I liked the lighting..

[Desertdog]

Thoughts? I'm inclined to say not enough on the subject matter, and wish I had shot it with a tighter aperture, but its in my back yard so I'm sure I'll get another shot

[shawnxstl]

For me, I think the wider ap would've been better. There's too much in focus for me...= lot of distractions in the background. I like the diverse lighting on the bush but the background kills it for me.


EDIT: i like the mountians...but the little town is the killer. my bad.

[Desertdog]

So would bringing the f/ to a higher number = more blurred background? Or is it with a smaller f/ = wider aperture = small field of focus?

[jkriminger]

bigger the number, more of background in focus..longer shutter speed required

[Frog]

Light aside, I'm finding your composition lacking.
You basically have a pic of part of a bush that so dominates the frame that even if the background were sharper, it would still be dominated by part of a bush.
Srry.