Farewell 2018; Hello 2019

The prompt for the last day of this year was to photograph auld lang syne. Best on black.

[GaryW]

Love it on black! Great bokeh! Happy New Year!

[JackieR]

Beaugiful

[Wylie]

nice bokeh too!

[Saxa van Eijnsbergen]

Nicely done. Happy 2019, Kathy!

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Lovely on Black fav!

Happy New Year Kathy!

[Nova]

Happy New Year Kathy, may it be full of photographic moments to capture!

[Margaret Brown]

Nice bokeh and on black, All the best in 2019 Kathy

[Mandy]

Beautiful composition. Happy and healthy 2019 Kathy.

[Mona]

So story telling. Great comp and such a lovely bokeh. Wishing you the best of everything. Happy New Year.

[haskar]

Happy New Year. Lovely shot.

[FBailey]

Lovely low key shot, great on black!

[Kathy]

@thewatersphotos @30pics4jackiesdiamond @pusspup @overalvandaan @ziggy77 @novab @craftymeg @mandygravil @mona65 @haskar @fbailey Thank you Gary, Jackie, Wylie, Saxa, Jo, Nova, Margaret, Mandy, Mona, Haskar and Felicity for your wonderful comments and wishes for a good 2019. I so appreciate them. Thanks, too, Jo, Mona and Felicity for the favs.

[JeannieC57]

Will you share tips on how to do this? Please? Fantastic image.

[Dawn]

A fabulous image , Happy New Year Kathy

[Kathy]

@jeanniec57 Thanks Jeannie. I set up a tv tray on front of my Christmas tree. The lamp beside the tree (it was a small tree on a table) was on. The tv tray was 4-5 feet in front of the tree. I focused on the glass (manually) and set the aperture as low as it would go (f/2.0) I usually shoot in aperature priority (i'm lazy). But took a number of shots to get one I would be satisfied with. I then opened the photo in Lightroom and used a sienna colored preset. Hope this helps.
@Dawn Thank you Dawn. Same to you.