Desktop Friday: The Nineteenth
Photography April 1st, 2007Each and every Friday I post a desktop wallpaper which I have taken personally on travels and outings with my Canon 350D. The wallpaper is sized at a resoultion of 2560×1600 pixels, big enough to be used on a 30 inch Apple Cinema Display, so no-one will miss out.
This weeks wallpaper was taken a few minutes walking distance from my house. Camera settings were “AV” mode with the Aperture set to 3.5, and manual focus was used.
Wavy Strands Of Wheat
Feel free to leave any comments or constructive criticism about this wallpaper below - it helps me grow and learn the art of photography. If you have suggestions for Desktop Friday, feel free to shoot me an email. Have a great weekend!
Download this weeks desktop wallpaper here.
April 1st, 2007 at 12:12 pm
Very nice, Glenn. I love the depth of field and how softly blurred the background is.
April 1st, 2007 at 12:20 pm
Today is Saturday. (not Friday)
April 1st, 2007 at 12:29 pm
I got caught up over the last few days, mostly down to my flight home been delayed by 7 hours. Better late that never :-)
April 1st, 2007 at 1:31 pm
I love your Desktop Fridays, I’ve gotten many a good wallpaper from you. This shot bothers me a little bit, however (and I mean this in the most constructively possible way).
To me, what you are attempting to capture is the fine, delicate simple shapes in the wheat stalks (I’ve done similar with long grasses). The major problem in this shot (at least to me) is that you’re trying to capture something very simple, but have a busy, complex background that takes the eye away from what you’re trying to focus on. Also, the colors between what the piece is focusing on and the background are very similar and blur together a bit.
Now this is just my opinion, and I’m sure for every one of someone like me there’s another who loves the composition. You should try going back to the same location on a partly cloudy day and trying the same shot with more sky with a couple clouds as the background and see what a difference it makes.
April 1st, 2007 at 1:37 pm
I for one am still waiting for something that isn’t macro (ish). Macro is cool at times but it doesn’t take as much skill or time as say a Panoramic or landscape shot.
April 1st, 2007 at 3:48 pm
I agree with bazokajoe, it would have been better with more focused foreground and less blurred background.
April 1st, 2007 at 5:35 pm
Not bad, but I think it’s a little bit too busy for my dock ;-)
April 1st, 2007 at 6:33 pm
I love this, it reminds me of Kansas-back home-where the food is good.
April 1st, 2007 at 9:42 pm
I’ll dedicate the next 2 weeks to you then Dustin, I have a couple of more landscap’ish shots I took while away last week in Christchurch, NZ.
I keep my dock hidden, then any wallpaper wont look silly ;-)
April 1st, 2007 at 10:54 pm
Really nice wallpaper Glenn
April 30th, 2007 at 12:03 am
I think the link’s broken, which makes me sad, because the wallpaper makes me happy. Any change of a fix? Thanks! x
April 30th, 2007 at 9:40 pm
Sorry about that Dan, link is up and working again.