Photobombed by leaves

Out chasing a few subjects last night while it was warm and extremely misty, I got caught by the strongest defocus effect that I’ve ever encountered, and it’ll take a little explaining.

First off, there’s a term, ‘bokeh,’ that refers to the out-of-focus portions of a photo, the areas well outside of the focal point, which usually means well behind or in front of said read more

It’s just to illustrate, honest

A few posts back I talked about a cool lens effect, where defocusing a subject far enough could make it virtually disappear. Yesterday, I captured an image that illustrates it even better. That’s really the whole purpose of this post. It’s not to creep people out or anything.

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Near invisibility potion


The other day I went out chasing pics again, and didn’t really snag much of merit. But while playing around with macro shots of honeysuckle flowers, I captured a few frames that illustrate a peculiar, and sometimes handy, photographic trait. It takes some explaining, so bear with me.

First, the illustration. These are two frames from almost exactly the same vantage point, with just a change read more