More Crabapples

[aprilS]

And a larger view.

I wonder if this will make eob gag...

[edit] P.S. Trying to pop the subject from the background, I used Versace's method of "de-lighting" an image in Photoshop.

[eob]

I wonder if this will make eob gag... 

In the smaller version I do not see a lot of separation of foreground from background, but in the bigger one there's just enough of it and a lot of wonderful tonal nuances, especially in blurs. More sharpness in the foreground would make it look better. Perhaps also a bit less saturation in the background? But I like the overall composition that gives me a sense of a tranquil sunny afternoon mood.

[Theo]

i like the over all feeling of this picture. I do agree with eob that alittle more sharpness in the foreground would help. Nice Job april

yours

[Athena]

I think it's very pretty - almost surreal.  A bit like a painting. 

[aprilS]

Sorry, eob. I meant it in jest, thinking you might find this image a bit too...precious.

I'll try both suggestions; thank you -- and each of you for taking the time to view and comment.

This is the first time I've explored what a 50mm lens can really do, and am having a lot of fun!

[eob]

I meant it in jest, thinking you might find this image a bit too...precious.

I figured it was a joke. I just had a difficulty to get its meaning. 

No, I don't think your image is too 'precious'. My definition of pictures being too 'precious' is that someone takes a straightforward shot of a subject commonly known as being beautiful and thinks that the result is beautiful as well. You call it 'precious', I call it 'kitsch'... 

[habakuk]

I love the s-curve of the twig, the colors, the light and especially the background/bokeh. But also the way the leaves and berries are lit is very delicate and pleasing to me. All I can come up with is the upper right corner that I'd probably like more to be less dark and uniform.

To me this is a shot about the fragility of life. It has all that life has: the beauty, the growing and the implicit death, the seeming endless beauty and the clearly limited life span, the fact life is always about individuals, yet cannot be separated from the "glow" of many other individuals... I like the shot for this quality!

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