This photo of a Japanese maple (photographed flat on my back with a fish-eye lens) went through several iterations before I was happy with it; it was this negative image that struck a chord for me. It reminded me of my days in the darkroom when I often was more excited by my negatives than the resulting prints–perhaps because the shadows were always more detailed–and the negative more luminous. Whatever the reason, this was a stronger photo in its negative form.
