Ragged beauty at the school yard

[greybeard68 40]

#1

<br>Blossom-3 by GREYBEARD12, on Flickr<br><br>#2<br><br>Blossom-2 by GREYBEARD12, on Flickr

 

[leeroix]

is that fake DOF?

 

[kundalini]

grape hyacinth?

A difusser would definitely have benefitted #2.

When doing shots like these, I usually keep a pair of bypass pruners handy to remove some of the distractions as in #1.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[greybeard68 40]

is that fake DOF?

Absolutely. Using Photo Shop CS5, I select the entire pic and de-select what I want in sharp focus. I then use the FILTER->BLUR->LENS BLUR effect and add a touch of noise. I'm not a purest by any stretch of the imagination but, the way my pictures appear is the way I see them in my minds eye.