Tuesday, February 8, 2011

day thirty nine

It felt like a brisk autumn day, so I ventured outside...   Yes, I said autumn.  Sixty degrees, and I'm still raking up leaves.  Anyway, we had a bit of rain this week, and I have been wanting to take a picture of the birdbath that is the centerpiece of our mossy side yard - it's way too shaded to grow grass, so it embraces what it can.  I dearly wished for it to embrace a vegetable and herb garden, bit it was not meant to be.

Using kit lens 18-55mm at 18mm, manual mode, f/3.5, shutter speed 1/250 sec, ISO 100


The lighting in this part of the yard is very dappled, and while I believe the composition was good, the colors were rather blah.  I ended up using Boost and Lovely & Ethereal actions from PW's set, and think it came out rather pretty - I like how the greater contrast emphasizes the cracks and blemishes on the birdbath.

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