When I set out on this photo-a-day-for-a-year project in March, it wasn’t to hone my photographic skills, as many 365-projects are intended to do. I just wanted to pause long enough to capture a moment from my day to reflect on.
As it turns out, along the way I have picked up a few things related to photography. One thing I recently learned about (I may be the last person with a camera to do so) is a bokeh effect in a photo (wikipedia definition here) — essentially when what is outside of the depth of focus has a blurred effect. I kept seeing “christmas bokeh” shots in various blogs for the last month or so and didn’t know what it was til I looked it up.
So, this is my first, not very well executed, attempt at a Christmas tree bokeh shot. In the foreground is my new favorite angel figurine – the Irish Charm angel – a gift from Sue and Marty. In this case, what *is* in the field of focus is a bit blurry as well…but this was the best of the several shots I took tonight. 🙂
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