get-pushed-83 Colour & DoF by susale

get-pushed-83 Colour & DoF

My get pushes challenge by @luka365 was to take a picture with a lot of DOF and colour.

Not so much colours to be found in nature at this time of the year so finding colours was a bit challenging. These are tree reflections in outside hot bath, which is blue so hence the blue colour and that orange is the thermometer to measure the water temperature. I don´t know is this colourful enough but it was the best I could do. Also I must admit that I wasn´t very clear on what does a lot of DoF mean, I would think it means long depth of field but cos I don´t think that´s very challenging (except in these conditions where natural light is scarse) I used the shallow DoF instead, besides that made those reflections look a bit abstract and I liked that.
February 23rd, 2014  
I like it. Simple but effective.
February 23rd, 2014  
pretty pic! :)
February 23rd, 2014  
Nice!
February 23rd, 2014  
very effective!!
February 23rd, 2014  
Love that pop of red.
February 23rd, 2014  
great shot works really well.
February 23rd, 2014  
pretty pic! :)
February 23rd, 2014  
Great image.
February 23rd, 2014  
great one!
February 23rd, 2014  
this is great and the colors pop.
February 23rd, 2014  
This is such a great yet simplistic shot. Love the colours and composition.
February 23rd, 2014  
I love when common object can create beauty. great work.
February 23rd, 2014  
beautiful! love the tones and minimalist feel. great shot
February 23rd, 2014  
Loving this photo and a fav...
February 23rd, 2014  
Fav!
February 23rd, 2014  
Great contrasts
February 23rd, 2014  
Nicely done
February 23rd, 2014  
Very effective, great simple composition. Love how the red pops!
February 23rd, 2014  
A wonderful interpretation of the challenge. Love this simple shot.
February 23rd, 2014  
Great colours and reflections.
February 23rd, 2014  
As others have said, beautiful in its simplicity
February 23rd, 2014  
Well done for the challenge and great use of color! Love that red!
February 23rd, 2014  
Lovely shot for your challenge :)
February 23rd, 2014  
Love the simplicity, the colour contrast, and the soft reflections.
February 23rd, 2014  
Good minimalism. I also love the blue and red.
February 23rd, 2014  
This is gorgeous. Well done :D
February 23rd, 2014  
I think it's well done! :)
February 23rd, 2014  
I love it very much. Nicely done. Great color and focus. The reflections are awesome! Such a pretty image.....is this your spa? FAV
February 24th, 2014  
Nicely done.
February 24th, 2014  
Wonderful complimentary colours. The composition is excellent.
February 24th, 2014  
Very well done, for me you got is just right.
February 24th, 2014  
love the simplicity and minimalism ..lovely blue tones with that pop of red ... and wonderful use of space ..Fav
February 24th, 2014  
I agree with everyone... this is simple and beautiful! I love it!
February 24th, 2014  
Love this, so simple.. and that red ball again blue water is fantastic.
February 24th, 2014  
Simple and effective!
February 24th, 2014  
@eyesmile Thank you Gena, always a pleasure to read your comments :) This hot bath is called "palju" in Finnish and it´s quite popular trend here in Finland to have a palju outside the house on the yard so that especially at winter time people heat it and sit&relax there after sauna. It´s heated with woods, so that´s why the thermometer is used to monitor the water temperature. It´s kind of hard to explain cos I don´t know do you have anything similar in your country but here´s a link that might open that a little http://www.google.fi/imgres?sa=X&biw=1680&bih=853&tbm=isch&tbnid=zunNMdh9Ts-UaM%3A&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.touhula.net%2FPalju.htm&docid=tqhX3wrtogdInM&imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Ftouhula.net%2FPalju_tiedostot%2FPalju.33.jpg&w=800&h=600&ei=4t8KU8KhBau6ygPGxYGICQ&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=750&page=1&start=0&ndsp=27&ved=0CGcQrQMwBA
February 24th, 2014  
Lovely patterns and contrasts!
February 24th, 2014  
Awes★meness !!
February 24th, 2014  
Fun minimalistic shot. I think I would've upped the exposure a bit .... Do you feel like it's necessary to have the actual thermometer in the picture ?
February 24th, 2014  
@janim Totta, olis saanut saada enemmän valoa ja ois parempi ilman tota mittariosaa, miksköhän ei tullut itselle mieleen mut nää on muutenkin näit väkisin tehtyjä kuvia, joita ei ikinä olis kuvattu ilman näit tehtäväpakkoo, voisko enää tyhmenpi aihe meinaan olla mut ainut vähänkään värikäs asia mitä mä koko päivänä näin oli tää ja sit mun salatti, ehkä tää nyt kuitenkin oli niistä mielekkäämpi aihe ;)
February 24th, 2014  
coooor! that is really lovely. Will have to have a second look!!
February 24th, 2014  
Lovely colour and composition. I quite agree that the shallow DOF works better for this picture than would a deep focused field.
February 24th, 2014  
sorry forgot the F★V:)
February 24th, 2014  
Very nice. The orange really pops against the deep blue color. The simplicity and composition are great!
February 24th, 2014  
this is lovely
February 24th, 2014  
Beautifully composed. So simple and so effective. Love the dof just as it is.
February 24th, 2014  
Great composition
February 24th, 2014  
fav, the composition is perfect and I love that bolt of red against the blue
February 24th, 2014  
The colours work really well in this
February 24th, 2014  
Beautiful composition and tones! FAV
February 25th, 2014  
A really strong composition. Nice one!
February 28th, 2014  
wow what a striking image, FAV
June 17th, 2014  
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