Autumns carpet, by Maurice
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| Click image to see a larger view in Mowgli's gallery. |
On the face of it, today's DPNow.com Picture of the Day may look fairly unremarkable. However, this picture by Maurice Brehaut, also known as Mowgli on the DPNow forum, has grown on me. The depth of thecarpet of autumn leaves is rather remarkable, and the colour is a delight. And I really like the limited depth of field, meaning the foreground is in focus, while the distance is softly blurred. So this is a very simple composition, but I feel it's greater than the sum of the parts. Anyway, how can we NOT have a POTD with an autumn theme at this time of year?
Maurice explains: "I took this picture in Saumarez Park, one of our larger parks in Guernsey (famous for the 'Battle of flowers' held each year in August). We have an photgraphy interclub competition coming up in the early part of next year and the topic is 'Saumarez Park'.
"I was there last Saturday with the wife's Casio Exilim EZ1000 point and shoot, taking a look around. I found this scene just under some trees and (as I put when I posted the picture) one of the presets in the camera was 'autumn leaves". When I uploaded it to my computer I was amazed at the colours. I decided to share it with all at DP Now rather than leave it till competition time."
And I'm glad you did, Maurice! You may be wondering how a compact like a Casio EZ1000 managed such limited depth of field. Well, Maurice admitted that he blurred the background. Good job!
And finally, if you think there is a certain something about Maurice, I can reveal he is the older brother of Peter Brehaut, also of Guernsey and the featured photographer on our POTD last Monday!
You can see more of Maurice's work in his DPNow gallery - and it's well worth a look.
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