Shot this for the Rain challenge but missed the deadline. A petal that had fallen off a bush onto my driveway. This is my first submission after lurking here for almost a year. I just got my 30D yesterday.
Shot in RAW, resized to 720x480, levels, hue/saturation (pushed magenta a bit), save for web.
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Thanks for the comments. I had another shot of this where the ground was more uniformly wet, but the angle was different and didn't seem as appealing.
Thanks for the comments.
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A petal is quite a strong symbol and a found one alone does tell the words of your title. Sometimes the finding can be an inspiration to recreate the scene with a little more drama elsewhere. I find it inspiring.
The DOF here doenst work too well here, its more a distraction than anything. I think your photo lies solely in the petal itself, so an extremely tighter crop would probably work well here.
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