Teak Wood Carved Branch
by Meistroli

Comment:
I was going for a soft focus look so am glad it was notice.. As for the uninteresting part.. It is from one door of a 40+ year old hand carved solid teak wood cabinet.. The Thai's didn't use power tools in the 60's.. it speaks volumes in the skill and attention to detail of their work..

Pansy
by Meistroli

Comment:
A few of you understood the psychedelic 60's look I was aiming for.. An I thank you for that.. Laughs.. Having actually grown up during that time, it was an interesting and different period of our past and culture..

Georgia Winter
by Meistroli

Comment:
Well on resizing if I had gone to the 800x600 size I would have liked to use I would have been 200k to large in file size.. So it was a trade off to keep as much detail as possible and get it to meet all requirements.. An the photo is full size it was just resized and balanced.. An while I do crop on occasion to improve an aspect I generally get framed what I want and how I think it should be in the viewfinder before I click the shutter and seldom have to.. Being trained on film and having done freelance news an worked with 8 exposure Tri-pan to cover a story.. unlike with digital with its 1000 retrys I get what I want the first time.. I seldom retake a shot more than once.. Thanks for you input though but the photo is as it is and capture the cold of the night as i wanted it to.. Which was the idea..