First page of a copy made by Girolamo di Matteo de Tauris for Pope Sixtus IV in 1483. Used Lightroom to enhance the image available at Wikipedia. Processing included some lens distortion adjustments and cropping to get a cleaner outline, increased clarity and contrast, selective sharpness, and color saturation.
See my blog posting “Invocation to Venus.”
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An f/1.4 aperture makes for some nice bokeh, and works well when your subject is flat and oriented straight on to the lens.
The water drops, details on the leaf, and purple bokeh background make this one of my personal favorites.
Used in my blog posting “Invocation to Venus.”
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A little lake in Eastern Washington, covered with mist cast aglow by the low Winter sun.
One of my personal favorites. Used in my blog posting “Invocation to Venus.”
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The dog insists on being part of the background.
One of my personal favorites. Used in my blog posting “Invocation to Venus.”
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A pastoral scene shot from the Kamehameha Highway (Hwy 450). Not much flat ground before those dramatic fissured hills begin.
One of my personal favorites. Used in my blog posting “Invocation to Venus.”
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