Picture of the Day - 5/21/2011

Yucca at Red Rocks, Abiquiu, NM - Here is a B&W converted image of a small yucca plant - maybe 8 inches tall - in the Red Rocks area across from Abiquiu Reservoir, off Highway 84 in New Mexico. This was shot at a wide aperture to blur out the background, focussing more attention on the subject. I also thought it looked nicer cropped square. It required a lot of cloning (removal) of debris in the foreground and background in order to simplify the image.