The lesson that I was exploring as I took this image was from Tony Sweet:  “Pick a background and put something interesting in front of it”.  The late afternoon sun brilliantly lit up the new spring grass.  The blossoms in the pear trees lining our driveway were in partial shade.  Normally I try to pick dark backgrounds with light shining on the foreground subject.  This time it was just the opposite.  I kept a moderate aperture size to blur the background and keep the blossoms in acceptable focus.

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