My random thoughts:
I like Lydia’s flower because it is not only partly in focus, but it is also bright. Our pastor sends out a daily verse that he receives from somewhere and my constant complaint about the background photos is that they are sort of muddy in color. I’m sure they are trying to make the verse stand out, but the blah background is disappointing.
On the curved garland, I always look to see if the multiple flowers are actually one flower. And I am sure that this is just the same flower, copied, resized, and slightly rotated. While that’s “legal” (I do it with clip art when making an invitation for a baby shower or something), it’s still sort of lacking the umph that you would get with arranging five different flowers in a curve. Even if you had to take five separate pictures and rotate and arrange them, it would be more authentic, I think. Isn’t there a trick something like: take pictures of flowers on a solid background and then use Photoshop to remove the background color?
Ben, I am still wondering what the little white object is on the wood. It’s not in focus enough for me to understand what I am looking at. Does it have roots on it?
The most important thing, everyone, is that you want to put Scripture with objects of beauty that God created. I have to say, because I am one of the old people on the forum, that it should all be King James verses. I would never buy a calendar, note cards, or wall plaque with anything but King James words.
One last thing: please don’t keep posting “holy cow.” I let my daughters read this and I don’t want words taken in vain to be what they have to wade through to get to the message. Please take this to heart. Hindus worship holy cows. We worship the Holy God. Thanks.