Today's The Day!

I've been wanting to create an herb bouquet, and today's the day! Bunched together in the water-filled mason jar, sage, lavender, parsley, oregano, tarragon, dill, lemon balm, globe basil, rosemary, and thyme smell divine! #simplepleasures #allisgrace

I didn't have a whole lot of time after snipping the herbs, but I did have a bit of fun playing with composition. Should I have included the red brick wall behind the bouquet? The sparkling mason jar? More of the antique stool? In the end, I preferred this image; because it made me want to bend down closer to sniff the heavenly fragrance of all those herbs!

[PhotoCrazy]

Beautiful pic!

[Lynne Hart]

Glad you included the wooden stool it makes the shot more rustic. Lovely fav

[Denise (lyndemc)]

How pretty! Though the plants are all in similar shades of green, there's such interest because of the variety of textures and shapes. I can well imagine how wonderful the arrangement smelled, in its own 'herby' way. All those other angles you talked about for this photo, they sound like good ones for a week's study of one object. I do like the brown wood texture you went with for this backdrop and the just shallow-enough DOF.

[James]

Very nice composition, very artistic.

[Living at the beach 365 days a year!]

I like how you mixed the textures against the background of weathered wood. Lovely original composition

[Janet B.]

@lhart Thank you, Lynne, for the comment and the fav!

[Janet B.]

@lyndemc Thank you for your kind comment! I thought the textures were interesting, too. I really appreciate your input!

[Janet B.]

@lyndemc P.S. Thank you for the fav! :-)

[Janet B.]

@homefarm Thanks, James! Much appreciated!

[Janet B.]

@nydelignorsk Thank you! :-)

[Jane Anderson]

This is truly a fascinating subject, and I appreciated your decision-making process as well.

[Denise (lyndemc)]

@janetb You are most welcome!

[Paula W]

Lovely colour, detail and composition. So fresh looking.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

All those composition ideas would have worked. But what makes this shot better is that it is an unexpected pov. Very nice and I do wish I could smell it!

[Janet B.]

@paulaw Thank you, Paula!

[Janet B.]

@olivetreeann Thank you so much, Ann; and I wish you could smell it, too!

[Janet B.]

@cejaanderson Thank you very much! :-)

[lisa]

great decision! really like the greens.

[Janet B.]

@lisamccloskey Thanks much, Lisa!

[Janet B.]

@photographycrazy Thank you! Much appreciated!

[Ann Williams]

I love the fresh greens and different leaves. They look great against the wood and must smell divine.