@30pics4jackiesdiamond Hi Jackie, this isn't tongue in cheek, honestly! No baubles were to hand but a cactus was and the spines made focussing a lot easier. I spent a long time playing with this (most of this morning!) so I do hope you like it ... I brightened it a little in Viveza but no sharpening was involved and I used the spot healing tool in Elements on the bokeh as they appeared to have squiggles in them, guess it could have been the element showing. I used a Helios lens I got from Ebay a few months ago for the first time and it was a large learning curve, but fun nonetheless. I hope to be able to give this another go with a macro lens later in the week. Felicity
