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Manzanita

by Danny Laureys

Gallery: LandscapePosted February 2, 201199 views8 comments
XTI, 70-200L, F22, Blurred Background with Gaussian Blur.

Comments

8 comments
Comment posted by Mark Seaver on February 2, 2011 at 9:06 PM
Fascinating texture and contrast between the light front and the rusty brown back of what I'm guessing is a tree. I find the high contrast in the black and white region distracting.
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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on February 2, 2011 at 10:54 PM
I like it, Danny. I think the choice to blur the BG was an excellent approach overall. :cool:
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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on February 3, 2011 at 12:26 AM
Interesting. Is this manzanitta (not sure I spelled that right)? Could see burning the background some to make the blur less obvious.
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Comment posted by Danny Laureys on February 3, 2011 at 1:16 AM
Tony, yes that's a manzanita tree or shrub.
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Comment posted by Andreas Resch on February 3, 2011 at 7:09 AM
Very well seen and executed.
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Comment posted by Wade Hardy on February 3, 2011 at 1:01 PM
Wow - cool shot. I agree with Tony about the bg - just a shade darker to give more emphasis on the main subject.
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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on February 3, 2011 at 3:38 PM
Danny,

This is excellent. Great job with the selective focus and DOF - oops, that's the Gaussian blur DOF... . :wink: Thanks for the disclosure and I can say that it certainly works in keeping the attention on the details of this very interesting tree trunk. You didn't say, but I'm almost thinking some weathered manzanita... but could be wrong. Nice job with the processing.

Lon
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Comment posted by Danny Laureys on February 3, 2011 at 5:42 PM
Lon, If I had checked all my shots before using this one, I would have noticed one shot where the background was already nice out of focus. Again, I didn't check my work good enough which was more work in PSC4. :rolleyes:
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