Grasses

[Anita Bower]

This is one of the first pans I've done. I panned up along the grasses in our meadow.

Nikon D300, Sigma 105mm macro, 1/2 sec., f36, ISO 100, light overcast day.

I played around with the Gradient tool for the first time. Added a couple of high pass sharpenings with different blend modes and opacities, basic adjustments, duplicate layer with soft light blend mode, small crop.

C & C always appreciated

[Julie Kenward]

Absolutely LOVELY, Anita! I took a horizontal image like this one just a while ago but it didn't turn out near the nice. I really do like the criss/cross action of the grasses and the bit of green peeking through. Good stuff!

[Anita Bower]

Absolutely LOVELY, Anita! I took a horizontal image like this one just a while ago but it didn't turn out near the nice. I really do like the criss/cross action of the grasses and the bit of green peeking through. Good stuff!

Thanks!!! I tried some horizontal pans also, and they didn't turn out as well either.

[denise ippolito]

Anita, Really beautiful colors and blur. I like the texture and feel that it adds so much to the image. Nicely done.

[Jay Sheinfield]

Agree with Julie on the cross-hatch pattern, which really adds interest to the image. Great colors and I like the lighting in the image.

[Cheryl Slechta]

Anita, I really like the patterns and colors a lot. Nicely done. I think I see 2 dust spots that look like eyes about 1/4 of the way up from the bottom that can easily be cloned out. (Or else it's my monitor)

[Anita Bower]

Anita, I really like the patterns and colors a lot. Nicely done. I think I see 2 dust spots that look like eyes about 1/4 of the way up from the bottom that can easily be cloned out. (Or else it's my monitor)

Thanks, Cheryl. Glad you like it. Thanks also for pointing out the dust spots. They are on the image, and I've now cloned them out. Missed them the first time around. :o

[Andrew McLachlan]

Hi Anita, a lovely image. I really like the colors here and the patterns of the grasses.

[Ken Childs]

Nicely done, Anita! The colors are wonderful and you captured some nice patterns. :)

[Indranil Sircar]

Beautiful composition, Anita. Agree with everything said above. TFS.

[Kerry Perkins]

Very nice work Anita. The blur and colors are super! I like this a lot. Would make a nice print.

[Anita Bower]

Thank you all. It is rewarding when an experiment works out. :)