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A metal bar is seen in the foreground next to a storm drainage canal where inflow from city streets keeps the river from freezing over.
ISO 100
Aperture f/8
Shutter 1/640
I've just noticed that you can miss notable in the background when you focus too strongly on the subject under your nose
I seem to have a thing for dead weeds. Seriously. I take dozens of pictures of them each time I find any.
Foreground Focus
Thanks to melepix for identifying this flower: datura.
Datura belongs to the classic "witches' weeds," along with deadly nightshade, henbane, and mandrake. Most parts of the plants contain toxic hallucinogens, and Datura has a long history of use for causing delirious states and death. It was well known as an essential ingredient of love potions and witches' brews.
If my best friend was still here, I'd have taken him a walk for my benefit to Fisherrow.
This was a lovely evening, so I pretended Alfie was with me.
With foreground element
Intent: My goal was to capture lines made by the multiple rocks moving in different directions. I wanted to capture the vegetation growing through the rocks. I wanted to capture the depth of the different elements.
Reference: Duchemin mentions where to put lines in a landscape photo and the importance of lines in a photo.
Outcome: There are lines created by the different rocks and a small pathway is created by the rocks. The foreground draws most of the attention.
Edits: I increased brightness, contrast, and saturation.
Requirement 2
This picture was shot at the same place like the last one, it was just on another side of the bridge. I shortened the exposure time because there were more cars passing through when I was going to shoot this picture. In that case, a exposure time like 3.2 seconds was long enough to capture plenty of motions.
I include this picture because it shows more about the in focus background compares to the blurred foreground. This can help demonstrate requirement 2 better.
In post, I turned up exposure and contrast while bringing down shadow to create a contrast between the lines and the environment.
This shot satisfies requirement 2 by showing action by blurring the foreground, in this case, the wheel of the EcoCAR on a vehicle lift. For this shot a longer exposure time was used to allow for the blurring, andISO was adjusted to compensate for the low-ish lighting in the room. No post-processing was applied.
It's a flower planted by my mom and I use small focal distance and a little warm color to show its beauty.