Thanks, Brian. Believe I've blurred and smudged about all this shot is worth. =)
Jack --- On Thu, 9/2/10, Brian Walters <supera1...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > From: Brian Walters <supera1...@fastmail.fm> > Subject: Re: PESO: Chives > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Date: Thursday, September 2, 2010, 6:30 PM > On Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:33 -0700, > "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 > > > > > Nicely composed. The 'balance' to the image is just > about right. I do > find the background a bit distracting - maybe a trifle more > blurring? > > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > -- > > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - IMAP accessible web-mail > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
