variations on a theme

[MarkM10431]

Do you ever play around with a shot(s) to get different effects? i was going through some old shots, and ran across these.

The bottom photo was the original shot I was looking for. The top was when the AF grabbed the branch hanging to the left. I kinda like the blur background, kind of opposite of a landscape shot. I went a bit further, going to some lightroom filters for the middle shot

 

[shm]

I often play around with composition and depth-of-field - it is a part of the fun, and sometimes you get pleasantly surprised when going through the shots afterwards