Escaped to a park for lunch today. There wasn't much to shoot except for these great trees with their shriveling orange berries and multi-colored leaves. The whole shoot turned out all impressionist/abstract - LOVE IT! Will probably get killed for having a lot of background bokeh, but there's a fair bit in the foreground, too.
First Crop
Shadow/highlight
Then: Adjustment Layers Photo Filter: Warming
Levels
Selective Color (blue channel: amp up yellow and black)
Color Balance (shadows +7 blue, highlights +3 yellow)
Hue/Saturation (master: sat +9 / blue: lightness -20)
Finally Flatten Image
Resize
Smart Sharpen
Save for Web
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Interesting play of colours. The bokeh is more significantly in the BG, but there is a little bit in the FG. Wierd bokeh shape! I wonder what sort of lens this is? Makes some nice textures.
This was the shot that I tried and tried to get, but completely failed at! Bokeh - both foreground and background - that suits the photo and adds impact and value.
Much bokeh! I like the diagonal composition and colors. I kind of feel like there's motion everywhere but the main focal point, which may make me go look for the dramamine ;-)
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