Life and death
I'm a firm believer that in order to truly improve as a photographer you have to learn how to make the everyday and sometimes ugly look beautiful and interesting. Anyone can take a decent photo of a sunset but I think the true reward is finding the good in normally disregarded items.And while I'm getting overly poetic, I like the contrast between the life giving sun and the dying plant in this photo.
I felt the shallow depth of field was perfect in creating a softer look and bringing attention to the details in the shriveled berries. The colors in the background are from the setting sun and a light layer of snow on the ground.
Canon 20D, Tamron 28-75 2.8, AV 2.8
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posted by Ahamed Iqbal at 12:05 AM
7 Comments:
you're going to see something similar in an upcoming post i'm going to post. i find these things much more fascinating that a sunset.
beautiful and peaceful photo.
Thanks for the comments.
I'm always on the lookout for more interesting subjects, regardless of how 'beautiful' they are.
I like the idea, but there is a distracting out of focus branch in the foreground. Also a tripod would give a sharper image and a little more depth of field so we can better make out the sun and snow. Try setting your camera to a higher saturataion and contrast.
Good points Ian. Though I think the depth of field works since the background really wasn't important to what I wanted to show.
Nice dof. I think it works well for what you wanted to achieve. I don't think you wanted a super sharp image.
Great photo. Thanks for sharing a bit about how you took it.
JR Woodward
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