wine on the keyboard

July 2010

Playing with Bokeh

by Kay~Kacey on 7/23/2010

Bokeh. I’m in love with it. Seriously.

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Wikipedia (the expert on all things, all the time  :rofl: ) Defines  bokeh as the blur, or the aesthetic quality of the blur, in out-of-focus areas of an image, or the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light.

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I saw the light filtering behind this purple button flower and just had to play.

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I kept moving around and trying to capture different angles and have the light surround the flowers in different ways.  I got down on my knees (down on my knees) and I began to shoot. (you KNOW you’re singing California Dreamin’ now, aren’t you???) :crazy: Anyway, SuperGuy had just spread some sand on the patio to sweep into the spaces between the stones. Nice. I have sand embedded into my knees permanently now. I sacrificed for you, I’m telling you.

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Now that I’ve taken these and edited them…I realize I want to go out this weekend and get some bokeh shots without the flowers in them. Then I can use the bokeh shots as textures on my photos! So I guess I get to crawl around on the sand again…though I might take a towel out to kneel on tonight, I’m just sayin’

Have a great weekend, my blogging friends! Got out and catch some bokeh and share a link!

How Does Your Garden Grow

by Kay~Kacey on 7/22/2010

So, how is your garden doing this summer? SuperGuy’s tomatoes…

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The cherry tomatoes are doing great…the regular tomatoes…not so much. Thanks goodness for the local Farmer’s Market. What did you put out in your garden this year? Having much luck with it?

Light My Fire

by Kay~Kacey on 7/21/2010

Ah, sometimes the simplest things make me happy.

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Tiki torches. Love them. We have them scattered around the backyard, filled with citronella. They add just a cute little party atmosphere to the backyard. Yes, not a big thing, but I love them.

So what simple little thing makes you happy?