odd looking fountain

[foxbat]

This caught my eye while walking around an ornamental garden. I thought the Sigma caught the sharpness, colours and the light sparkle on the water rather well.

Sigma 105mm, f/9, 1/320s, iso 100, hand-held manual focus.

http://www.aprd31.dsl.pipex.com/objects/fountain.jpg

[JoseC]

Very original picture.
I like it.
Jose

[cactusclay]

Nice shot, love the bokeh.

[stoneylonesome]

Well done!

[ssim]

I like it. Did the star effect happen naturally or did you put that in.

[marie]

very nice.
like a drinking fountain for the birds
it's unusual to see the water coming out of the rock.

[Avalonthas]

interesting fountain

[foxbat]

Thanks for the comments. The sparkle on the water is natural and was a complete accident, though a welcome one I think.

[IanBMW]

Man that bokeh is insane, you sure it's not photoshop :)

[foxbat]

Yes, definitely not photoshopped. I did exposure, levels and sharpening in C1 and then cropped it and that's it.

As I'm pretty new to this I'd be interested to hear what you guys define as "good" bokeh. What do you look for?