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27-DEC-2008 Jerry Curtis

Christmas Bokeh
1st Place
by Jerry Curtis

Sony DSLR-A350 ,Minolta 50mm f/1.7 AF
1/5s f/1.7 at 50.0mm iso100 full exif

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mlynn 07-Jan-2009 01:00
Beautiful and festive! --Melanie
Denise30-Dec-2008 20:07
Gorgeous, Jerry. I could look at this image for a very long time!
Franky2005 29-Dec-2008 21:22
Incredible easy when you know - and still incredible strong in the effect! Great job, Jerry!
Deb Kees29-Dec-2008 16:57
Oh WOW! This is incredibly powerful, Jerry. I like everything about it and usually abstract images are not what draw me in.---deb
Katherine Stanback's Photos29-Dec-2008 16:19
Wonderful, colorful image - I'm going to try that sometime! I bet it's not real easy to get all those perfect circles.
Helen Betts29-Dec-2008 02:07
Very creative and striking capture!
Jerry Curtis28-Dec-2008 12:36
Yep, Mike... OOF Christmas tree lights.
Karen, this is embarrassingly simple to do: Sit in front of your Christmas tree, put your cam or lens on manual focus, and throw it as far out of focus as you can. Put your camera on manual control and select an aperture and shutter speed that gives you the exposure you want (see my EXIF below). Better to have the ambient light quite low. Where I had a f/1.7 lens and good IS, I was able to hand-hold.
pengu1n 28-Dec-2008 05:01
Wow, Jerry, I love this picture! Would you mind sharing how you did it? I love the overlapping circles of color. Karen
Sony Forums Challenges28-Dec-2008 00:58
Jerry, this is beautiful and creative...I love all the globes of color set against the dark background. Are these oof Christmas tree lights...or something else? Great how they take on characteristics resembling floating ornaments. Good idea, very nice abstract, and well done! MFC