High Rise Hydrant

@Lost Valley View: Thank you. I actually had to take several shots before I got the focus and DOF I wanted.

@Amir: Thanks. I kept taking shots and checking them to find that something was off, either focus, DOF, or the desired framing and alignment.

@Richard_Irwin: I knew what I wanted but it was surprisingly difficult to get everything framed and working together --took me several shots.

@vasa: Thank you. This is also an hdr image btw.

@ttomasso: Thank you. A nice compliment from someone creating professional photos like yours.

@vasa: The hdr process can produce images that range from cartoonish to realistic (without any overt indication that hdr was used). I think your analogy to painting is the best comparison I've heard. Some people associate it with cartoonish images and appear not to like it, but this process is going to be used more and more until at some point in the future it is as common as tweaking curves or adjusting a histogram.