Witch-hazels bloom

I went to check if the witch was already blooming. And there were already the first flowers. It's such a joy. Especially when a gray card in the sky. So gray and gloomy.

[Monique]

Beautiful

[Joan Robillard]

Lovely

[Peter H]

Nicely done.

[Merrelyn]

It looks pretty against the grey background :)

[Peter Dulis]

Interesting

[Helen Jane]

so lovely to see the bloom set in the misty background. I'm really enjoying looking at this - I love it even more, for some reason, when I scroll down to reveal a square crop (chopping the top off).

[Junko Y]

Already blooming? I'm heading to Munich tomorrow and I was surprised how warm the weather is going to be next week there. I like how three-dimensional and realistic the flower and foreground are, and how soft and mist-like the background is. Was it your processing? curious.

[Clare Gadsby]

fabulous! always such cheerful exuberant blooms

[haskar]

@jyokota Thanks Junko. I like this processing. The main topic leaps forward a bit. The photo is shot with a slight overexposure (+0.7 eV). In post-processing, I soften Clarity and Dehaze and only strengthen the main topic with Radial Filter. Witch-hazels blooms in winter, and smells nice on warm and sunny days. It has wonderful multi-colored leaves in autumn.

[carol white]

Nicely focused, and great textures. Fav!! 😀

[bkb in the city]

Nice shot

[Angelika van Rooyen]

Wonderful soft focus, your processing is so good

[Kathy]

Lovely little bursts of yellow.

[Linda Godwin]

Fantastic way to isolate your tiny subject amidst the rest.Thanks for the explanation of your post process.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

quite fascinating with that terrific focus!

[gloria jones]

Wonderful textures, tones, dof

[Junko Y]

@haskar -- thank you for the lesson! Can't wait to meet you. March, I should be in Warsaw.

[Taffy]

Wonderful to see the way you used DoF to create the composition.

[Jean]

Wonderful dof!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Very pretty! I'm jealous because nothing blooms here in the winter!