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A Wild Grass
| Brand: | Nikon CORPORATION |
| Camera: | Nikon D300  Check out Nikon Nation! |
| Lens: | 105.0 mm f/2.8 |
| Recording media: | JPEG (digital) |
| Date Taken: | 12 Jun 2011 - 8:18 AM |
| Focal Length: | 105mm |
| Lens Max Aperture: | f/2.9 |
| Aperture: | f/6.3 |
| Shutter Speed: | 1/160sec |
| Exposure Comp: | -2/3 |
| ISO: | 200 |
| Exposure Mode: | Aperture-priority AE |
| Metering Mode: | Multi-segment |
| Flash: | No Flash |
| Title: | Caught by the Light |
| Username: | 
KatyJ |
| Uploaded: | 24 Jun 2011 - 2:17 PM |
| Tags: | Flowers & plants, Grasses |
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Katy,
Your title is perfect for what you've presented. Well done.
I'm not sure whether it's just me & my old eyes, but the more I look at it, the lighter the BG seems to become - it is almost as if light is streaming into the composition. I like the two black diagonal twigs (?) cutting through your grass heads. They contrast nicely.
It's possible that a slightly smaller crop might work, so that the heads are not 'dwarfed' in the shot, but for me, this is a very good well composed shot with nicely subdued tones. If you want to try the crop, try 1/2 inch off the top & left hand side & 1 inch off the bottom.
Kate, looking at it again, I'd leave it exactly as it is. 
Splendid
I wouldn't do much to it either. I certainly wouldn't change the composition.
Having said that, however (!) I've uploaded a mod. in which I've de-saturated the green slightly and brightened the rest using curves which has increased the dark moodiness of the shot.
I also sharpened it.
It's not intended to be an improvement, more of an alternative.
Hope it's OK.
Bren.
This is the kind of shot I have been trying to get right whenever the opportunity presents itself, which is not very often. I think you have got it exactly right; not only that but a tighter crop would provide a different, but equally good image. The dark bacckground suits it perfectly to my mind, whether it be cropped or not.
Have you considered converting it to monochrome? Not that there is anything wrong with doing it in colour, but mono would present a different take on the same thing. It's a lovely image anyway.
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