Shot in AV mode with natural lighting, focal length 41.0mm. Rotated CCW about 70 degrees & cropped. Duotoned to get a sepia effect. Used the burn tool to tone down some hotspots on the rope and head of the nail. Adjusted curves and did a slight USM.
I had two shots that I was working on for this challenge. I liked the other one better but I felt this was more fitting of the shallow DOF than the other. Can't keep second guessing myself, so ended up submitting this one.
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K now that i see this one i think you made the right choice. I loved the other one, but this certainly highlights the shallow DOF more than the other, though like you, I prefer the other picture.
Lovely lighting! This is a really lovely image - the kind of image where content itself doesn't matter - the end result is visually appealing because of the light/ shade/ form/ lighting and not because of the choice of content.
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