Shrub on Limestone

I like the way you've used the textures of the limestone and the plant. Colours look great together too. Thanks

Captured on a recent field trip to Cyprus Lake National Park,

Georgian Bay side of Bruce Peninsula, On.

I really like the contrasts here. Rock textures vs. plant texture, hard vs. soft, permanence vs. ephemeral blooms, (insert other photo-babble here regarding contrasts.. I gotta stop.. I'm starting to sound like a comp-lit major)

Why did u use f32?? On many lenses there is a marked degradation of quality starting at f16. Surely u didnt need that much DOF...With the very bright, clear left side rocks, we have two subjects, rock formations, very detailed and interesting and... colorful, fresh looking plant as the other subject, not quite harminising.. For another shot, with a different feeling, I would have tried f3.5? to soften the detail of the rocks on the left, completely lose the rear darker rocks detail, and even throw out of focus a little the front rocks..Exposure good, perspective fine.

Thomas, Thanks for dropping by. Comments such as yours are far more appreciated than the usual drive-by rating:) If you had any posts I'd be happy to return the kindness. Now that you've called me on it I don't think f32 was the setting. I was going by memory (dangerous thing to do in my case) and was probably thinking of another series of shots I took of this same shrub. (see attachment) I usually use this lens at f16 or f11 & as you say there was no apparent need for f32. The attached series of two shots shows the shrub at f4 then f32. I was just curious to see what the difference would be. This was Superia Reala under a north sky light. Negs are tack sharp but the lighting, subject matter, and low contrast film conspire to minimize apparent sharpness. Best, LM.