Christmas light Bokeh 2
Last sunset of 2013 3
Christmas light Bokeh 4
Christmas light Bokeh with ornament close up
Last sunset of 2013
Christmas lights and ornaments 2
Christmas lights and ornaments
Christmas light Bokeh 3
Christmas light Bokeh
Christmas lights and ornaments 3
Last sunset of 2013 2
Less of a nature photography post, more artistic, unless you count the fraser fir (Abies fraseri) Christmas tree the lights and ornaments were hung on. If you open the aperture wide and are far enough away you can get a nice blurring of the lights. The Japanese call this bokeh which means “haze” or “blur”. If you keep the aperture small you can get the star like effect from the lights. If you look around online there are other neat effects you can do with cut outs and such.
Lastly the last sunset of 2013 was particularly nice, though I find it hard to shoot in a suburban setting with houses and power lines everywhere.
Happy New Year everyone!
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