Joshua Tree Blossom

This joshua tree blossom was shot in Joshua Tree National Park in California a couple of weeks ago.

I shot it in the late afternoon light at f/5.6, ISO 500, and exposed for 1/800 second with a EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM lens set at 70.0 mm at a distance of 2.5 meters from the subject. I was going for a sort of portrait look with a moderately narrow depth of field to produce a sharp foreground and a blurred background.

The image of the moon was shot at about the same time and with the same lens, but (...sadly) in a different image.

So, I'm officially fessing up here. This is not photo journalism. If I worked for The New York Times, I'd be fired. I composited the moon into the background of the blossom image, using Photoshop CS4.

-CG TTL