12/2025

I second all those comments. Good photography is not about sharpness.
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Richard Becker replied:

Comment posted: 31/12/2025

Thank you Geoff (and to the others who like the image). I was hoping it would appeal to somebody else and not just me. I do disagree with you a bit about sharpness, as it is important. But when a photo diverges from the accepted norm it should look like it was intended by the photographer, part of the composition if you like, and not just look like missed focus or camera shake for example. I do like to experiment and mostly end up with failures in that they look like mistakes.

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