Sudden Change
by MargaretNet

Comment:
A beautiful landscape with the sunlight just breeaking through.

Cool And Refreshing
by GolferDDS

Comment:
Very nicr capture! Good colors and DOF.

Good to the Last Drop
by vawendy

Comment:
Cute! Good capture.

Tantalize
by jomari

Comment:
Interesting idea!

Like a fish out of water
by mlu

Comment:
Colorful! Great idea.

Diversity
by efaulk

Comment:

Originally posted by glad2badad: This was a tough choice on where to go with DOF. If you had attempted to go all in and get everything in focus it would have been a challenge (maybe back up, crank the aperture down a bit, then crop?). However, then your backdrop and area that the apples are sitting on would have been distracting (looks wet and maybe a bit dirty). I think the shallow DOF works fine and perhaps if the front stem had been the key focal plane it would have helped the overall presentation? Just thinking out loud ...

Thanks! The surface is actually marble so I was trying to avoid getting too much of the grain/pattern. I vacillated between focusing on the front of the first apple or in between the two middle apples. In the end, I went for the spot behind the front stem. The shallow DOF helped with the pattern on the counter.

Most of my photography experience was as a school photo editor doing sports or doing snapshots while in the military. The only "studio" shooting I did was animal portraits. I've been playing with cameras since 1959 (a Kodak Holiday Brownie) then a Graflex Jet 35 mm (1962) Used that until I got my first digital camera. The one I'm using now i've had about 15 years. There were, of course, 4x5 cameras and 120 roll cameras along them way.

Again, thanks for the feedback. It's the sort of thing I need.

Message edited by author 2021-04-01 22:33:44.

"I am only a sparrow..."
by Luciemac

Comment:
Appears slightly out of focus.

East Coast Of Lake Michigan Battered By Fall Gale
by Drake

Comment:
Great capture showing the power of the Greal Lakes. Too bad there's no ice forming.

Bomb scare at local Courthouse
by mlu

Comment:
nice snapshot, but the action is all elsewhere. The eye is led to the right where yhe officer is looking.

Venice flooded again
by MargaretNet

Comment:
Beautiful capture of a city in deep trouble.