Juniperus virginiana heavily browsed by deer. This is at Schoolhouse Ridge South, Harpers Ferry NHP.

This and the previous image are the result of a new approach I am trying. Normally I try to keep everything sharply focused and even resort to focus stacking (shooting a series of images each with a different focal point, then merging them into a single image). These techniques certainly have their place, but in an effort to impart a more moody and less sterile cast I am shooting some with my lenses wide open. The resulting shallow depth of field, heavy vignetting, and overall softer rendering seems to serve some of my images well.

50mm Zeiss Makro-Planar ZF.2 at ƒ2, Nikon 800e, Lr4, Ps CS6.