I am guessing from a goose! Little bit of selective soft focus :)
252/365 Depth of Field
Really pleased with this one! It came out exactly as I wanted, with the focus just in the front third of the frame, tailing off into soft focus with the vanishing point of the lines of the bricks. No editing at all on this one! Although as I explained in a previous post, I am not against post production editing, I think it can make a lazy photographer, as it can encourage you to think less about getting the composition, exposure and depth of field correct in the camera, knowing you can "tweak" it after. But there is always a sacrifice in quality with any kind of editing, and if you can get as close as you can in camera, you get a much crisper and more natural shot I feel, plus of course it pushes you as a photographer to always learn and up your game.
250/365 More Leaves
I am not one of those photographers who thinks using editing software is "cheating" my view is that digital photography is a whole world away from the old days of film, and to not use all the tools available to your advantage is cutting your nose off for no real reason. I mean if you were going to be that purist about it, surely changing ISO mid shoot is "cheating" as is using flash etc. Photographers have always done what they can to make the finished shot look the picture they had in their mind when they took it, now we just have more techniques and tools available to help. I have been putting a toe in the water re the editing tools I use, and while there isn't always a place for extreme effects like this one, sometimes they really do "make" the shot, and who can argue with that? (Lots of people I am sure!! *grin*)
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