Last day of October during a short walk near me, along a pond I see these three dandelion fluff in the embankment, okay had the ultra 420 mm lens on the pentax K70 sitting, the lens a manual lens with a fixed aperture of f/8.3 for the technicians among my visitors. That means choosing from shutter speeds and light sensitivity.
The shot turned out fine, during editing I found the background too distracting, so I placed a texture as a layer above it and blended it with a certain transparency (blending) so the background disappeared as it were. The resulting soft color image gives exactly the right atmosphere for this plant.
Retired photographer and digital artist, enjoys shooting landscapes, as well as digital art, using various techniques to do so.
Started in the analogue era as a fifteen-year-old, at the same time also did the school of photography in writing as an all-round photographer.
Also worked for many years..
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