It's All About Perspective

I like to experiment with perspective.  These are shots that I was trying to get from Gizmo's height, a bug's height, and just generally critters close to the ground.  I ended up simply putting my camera on the ground and tilting it, then taking the shot.  It's interesting to see what I ended up with.  I also took a shot of a tree budding while having that sharply in focus and everything else out of focus.

Before:

ISO400; 55mm; f/7.1; 1/500sec; taken 04/18/2015

After:

Processing: Temp +12; Contrast +31; Saturation +12

Before:

ISO400; 18mm; f/5.0; 1/1000; taken 04/18/2015

After:

Processing: Temp +12; Contrast +40; Clarity +29; Saturation +14

Before:

ISO400; 18mm; f/5.6; 1/1000; taken 04/18/2015

After:

Processing: Temp +29;  Contrast +48; Clarity +19; Saturation +26

This one I really like because up close is out of focus, mid way is focused, and long range is out of focus.

Before:

ISO400; 18mm; f/5.6; 1/1600; taken 0418/2015

After:

Processing: Temp +14; Contrast +17; Clarity +19; Saturation +10