Pine needle blur

[Jay Sheinfield]

Taken last fall. The background is from a reflection off a Japanese maple leaf. Normal processing including curves and a bit of glow added for effect.

Nikon D3s
ISO 800
105mm
f5.6

Comments welcome................

[Indranil Sircar]

Very nice abstract Jay. I like the colors of the refection. I might lighten the LRC just a bit, if it were mine. TFS.

[denise ippolito]

Jay, I love the added glow. The green adds a nice compliment to the vibrant red. Indranil makes a good suggestion. Nice diagonal lines.

[Andrew McLachlan]

Hi Jay, colors are wonderful, love the blur. Agree with Indranil on lightening the LRC too.

[Cheryl Slechta]

Jay, I really like the colors and the amount of blur. I think I'd take a tiny sliver off the bottom. IMHO the amount of green at the bottom makes it look bottom heavy (for lack of better word). I think the crop would give a more equal amount of dark vignetting and would eliminate the need to lighten the top.

[Steve Adkins]

Neat colors and effect, Jay. Fun to see this subject as an abstract!

[Kerry Perkins]

Hi Jay, I like the colors and orientation in the frame. I agree with Cheryl's notion of cropping some from the bottom.

[Brendan Dozier]

Good looking abstract Jay, has a nice glow to it. Agree with Cheryl regarding cropping a bit from bottom.

[Jay Sheinfield]

Thanks for the feedback everyone. Ii think there is a consensus on the crop. Appreciate the feedback.