It's that brown time of year. Waded into the cat-of-nine-tails and tried some experiments. This is one of four that I decided to post to pBase. The others are http://www.pbase.com/ed_k/image/36839418 and http://www.pbase.com/ed_k/image/36839419 and http://www.pbase.com/ed_k/image/36839420

Long focal length, wide open aperture, focus on the subject and shoot through intervening foliage (a tan ornamental grass) to get a soft muted color image. Can't hit home runs every day, I guess.