I decided to revisit an old idea I had. This is my Indian puzzle ring, which my mom purchased in a thrift shop in L.A. a while ago. There are some blown highlights, and it's not THAT interesting, but I really wanted to enter something.
crop,contrast,desaturation,sharpen
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The shallow DOF would be OK if the remote end of the chan weren't grouped like this. If it was stretching farther, fine. This way you have a relatively major element out of focus.
Nice DOF, detail, and composition. It would be interesting to see some different cropping with this shot, perhaps closing in on the puzzle more...something to experiment with in the future.
my goal is to comment on every photo in this challenge..heres urs..good luck..goos shallow DOF but i think it should have been moved to the first ring rather than the third..IMHO