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all thoughts, comments, and suggestions are welcome.

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This is very beautiful and probably quite difficult to produce. Do you have any more with the entire red bud in focus? I can't decide whether I'd like it better that way or not.

 

Either way, this is quite good!

 

Rachel :o)

So... exactly how close were you to that thing! I really like the selective focus and how everything except the focal point is just a blur of shape and color.

 

Mike K.

 

Thank you Rachel and Mike for the comments. I did not have a shot where the whole bud was focused...it was getting late in the evening, and had the shutter speed down pretty low. I was surprised that this even came out so sharp. Mike, I was pretty close to this...the bud was about the size of the fingernail on your little finger, or smaller even. I did this last week while visiting family in Kentucky...and what struck me as odd, was that it is December, things arent supposed to be budding this time of year, but I suppose they have been having an unseasonably warm winter thus far. Thanks again for the input...it is much appreciated.

thank you for your comment.i like your photo.it is beautiful.my english is not good so i tell in my language and my father translate and write it.i will be happy if you come and see my gallery

Nice shot.

Beautiful photo, nice colours, but I do not like the blur on the foreground, great shoot.

you have played the shallow DOF well in this composition, using it as a tool to the emergence of the bud. however, i'm not sure about the proximity of the subject to the blurred BG object. As I know you prefer honesty over backslapping, I think the two are too tight. I recognise the need to anchor the left, but think that a left crop and removing the BG object would work as an alternative. hope your New Year is off to a great start. best regards, J.K.