I think it works well. I'm led to the subject not the background, so i don't find it to strong.
Dave On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 11:33 AM, Jack Davis <jdavi...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I was idling around in the back your in the area of my wife's West vegetable > garden (yes, there is an East) when I noticed this plant. > I, obviously, liked the structure of it and went for some equipment. > I knew I had to isolate it from some dead ground cover and give it a > background. I eliminated the dead stuff at the bottom by cropping it off in > the viewfinder. Shot this a f/2.8 but still got a somewhat busy cucumber > background. I blurred and darkened it, and reduced the "spotty" look. > I asked my wife what it was and she said "they're chives that should have > been picked prior to reaching this stage." > Light thing in the lower left corner is stepping stone paver which I left as > an offset to the mums (?) on the right. > Thought it about time I offered "something." > > Jack > > Comments welcome, of course. > > http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=527 > > > K20, f/2.8, 1/4000, ISO 400, da50~...@123mm, hand held > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.